Democrats
Illinois abolishes the death penalty
March 9, 2011"With our broken system, we cannot ensure justice is achieved in every case," Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn said.
Read moreToday’s Republicans make Ike, Nixon and Reagan look like liberals
March 4, 2011President Eisenhower opposed school integration, but even he took better positions than today's extremists.
Read moreObama, most Americans, side with unions over right-wingers
March 1, 2011Presidential and popular support for public workers was not the only bad polling news the right wing has to deal with today.
Read moreThousands flood Ohio Capitol to defend union rights
February 24, 2011As rallies, town hall meetings and teach-ins spread throughout the state up to 10,000 Ohioans converged on the Statehouse Tuesday to protest a Republican bill to repeal public employees' right to bargain collectively.
Read morePresident sides with Wisconsin workers
February 18, 2011President Obama weighed in on the side of the workers who have occupied the Wisconsin state Capitol for four straight days, blasting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights...
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