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Tea Party Budget Battle. GOP Refuses to Negotiate on Budget.

Representative Marcy Kaptur, Democrat from Ohio, and Dallas Tea Party Organizer Dennis Phillips debate why the Tea Party won’t budge on their budget demands. Continue reading

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British Invasion? UK faces its own budget battle.

Thousands of people took to the streets in London to protest spending cuts, but can this movement provide a roadmap for Progressives in the U.S.? Continue reading

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Countrywide: Borrowed Time. Who Will Take the Blame for America’s Mortgage Crisis?

MSNBC TV’s Cenk Uygur shares his thoughts on why not a single mortgage lender has been sent to prison for their role in the financial crisis but at least one borrower has been sentenced. Continue reading

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Numbers game: playing the numbers game.

Former Reagan political director Ed Rollins and former Governor Ed Rendell explains what the March jobs report means for the economy. Continue reading

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False positive: despite promising numbers, Americans still without jobs!

Although the employment rate fell, why are 13.5 million people still looking for jobs while consumer confidence continues to drop? Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains whether this is a sign of a double dip recession. Continue reading

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Tea’d off: Tea Party Won’t Budge on the Budget!

Judson Philips of the Tea Party Nation explains why the group won’t cave to the Democrats’ demands. Continue reading

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Tread on me. Why Democrats won’t benefit from a budget deal.

A political panel discusses whether any agreement will be beneficial to the Democrats. Continue reading

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Union attacks backfire. Worker assault backfires. Union-busting governors face dropping poll numbers.

While state Republicans worked to take away union rights, their measures have now caused them to lose the long term war of public opinion. The Nation’s John Nichols discusses. Continue reading

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Mixed signals: is Obama alienating himself from America?

Sam Seder explains the disconnect between the people who approve of President Barack Obama’s policies and those who disapprove of him. Continue reading

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