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A new website (firethelobbyists.com) has been created by the pro-campaign finance reform organization Campaign Money Watch, to convince Senator McCain to fire three lobbyists in the top levels of his o more »

Emphasizing long-term solutions instead of short-term pandering is appreciated by voters. more »

A bipartisan compromise on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will at best shave 5 cents off the price of a gallon of gas. more »

"We're going to give you the change you deserve."
—House Minority Leader John Boehner

That's not a threat; it's a promise—from the Republican congressional leaders. Really. Led by perpetually tanned House leader John Boehner, Republicans have suddenly discovered that the country wants change—and they have decided to offer it to us. more »

You probably don't know what a gusset plate is. I sure didn't. But the little-known structural component offer a case study in the unlearned lessons of the I-35W bridge collapse. more »

Thanks to America's health care system, today was a very stressful day for me. My story is so typical as to be boring - which is a really sad commentary. more »

Being a maverick suggests a coherent set of principles that overrides partisanship in service of the public good. But McCain's new global warming address and related ad, like the rest of his environmental record, is simply incoherent. more »

The Watchdog sets the bar low, and CBS clears it. more »

Again and again and again and again and again and again and again , this blog has chronicled the mess conservative ideology has made of our national infrastructure. But how do we clean it up? How are we going to come up with the 1.3 trillion dollars needed to get our infrastructure back in shape? more »

The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. more »