Since the advent of the Reagan years, fiscal conservatives have constantly railed against any government assistance whatsoever for the middle-class, labeling the practice “wealth redistribution.”  But the national financial crises over the past three decades, including the current proposal by the U.S. government to bail out high-level Wall Street conglomerates, reveal the hypocrisy of their argument.  Conservatives are only against wealth redistribution when the funds are directed from them to the middle-class and poor. But they wholeheartedly support wealth that is transferred from the poor and middle-class to their coffers.

THE RICHARDSON REPORT: CAN THE GOP WIN THE PRESIDENCY WITHOUT PLAYING THE RACE CARD?

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During the 2008 presidential campaign, political commentators have repeatedly referenced the supposed long-time love affair between Bill and Hillary Clinton and the African-American community.  While it is probably true that the majority of African Americans are fond of the Clintons, there is a significant bloc for whom there is no love lost.

Will the American media ever let a black presidential candidate wage a campaign as an American citizen, without turning it into a racial cauldron?
   

Why is America Still in Iraq?  The Answer is Pride