After a brutal recession was brought on by Wall Street greed, it looked for a moment like we'd rejected the Right's economic mythology. Then the "Tea Party" came along.
Economic historians will look back on this era as a time when policy-makers damaged Americans' welfare with ideologically driven, self-inflicted wounds.
They came to power promising to solve America's problems, but in the early going they've focused on firing up their hard-right base with frivolous bills.
Jon Kyl and other Republican senators opposing New START are bucking the national defense establishment to which traditionally they've been joined at the hip.
Charlotte Taft, RH Reality Check. October 26, 2010.
There is a huge double standard for Sarah Palin and the "Mama Grizzlies" between the policies they want to impose on other women and the choices they want for themselves.
The Tea Party movement is remarkable in two respects. It's one of the biggest exercises in false consciousness the world has seen and the biggest Astroturf operation in history.
Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. October 16, 2010.
Thanks to the disastrous Citizens United decision, corporate interests are funding candidates that support ultra-right wing causes without having to disclose.
Alan Grayson is up against a Tea Party conservative. The billionaire Koch brothers, through their organization Americans for Prosperity, have dropped $250,000 in negative TV ads.
