New Poll: House Republicans In Jeopardy

HOME POLITICS NATIONAL NEWS WORLD ECONOMY SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Joe Conason Carl Hiaasen Connie Schultz E.J. Dionne Gene Lyons Jonathan Alter April 19, 2012 THE BIG STORY, BY E.J. DIONNE Families Face Money Struggles, Not Mommy Wars Instead of fighting a phony mommy war over what Hilary Rosen said about Ann Romney, we should face the fact that most families these days cannot afford to have one parent stay home with the kids. This is not about "lifestyle" or "values." This is an economic struggle highlighting yet again the social costs arising from decades of stagnating or declining wages and growing income inequality. READ MORE FEATURED COLUMN: JIM HIGHTOWER Riding With The Citizens United Gang The Lone Ranger was a masked man who was out to bring bad guys to justice. Ed Conard is a masked man who is out to bring bad guys to power. A multimillionaire financier who was a top henchman in Bain Capital, Mitt Romney's old outfit of corporate plunderers, Conard is currently riding with the small but fearsome Citizens United Gang, which has taken over presidential politics in our country. READ MORE BATTLE FOR CONGRESS New Poll: Republican House Majority In Doubt The Republican Party's election-year embrace of Paul Ryan's budget plan -- coupled with sustained hostility to family planning -- has imperiled the GOP's House majority, according to a new Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner survey of 1,000 voters in the 56 most competitive GOP-held districts. READ MORE STRANGE BUT TRUE Mitt Romney Chose Music For His Horse's Dance Competition Mitt Romney won't be in attendance at the 2012 Dressage World Cup, which starts today, but he and his wife Ann will play a very personal role in the tournament's outcome. The Romneys are high-profile participants in dressage, the classical European sport of dancing horses. The Romneys own eight dressage horses -- at tremendous financial cost -- and at this year's World Cup, Mitt Romney made the critical choice of which music will accompany their horse's performance: a selection of songs from the movie soundtracks of Rainman and The Mission. READ MORE QUESTION TIME 10 Questions -- And Answers -- To Help You Understand The Foreclosure Crisis Last week, ProPublica reporter Paul Kiel took time out from promoting his e-book to answer reader questions on Reddit about the foreclosure crisis, buying a home, and how he got started as an investigative journalist. We selected the most pertinent parts of the interview, which offers Kiel's penetrating view of the crisis. READ MORE SECRET SERVICE Heads Roll In Secret Service Scandal The Secret Service says three employees are out of the agency in the wake of a prostitution scandal in Colombia. READ MORE CARTOON OF THE DAY   (c) 2012 Eastern Harbor Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 28 West 27th Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10001