We now have two commissions recommending ways to trim the deficit. The one the president appointed made its preferred approach known last week, and now an independent commission has come up with an even stronger approach. Given the current state of affairs in washington, both approaches are dead on arrival. The GOP will have nothing [...]

Conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart did it again, quite spectacularly this time. His first memorable foray into the slime was his destruction of ACORN with misleading videos edited to make it look as though the umbrella organization of community organizations, which primarily helped the poor and disadvantaged, was corrupt. His attempt at smearing civil rights hero [...]

I’m not sure, given the dire economic conditions, that Obama had much choice, but the combination of bailouts, stimulus and tax cuts created a budget with a projected $1.7 trillion deficit. The $100 million he’s asked in cuts is laughably tiny compared to the massive spending. A deficit this large will have serious long-term consequences. [...]