Bill Scher

  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 9, 2012 - 9:04am

    MORNING MESSAGE: At CPAC, Inequality Dare Not Speak Its Name

  • February 8, 2012 - 1:10pm

    It was just one month ago when conservatives were complaining that ABC's George Stephanopoulos was displaying his "bias" while moderating a Republican presidential debate by being "obsessed" with cont

  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 8, 2012 - 9:48am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: CSI Missouri -- Foreclosure Fraud Indictments
    • Settlement Status Murky
    • Santorum Punctures Romney Inevitability
    • GOP Refusing Simple Deal On Payroll Tax Cut
    • Fed To Keep Rates Low
    • Outsourcing Firm Scandal In Mexico
    • Breakfast Sides
  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 7, 2012 - 9:41am

    On the menu this morning:

    • MORNING MESSAGE: The GOP's Mutually Assured Destruction
    • Romney Sputters Into Next Round On Contests
    • Payroll Tax Cut Talks Stall
    • Key States Still Won't Settle
    • "Right To Work" Not Working
    • Breakfast Sides
  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 6, 2012 - 9:17am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: Plutocrats Play Political Ponies
    • Deadline Today For Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
    • Economy Still In Pain
    • Romney Winning Now, Weakened For Later
    • Breakfast Sides
  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 3, 2012 - 9:39am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: Don't Break Out The Bubbly
    • Unemployment Rate Ticks Down
    • Romney Economic Message Tied Up In Knots
    • President Roots Fight Against Inequality In His Faith
    • SEC Goes Easy On Banks
    • Corporations Warm To Super PACs
    • Breakfast Sides
  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 2, 2012 - 7:21am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: The Republican Myth Of Obama’s Entitlement Society
    • Romney Doubles Down On Dismissing Poverty
    • Obama Proposes, Boehner Rejects Refi Plan
    • GOP Tries To Extend Fed Worker Pay Freeze
    • Breakfast Sides
  • February 1, 2012 - 11:39am

    Today, the nation is abuzz over Mitt Romney bluntly cold comment: "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there."



    This is not a slip of the tongue. This is what he believes. We know, because he said it before.

    In October, I reported here that Romney made this exact same argument while stumping in Iowa: "In our country, the people who need the help most are not the poor, who have a safety net, not the rich, who are doing just fine, but the middle class."

    Why would Romney repeatedly make this claim? Here's my analysis from October:

  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    February 1, 2012 - 8:53am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Giant Bets Against Its Customers
    • WH To Reveal New Refi Plan
    • House GOP Threatens Transportation Jobs Bill
    • "Buffet Rule" Proposed In Senate
    • FL Win Doesn't End Questions About Romney
    • GOP Obstruction On Taxes Increases Deficit
  • Published Progressive Breakfast (Blog entry)
    January 30, 2012 - 9:34am

    On the menu this morning

    • MORNING MESSAGE: Why Aren't Mitt & Newt Talking Social Security in FL?
    • Europe Admits: Austerity's a Bust
    • No Settlement Yet
    • Businessman Presidents Are Failures
    • Breakfast Sides