Front page, LA Times In just a few months, Schwarzenegger has gone from seeming invincibility to a politically precarious state, his approval ratings sagging and his staff plagued by internal scuffles. He has abandoned key parts of his reform agenda…

 “The issue is about elites, major financial interests and global economic forces arrayed against the average American voter,” said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which favors strict immigration policies. They’re right about that. Big business…

Legislatures are looking to cut Medicaid or add fees. Missouri is poised to end the program, which many of the poor rely upon for care. The federal government helps pay for Medicaid, but in the coming fiscal year, the federal…

Republican business associations oppose the Frist iniative to block Democratic filibusters. Thus, a major split has formed in the Republican Party between the moderate business wing and the extremist evangelicals. Our job as progressives is to exploit that split and make…

“Turbulence on campus in 60’s hardened views of future Pope.” He got heckled so he went hard right. Seems a bit thin skinned to me.Pope ‘obstructed’ sex abuse inquiry And from the loony evangelical right. “Pittsburg Christian radio station fires…

From BOPNews The UK economy has slowed almost too a halt, and yet, the Bank of England wants to raise rates to fight inflation. The Eurozone is, likewise, on the brink of recession. Rob Portman, another one of the good…