WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Marble Falls You could see this coming from miles away, as I had predicted in several irresistible “I told you so” moments as hardline, right wing conservative Ohio Republican Jim Jordan’s campaign for Speaker of the US House of Representatives crashed and then burned. In the end, it wasn’t even close, but was …
New Orleans I warned you. I’m watching the Game of Thrones reality show in Washington, DC, in the House of Representatives on full alert. I had been honest, that if it played out as it looked to me in wild, cheap seat speculation, I was going to be all about “I told you …
Pearl River I’ll admit it. I find the Republican anarchy in the House fascinating, not because I’m a chaos monkey, but because their antics now are case stories in political maneuvering and backroom knife fights. Some of this wildness speaks to classic, almost universal organizing truths. In short, what follows is my highly speculative …