Think Progress

September 2008 Progress Reports

• Economy -- Conservatives' Bailout Blame Game, September 30, 2008
  Conservatives falsely lay the blame for the failure of the bailout and the economic crisis on others.
• Economy -- Bailout Still Falls Short, September 29, 2008
  

  The bailout plan still falls short, and does not give adequate coverage to taxpayers and homeowners struggling to stay in their homes.

• Economy -- The War Economy, September 26, 2008
  The current economic crisis and the Iraq war. Are they linked?
• Economy -- McCain Bails Out Of The Debate, September 25, 2008
  Sen. John McCain injects presidential politics into Congress's negotiations on the bailout package.
• Health Care -- Deregulating The Health Insurance Industry, September 24, 2008
  An analysis of the implications of Sen. John McCain's proposal to deregulate the health insurance industry.
• Economy -- An Unfair And Ineffective Bailout, September 23, 2008
  Henry Paulson's plan for bailing out Wall Street does not help individual homeowners with their mortgages.
• International Relations -- Looking Ahead At The Debate, September 22, 2008
  McCain and Obama are to debate this Friday on foreign policy. A look at the issues they need to address.
• Media -- Progressive Silence on Television, September 19, 2008
  Rachel Maddow tops MSNBC's ratings, while progressive voices are consistently silenced on TV.
• Economy -- The New Hoovers, September 18, 2008
  How President Bush and John McCain plan to handle the financial meltdown on Wall Street.
• Economy -- Green Recovery Now, September 17, 2008
  New CAP report discusses using green jobs to revive the ailing economy. House passes energy legislation.
• Economy -- The McCain Economic Council, September 16, 2008
  

  A look at the advisers who shape Sen. John McCain's economic agenda.

• Economy -- McCain-onomics, September 15, 2008
  New report from the Center for American Progress on the failure of supply-side economics undermines Sen. John McCain's economic agenda.
• Ethics -- The 'Drill Baby, Drill' Scandal, September 12, 2008
  Department of Interior Inspector General releases a scathing report on how federal watch dogs are literally in bed with the oil companies.
• Terrorism -- Lessons Learned From 9/11, September 11, 2008
  Seven years later, the lessons from President Bush's failed post-9/11 security policies.
• Economy -- Bailing Out Right-Wing Economics, September 10, 2008
  Explaining the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis.
• Ethics -- Lies To Nowhere, September 9, 2008
  Debunking the bogus claim that Gov. Sarah Palin opposed the Bridge To Nowhere.
• Iraq -- The War Within, September 8, 2008
  Bob Woodward's new book unveils the dissent within the Bush administration regarding the surge and Bush's failure to lead.
• Election '08 -- What Conservatives Ignored, September 5, 2008
  

  Superficially, convention organizers tried to put distance between McCain and Bush.

• Progress, Compromise, or Conservative Obstruction, September 4, 2008
  Topping a packed Congressional schedule next week is energy policy, spurred by the pain of a summer of record gas prices.
• Politics -- An Extreme Choice, September 3, 2008
  

  Of the very little that is known about Gov. Sarah Palin is her extreme right-wing policies on a wide range of issues.

• Politics -- A Radical Agenda, September 2, 2008
  

  Many on the right have indicated that this year's Republican party platform represents one of the most conservative in the history of the party.