Archive : Obama
An Obama volunteer laments: A Politics Now Q&A
By Peter Nicholas LA Times It’s no secret that some of President Obama‘s supporters are unhappy with his performance. Polls show that Democratic voters have largely remained loyal to Obama. But some who campaigned for him in 2008 are nonetheless disillusioned by a presidency that has fallen short of their expectations. Digging deeper into this phenomenon, [...]
Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About
From: How screwing unions screws the entire middle class. By Kevin Drum | March/April 2011 Issue Read more: MoJo’s Andy Kroll is in Wisconsin, [1] follow his updates. Plus: The 10 richest members of Congress, CEO pay vs. American worker pay, and more infographics on the new gilded era [2]. IN 2008, A LIBERAL Democrat was elected president. Landslide [...]
Freedom Rider: Wisconsin Assault on Workers | Black Agenda Report
[From: Black Agenda Report ] Only two years after the party supported by most of organized labor won a decisive national election, the Republicans are on the verge of crushing union power once and for all. But, the White House seems singularly uninvolved. “President Obama, who like all Democrats depends on labor unions to mobilize [...]
White House officials may be frustrated by liberal protesters, but they shouldn’t be surprised.
[What liberals shouldn't be surprised by is what Obama has and hasn't done. His history and his words before the election were pretty clear.--RS] Ambreen Ali writing for Congress.org This week in activism The Obama administration ruffled feathers among its own base this week by taking liberals to task. Listing off accomplishments on health care [...]
Obama vs. Obama
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Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama
[From Truthdig] By Chris Hedges, Mar 1, 2010 We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives. Obama lies as cravenly, if [...]
