Austere-d Wrong: Clocking Out

The U.S.’ efforts at stimulus have been better for the economy than European countries’ austerity craze.

Becoming a trend: Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain encourages bosses to tell their employees how to vote.

Really becoming a trend: shouty GOP congressman Joe Walsh is also trying to get bosses to dictate their employees’ votes.

“One of the most cynical ploys in the November 2012 election cycle is California’s Proposition 32.”

“The 47%” are mostly working, elderly or students.

“[Romney’s] problem isn’t that the public is unfairly judging him by Bush’s policies. It’s that they’re fairly judging him by Bush’s policies.”

Romney’s tax promises are “severely impossible.”

Desperate to prove they’re worth the billion dollars being spent on them, Republican superPACs and dark-money groups reveal some of their methods.

A fascinating look at the Red State and Blue State social models.

Contrary to pundit whining, Obama’s potential second term agenda isn’t hard to figure out.