Aside from his role in likely preventing a Republican majority in the Senate, Representative Todd Akin (R-Missouri) isn’t an important figure, but he says enough odd things to be interesting. Most notoriously, he claimed in a television interview that women … Continue reading →

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), the current Republican vice presidential nominee, has recently been condemning the whole idea of stimulus spending as wasteful, at least in public. Ryan said, at least as early as 2010 that he would not request and … Continue reading →