TomWells

Class stratification continued under a Democratic adminstration and Congress in 2009. It’s time for Democrats to follow through and end the Great Class Stratification. Wall Street is doing fine and working people are suffering. 2010 must bring real change.

TPM reporting that at least one progressive organization will help defeat Reid in 2010, even if that means Republicans take that seat, unless he places public option in merged bill.

The Hill is reporting that Pelosi rejected triggers. Take that Rahm!

ProPublica is reporting that Blue Dog Congressman Mike Ross (DINO-AR) “sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment and an independent appraisal say it was worth.”

Who did he sell it to? An Arkansas-based pharmacy chain with an interest in defeating universal health care.

The White House reached out to Rockefeller and requested that he come in to sit down with Obama

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today said he would vote no on the proposal offered by Sen. Max Baucus.

Some in the Democratic Party are not just taking labor for granted, but a few Democratic Senators are actively screwing labor. That could be a real big mistake long term.

A federal disrict court judge ruled that foreign suspects held by the US in Afghanistan have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts.

The SEIU is calling for the Obama Administration to fire Bank Of America CEO Ken Lewis in the same way they forced GM’s Rick Wagoner to resign. The SEIU asks the Obama Administration to apply the same lesson to the financial sector as it did to the automotive industry: “replace failed leadership and shepherd the industry into a new era.”