Brent Budowsky

 
Give back the bonuses
Brent Budowsky - 11/18/09 07:28 PM ET

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

2010: A progressive strategy to win
Brent Budowsky - 11/17/09 05:31 PM ET

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.

The GOP’s hate problem
Brent Budowsky - 11/16/09 06:55 PM ET

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.

D-Day for Dems: Create jobs or lose
Brent Budowsky - 11/11/09 06:25 PM ET

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.

Why voters revolt: 17.5 percent jobless
Brent Budowsky - 11/10/09 07:31 PM ET

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

The prime minister
Brent Budowsky - 11/09/09 06:47 PM ET

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.

The mother of political wars
Brent Budowsky - 11/04/09 07:37 PM ET

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.

Come home, Mr. President
Brent Budowsky - 11/03/09 04:47 PM ET

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

Voters are not stupid
Brent Budowsky - 11/02/09 04:42 PM ET

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.

No more bailouts; break up banks
Brent Budowsky - 10/27/09 05:30 PM ET

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.

Current and Previous Articles

10/26/09 05:27 PM ET Public option will win
10/22/09 05:21 PM ET Gilded Age Democrats
10/20/09 06:33 PM ET Moment of truth for Harry Reid
10/19/09 05:21 PM ET Showtime for Dems
10/13/09 04:04 PM ET The Obama presidency: Where I dissent
10/12/09 05:21 PM ET Democratic strategists
10/06/09 05:10 PM ET Seven key points on Afghanistan
10/06/09 02:43 PM ET Seven key points on Afghanistan
10/05/09 05:03 PM ET How Dems win in 2010
09/29/09 05:01 PM ET 2006, 2008, 2010: The populist wave
09/28/09 03:20 PM ET Optional health deal
09/22/09 04:27 PM ET Election 2010: Rage, not race
09/21/09 02:55 PM ET Public option or bust
09/15/09 03:35 PM ET Realignment dead, dealignment now
09/14/09 03:58 PM ET Don’t scrap money limits
09/09/09 05:36 PM ET The road to bipartisanship
09/07/09 05:58 PM ET Public option
08/03/09 12:02 PM ET Farewell, Sally Crowe
07/27/09 11:50 AM ET Warning to Democrats
07/20/09 02:30 PM ET Cause of his life
07/13/09 12:27 PM ET Filibuster to death
07/07/09 11:33 AM ET Defeat the Internet Berlin Wall
07/06/09 01:30 PM ET 467,000 lost jobs
06/25/09 11:23 AM ET For whom the bell tolls
06/22/09 11:35 AM ET Do not be afraid
06/15/09 01:00 PM ET Iran rings the bell
06/09/09 11:49 AM ET Memo to Obama: A New Frontier
06/08/09 02:10 PM ET Memo to Axelrod: Part 1
06/01/09 12:30 PM ET American Dream judge
05/21/09 12:23 PM ET I stand with the Speaker
05/19/09 11:13 AM ET Huntsman and Buffett go to China
05/18/09 11:29 AM ET Born in the USA
05/12/09 11:43 AM ET Venture capital and the coming oil shock
05/11/09 12:53 PM ET Freeze credit card rates
05/05/09 12:54 PM ET Where Jack Kemp was right
05/04/09 11:11 AM ET 100-day all-stars
04/29/09 01:26 PM ET Breaking rank on banks
04/27/09 01:17 PM ET Go back to Berlin
04/20/09 11:18 AM ET Bank rage, Part 1
03/31/09 02:53 PM ET The great populist wave
 
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