| Arianna Huffington: President Obama's interview with Charlie Rose got interesting when the conversation turned to what the president considers the biggest mistake of his first term. It was, he said, "thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right." So what else is needed? "The nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times." But while the president has accurately diagnosed the ailment, he hasn't delivered on his own prescription. Where is the narrative that will give us that sense of unity and purpose and optimism? His campaign has given us all a crash course on the ills of Bain, but hasn't given us an alternative narrative of the kind of capitalism that should define the nation as we emerge from the financial crisis -- if, in fact, we ever do. BLOG POSTS  | Sen. Tom Harkin: Disability Employment: Are We at the Tipping Point?
Today, in my role as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, I am releasing a report urging Congress, the Administration, the business community, and society at large to make the issue of disability employment a national priority. |  | Howard Fineman: Obama, Romney Go Nasty In Historic Early Display Of Mano-A-Mano
This presidential campaign is shaping up as one of the most personally nasty in modern times -- and more quickly than experts thought it would. |  | Al Franken: Putting an End to Secret Campaign Contributions
The DISCLOSE Act doesn't limit how much money individuals or corporations can spend on independent expenditures. All it does is require that this spending be disclosed publicly. |  | Anna Deavere Smith: Grace, Love, Courage: On Art, Artists and Patronage
Art is thought to be inspirational. I think of it as aspirational. It sings what cannot be said. Priscilla Dewey Houghton understood in her veins that art comes from the people and must always be given back to the people. |  | Dean Baker: California Gold Rush? Righting Underwater Mortgages
Ever since the housing bubble collapsed, the Federal government has refused to take major initiatives to help underwater homeowners. As a result, we are likely to see close to one million foreclosures both this year and next, with the numbers only gradually slipping back to normal levels by the end of the decade. | | |
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