From the standpoint of voter access and effective administration, the 2010 elections were in many ways a mixed bag. There were a number of troubling incidents that occurred including voter intimidation and threats of vote suppression, and the structural barriers to voting that keep participation rates down were as apparent as ever.
For a political movement that claims to be born from rebellious voters, the call to repeal the direct election of U.S. Senators comes straight out of the oligarch's quill and ink playbook.
Bill Moyers schools the Tea Party on whom they should really target their wrath: the barons of High Finance responsible for the market collapse.
Tax Day protesters are mighty bent about Obama's "socialist agenda." Never mind the pesky facts — or the middle class tax cuts.