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

A Look At A Typical Democratic Terrorist

All US taxpayers will pay for the proposed expansion of Medicare for Nebraska. That assures him of a victory in his next election bid. He also got a big present for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska. That assures him of probably a million dollars in direct and indirect contributions during his next run for the Senate. [...]

Democrats Win, Republicans Win And The Health Care Industry Wins – The People Loose

No Democrat in the Senate should have to worry about having a heavily laden war chest for their next re-election campaign. The health care industry owes them big. [...]

Unprecedented Lies On Health Care Reform Sets Course For Country’s Collapse

The current so-called Republican leadership would make Joseph McCarthy very proud. The “debate”, if you want to call it that, will be looked back on as the beginning of the final Armageddon that brought down the United States. [...]

The Lewin Group Study – You’re Gonna Love This One

Would you trust a study by a company that said a bill, which would take billions of dollars out of their pocket, was a bad thing for the American public? [...]

Where Were They Before?

So here’s my question: If the Republicans have such a great idea of what the healthcare bill should look like, why didn’t they offer that during the first six years under George W. Bush? The answer is obvious. [...]

Random Thoughts on Other Notable Headlines of the Day — Issue XXXIV

Murtha has been connected to several corrupt cases, many where his brother and nephew were involved. For the life of me I can not understand why the FBI has not chopped the legs from under this crook. But Murtha has been on the job for 35 years, and who knows what kind of dirt he has about other powerful people. [...]

Random Thoughts on Other Notable Headlines of the Day — Issue XXXIII

To help make sure their money is well spent and they get their way, the health care industry has hired 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress to push their wished through. Republican Richard (Dick) Armey and Democrat Richard Gephardt, both ex-congressmen, are among those 350. [...]

Who’s Health Care Bill Will Pass?

This is an issue that we-the-public can not afford to play politics on. We need to be very skeptical in what our favorite talking heads and politicians are telling us. It’s very important to question what they are saying, and, at least this one time, do our own research into what’s good and what’s bad in the proposals. [...]