I've said it before, and I will say it again, unless you are in the top 1% of the wealthiest Americans (and even then, really), a vote for Republicans is a vote against self-interest. I have yet, ever, to find a positive idea proposed by a Republican leader (oh, let's limit it to the last half-century). It is not the party of "no" - it is the party of "never" "nix" "not yet" "let's go back" and "remember when...?" even though "when" never existed.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich