from Tom Edsall, NYTimes “The much larger hurdle facing contemporary liberalism is the need to reconfigure the welfare state in ways that maintain popular support while addressing a host of conflicting forces.” More
For those watching Wisconsin politics, from The Republic, “Wisconsin Democrats are already planning for 2014. Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski says the party is investing $500,000 to hire political directors in the Fox Valley, Eau Claire and La Crosse areas in the next few weeks. Democrats won the big races for...
Fox News announced on Wednesday that it hired former Ohio Democratic Rep. Kucinich as a regular contributor. Known as one of the House’s more left-leaning members during his 16 years in Congress and two presidential runs, Kucinich lost in the 2012 Democratic primaries after redistricting.
Four years ago… On January 15th, 2009, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger performed the “Miracle on the Hudson,” safely landing a plane in the Hudson River after its engines had failed because of a collision with a flock of geese, according to the History Channel. Time "flies."
The Morning Fix writes, "The decision by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to retire in 2014 means the nation will likely be without a Rockefeller in high office for the first time in four decades and just the second time since the 1950s. Jay (born John D. Rockefeller IV), 75, is...
(FirstRead) It was a surprisingly busy first full week of 2013, especially since Congress is out and the White House had all of Washington to itself. The Obama White House circled the wagons around its Cabinet nominations, lowered expectations on guns, raised expectations on pulling out ALL U.S. troops from...
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