Opinion: Harry Reid Needs To Apologize To Mitt Romney And America
Now that Mitt Romney has released his taxes with proof that he’s paid taxes over the past ten years, it’s time for United States Senator Harry Reid of Nevada to “man up!” Harry Reid stood before his...
View ArticleOpinion: Romney’s Friday Tax Document Dump Only Raises More Questions
On Friday, Mitt Romney engaged in what is known in the business as a document dump. On Friday afternoon Romney released another, partial, tax return. This time for 2011. It is the second year that he...
View ArticleOpinion: It’s Obama’s Turn To Release Some Documents
Last Friday, GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney disclosed his tax returns and health records. In particular, the release of the tax information was a pleasant surprise – released without...
View ArticleOpinion: Republicans Are Abandoning Romney’s Sinking Ship
In a bit of political satire in Politico, Paul Ryan is now calling Mitt Romney “The Stench”, as in stench of defeat, and Team Romney refers to Paul Ryan as “Gilligan”. While it may be just humor, it...
View ArticleBiden: Middle Class ‘Been Buried The Last 4 Years’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the middle class has been “buried” during the past four years, a statement that Republicans immediately seized upon as an unwitting...
View ArticleOpinion: In A Cautious Debate Obama Gets The Points He Needed
Like the first few rounds of a heavy weight fight, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama spent a cautious night together mostly dancing around each other. Each made their points, but not aggressively so....
View ArticleOpinion: In Tonight’s Debate Mitt Romney’s Lies Will Catch Up With Him
Tonight’s debate offers President Obama an opportunity to pick up where the debate left off in Denver. That is exactly what Republicans seem to be hoping for. But, as they say, be careful of what you...
View ArticleCould Enforcing Obamacare Result In A Negative Medicaid ‘Ripple Effect’?
CHARLOTTE (CBS Charlotte) – Though not a focal point of last night’s town hall debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, health care has all the same been a...
View ArticleCBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Push Back On Opponent’s False...
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit With days left in this historic billion-dollar-plus marathon for the White House that polls show tightening, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney continued to duke...
View ArticleOpinion: Obamacare Is Bad For Small Business
As the final days of the presidential campaign of 2012 wind down, there is ongoing concern about what President Barack Obama’s law for requiring businesses to provide health care for its employees...
View ArticleOpinion: Just Biding Our Time
Since the election, I have seen several staunch President Barack Obama supporters who have had nearly-identical smirks across their smiling lips as they approached. The last time I’d seen each of...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama’s Press Conference Extremely Disturbing
President Barack Obama gave his first press conference since being reelected for a second term – as well as being as his first press conference in many months. First and foremost, though sounding...
View ArticleOpinion: ‘I’m Not A Scientist, Man’ And The GOP’s War On Reason
“I’m not a scientist, man.” That was Senator and 2016 GOP Presidential super-hopeful Marco Rubio in an interview with GQ as Rubio flies out of the gate to start campaigning for Republican hearts and...
View ArticleOpinion: Grover Puts Himself Before Party And Country
In the Presidential debates, Mitt Romney targeted Big Bird as a place to take the knife when cutting the federal budget. But it turns out that Grover, and not Big Bird, has the most to lose following...
View ArticleOpinion: Happy Thanksgiving
The Buck Starts Here wishes a happy Thanksgiving to our readers. For progressives there is much to be thankful for this year. The election could not have turned out much better for those who support...
View ArticleOpinion: We Must Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure
Most Americans who traveled during this Thanksgiving holiday came face to face with an American reality: while there is much to be thankful for, our infrastructure is not one of those things. The fact...
View ArticleOpinion: My2K
President Barack Obama is using his high-profile position to once again arm-twist the American public into supporting his position on a very deep and controversial topic. This time, the president is...
View ArticleOpinion: The Fourteenth Amendment Solution
With one month to go before the U.S. goes off what is being called by some the fiscal cliff and others, more accurately, the fiscal slope, the president and Democrats hold all the cards. Absent a...
View ArticleOpinion: GOP A Party Without A Plan
Yesterday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner brought the President’s $2 trillion deficit reduction plan to the Senate. It included $1.6 trillion in new revenue and $400 billion in entitlement...
View ArticleN.C. Groups Hold Vigil To Oppose Budget Cuts
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bishop in the United Methodist Church in North Carolina will lead a candlelight vigil with people who oppose cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security and support higher...
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