adVantage Points – July 18, 2011

My take on the continuing default crisis, Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB, and James O’Keefe’s latest disaster  >>  If you want to receive my adVantage Points every weekday morning in your inbox, email info@movementvision.org

Republicans Retreat To Right - story
Republicans are not only holding our nation’s entire future hostage, but they’ve hijacked basic common sense and political decency.  The Tea Party will go down in history as the movement that threw America overboard.

James O’Keefe At It Again – video
James O’Keefe notoriously brought down the community organization ACORN through falsifying videos that undermined the organization’s reputation.  Before anyone believes O’Keefe’s attack on Medicaid in Ohio, we need to see (a) proof that the clips shown do not included edited-in voice-overs, and (b) unedited footage of all discussions with Medicaid workers.  Given O’Keefe’s track record, we should take this latest video with a grain of assault.

Cordray, Not Warren, To Head CFPB - story
Obama could have done worse with this nomination, but he could have done much better.  Warren was by far the best choice for the job and favored by progressive voters.  Why is the President so inclined to throw bones to the far Right on spending cuts and deportations, but can’t make the most basic of gestures to his base?