Brent Budowsky

President Barack Obama should announce he is taking a pay cut of 10 percent until the jobless rate declines for three consecutive months.

Progressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, populist and progressive.

As the House of Representatives moved to pass the healthcare bill, Washington witnessed an extraordinary moment in modern political history as Republican leaders spoke before large signs of bigotry and hate unworthy of any political party.

The new Gallup poll shows Republicans pulling ahead of Democrats in generic preference for the 2010 congressional elections by a margin of 48 percent to 44. These numbers are “big scary” for Democrats.

Washington remains in denial about the skyrocketing misery index that plagues more than half the nation. Leaders in the capital do not get it.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is within a handful of votes of passing a healthcare bill that includes a public option with a provision to allow states to opt out.

In 2009 the voters sent a thunderclap message to Washington: an anti-incumbent landslide that sets the stage for a gigantic political war in 2010.

With the 2009 elections over, it is time to air a very significant debate now under way among high-level Democrats.

From sea to sea there is voter unrest that poses extreme risks for incumbents of both parties. There is almost universal revulsion against Washington and a belief that politicians don’t protect citizens from hostile forces that threaten them.

When former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker agrees with Ralph Nader on the major issue of global finance, it is time for serious people to take note.