The slate of GOP candidates demonstrated why I feel the party is such a threat to the country's well being. The thought of any of them having executive authority is soul numbing.

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