Campaign 2010

Countdown to Congressional Elections


The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics

The Rise of Corporate Freedom of Speech

(Surpassed 2008 total on August 18)

See Weekly Spending Totals

$2.9 Billion Spent in 08
on Congressional Race
See Major Contributors

Corporate money in politics is bad enough. Secret corporate money is intolerable.


Primary Election Results
(UPDATED: August 25, 2010)






"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
1 Loss; 6 Wins of 13
Incumbent Republicans
1 Loss; 9 Wins of 12

House Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245
Incumbent Republicans
2 Loss; 140 Wins of 158

General Election Candidates

Senate

House of Representatives

Visual Facts

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National Debt Clock

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WHEN Did You Become Fiscally Responsible?
BEFORE Obama or AFTER Obama??
January 20, 2009
$10,838,758,414,164.46 - ↑90%
Discretionary Spending at 48.6%

January 20, 2001
$5,719,124,940,098.04 - 36%
January 20, 1993
$4,192,107,025,882.17 - 62%
January 20, 1989
$2,601,104,000,000.00 - 189%
January 20, 1981
$909,041,000.000.00

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Debt by President

Are You A Tea Party Hyprocrite??

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United States of Corporations

Thanks to the GOP's Supreme Court
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Corporate Bill of Rights

Quotes and Links

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The Decade When the U.S. Lost Its Way

Where Have All the Neocons Gone?

From Neocons to Crazy-Cons

America Builds an Aristocracy

Supreme immodesty: Why the justices play politics

The Biggest Medicare Fraud Ever

Enough Right-Wing Propaganda

Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed

"The financial reform bill will determine whether Wall Street’s banks will serve the American economy or whether the American economy will continue to serve Wall Street's banks."

"While the economy doesn't function for most of us ordinary workers, it yields considerable reward for those at the top."

Republicans Are Locked in a Passionate Embrace with a Corpse and Won't Let Go

"The most important thing Republicans think is that if there are Americans who can't afford the insurance policies that private insurers are willing to offer, then that's their problem."

"It should tell you everything you need to know that, in lobbying to retain its bank supervisory powers, the Fed's allies include the big Wall Street banks."

"[Texas Republican Jeb] Hensarling told a Texas-size whopper — and then tried to claim Republican credit for Bill Clinton’s budget surpluses."

"The Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision last week giving American corporations the right to unlimited political spending was an astonishing display of judicial arrogance, overreach and unjustified activism."

"It was wrong because nothing in the First Amendment dictates that corporations must be treated identically to people."

"They backed the truck up to Fort Knox in broad daylight. They emptied it out, we rescued them and they get $150 billion in bonuses."

"A huge, unregulated boom in which almost all the upside went directly into private hands, followed by a gigantic bust in which the losses were socialized."

So You Just Squandered Billions . . . Take Another Whack at It

Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

Bankers' bonuses Beat Earnings as Industry Imploded

U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion

The Bank Bailouts — Corporate Welfarism

New Evidence Cheney Swayed Reaction to Leak - Valerie Plame

Once Again, The More You Watch Fox The Dumber You Are

"Over the past year, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury have injected trillions of dollars into frozen financial markets, snapping up unwanted bonds, extending guarantees to banks and slashing interest rates."

Building a Better Capitalism

The End of Supply Side Economics

The Great Wealth Transfer

The Richer

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change

Proponents of Estate Tax Repeal Are Resurrecting Old Misconceptions

Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades

Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program

Our Gilded Age

The Rich and the Rest of Us

GOP's "Small Government" Talk is Hollow


Distortions, Hypocrisy & More

"I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you"
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Today is

Glenn Beck: Joe McCarthy Reincarnated

August 2, 2010

Glenn Beck has only one objective: To become famous and the most talked-about person in the news media and the viewing audience. And he doesn’t care how he achieves that goal, or how much damage he inflicts along the way — just as long as he does it. Of course, making millions in the process is a bonus. In his mind, becoming famous is priority-one. And if people die and the country fails, so be it. That’s the price he’s willing for America to pay.

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Where’s The Anger Over Wealthy Defaulting On Mortgages?

July 9, 2010

Certainly you recall all the “outrage” over middle-class home owners walking away from their mortgages when they could no longer afford them. You couldn’t have possibly missed it. Most of Wall Street and their public relations networks talked about it often. Each time a status report was released on the subject, the “wealthy world” made sure it got top billing for at least a week: “They have a contractual obligation and shouldn’t be allowed to simply walk away from it”. But now that wealthy folks are walking away from their mortgages “at a rate that greatly exceeds the rest of the population”, not a peep from anyone!

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Is This The Rule You Want Your Country Governed By?

Are you willing to live by the rules you make or advocate today if those same rules are forced on you tomorrow? [...]

Another Step Toward Mutiny

If Cook and the others are the kind of people we are not only accepting into our armed forces but also promoting to the rank of officer, then our standards for accepting people into our military has dropped to a new low. They certainly aren’t the kind of people I would trust to protect my country. [...]

Glenn Beck – A Rising “Star”?

Glenn Beck might have some credibility if he wasn’t so obvious about which political party he supports. He could be a great voice for the American people if he wasn’t so obsessed with political ideology. [...]

Damn, Glenn Beck Did It – He Moved To Fox News

It’s only natural that Beck be at Fox News. Everyone knows Fox is the gathering place for all those who hate the Democratic Party and love the Republican Party. [...]

Fox News Wins Huge Victory At MSNBC

September 8, 2008

The Facts

MSNBC has removed Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as anchors of live political events. The move was due to a lot of criticism from without and within the network, but no specific names were given other than Tom Brokaw, who said “at times Olbermann and Matthews went too far”. Continue Reading » »

Which Political Party Supporters Watch Which News Channel

September 3, 2008

The Facts

While watching CNBC today John Harwood, who is covering the Republican Party convention for CNBC, was talking about the “left of center bias” in the main stream press. He went on to say that CNN’s own surveys show that the majority of people who watch CNN are Democrats. Continue Reading » »