Politico has a piece up today that opens with this absolutely ridiculous bit of asshattery: Of all the unfulfilled campaign promises President Barack Obama made in 2008, the one that bothers the president most isn’t any squandered policy priority – it’s his failure to re-civilize what he views as an increasingly savage partisan climate. Wait. The lack of civility in […]

I wrote this blog entry on Eclectablog nearly a year ago in March 2010. When you read it, consider the fact that Democrats made a concerted effort back then to rein in the use of violent metaphors and language/rhetoric. In the wake of the passage of the Affordable Care Act when emotions were high and passions were higher, the Democrats […]

The Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) has released a study that shows repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be very costly to Michigan residents. Consumers and small businesses in Michigan will face significantly higher insurance premiums and could see costly coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress […]

Only two days from the Arizona shooting that claimed six lives and injured several others and the Tea Party Nation has sent out no less than SEVEN EIGHT emails explaining why this is not their fault and how those evil, nasty librulz are hell-bent on blaming them. In the first one, Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips said this (note, […]

This past weekend, Organizing for America (OFA) groups across the country held training sessions for folks interested in getting/remaining involved as we head into the new year. After a debilitating mid-term election, many folks have argued that Democrats are demoralized, unenthused and disinterested in being involved and active. This is hardly the case. In Michigan alone, we had four of […]

You may have noticed one of these photos in my EclectaPhoto D’Jour on the right sidebar. It’s the latest from my oh-so-talented wife, Anne C. Savage. This is a complimentary image that goes with a lemony version from a few months ago. Unlike most photos like this you see, these fruits are not splashing INTO water, they are actually rising […]

Earlier today, 20-something gunman Jared Lee Loughner shot Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head at point blank range She is in critical condition but is expected to survive. Among the six dead from the shooting are a 9 year-old girl and Federal Court judge John Roll. 18 people in total were shot. Judson Phillips of the Tea Party Nation […]

Just wanted to highlight something from my post earlier today where I looked at 17 of the bills submitted by the GOP in the past two days. Six bills to repeal all or parts of the health insurance reform law. One to repeal Wall Street reform. One to lower the wages of minimum wage workers lucky enough to get health […]

[NOTE: Edited to include the name of the sponsor of each bill.] Here’s a snapshot of what we have to look forward to this year from the Republicans. As of this writing, just over 200 bills have been submitted in Congress. Here are some of the most odious ones. H.R. 2 (Eric Cantor)- Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act […]

Yesterday, House Republicans read aloud the Constitution of the United States. Quick run-down on the multiple levels of fail: They read it a few sentences at a time and each reader had to be recognized “I now recognize the Representative from the great state of Ohio” “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Section 12, subpart (a)…[blah, blah, blah]… I yield”. “The gentleman […]

It’s actually getting better. The government is expected to report Friday that businesses stepped up hiring in December, a trend likely to gain momentum in 2011. Economists are predicting that employers added a net total of 145,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate dipped to 9.7 percent. Some are even more optimistic after a private payroll firm estimated […]