Liberal and Conservative activists agree on economy

LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS UNITED: Attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Chicago and Netroots Nation in Providence struck a similar note at their respective conferences, despite distant political beliefs: disappointment in the economy. Now we just need both sides to come together to agree on viable solutions: Steve Peoples and Brian Bakst for The Huffington Post: Activists Jab Obama and Romney On Economy
 
WANTED -- COMMON SENSE: Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick has noticed something missing from Washington: common sense. He talks about some reforms he is working on to fix what's broken, headlined by No Budget, No Pay: Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick for the Bucks County Courier Times: Fixing Congress: Term limits and other ways to restore common sense
 
THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT SWING STATES? Here are five myths on swing states from Jonathan Bernstein at The Washington Post: 1) Swing-state polls are key to predicting the winner 2) A vice presidential candidate should appeal to key groups in swing states 3) Ignore the national economy and focus on swing-state economies 4) Once a swing state, always a swing state 5) Republicans can't win without Ohio. Jonathan Bernstein for The Washington Post: Five myths about swing states
 
STAT OF THE DAY: Next week, the House will be out of session. The Senate will be in session. Not only will this be another case of an out-of-sync Congress, but this will in fact be the ninth week-long break Congress has taken this year, with only six months elapsed. Instead how about having members spend three weeks in Washington and one week out per month? Halimah Abdullah for CNN: Could Congress go from bad to worse after election?
 
ACTION OF THE DAY: Members of Congress listen to their constituents. Last week, New Yorkers asked Rep. Tim Bishop to co-sponsor No Budget, No Pay. After seeing the bill's overwhelming support, he signed on. Click here to send a message to your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor No Budget, No Pay.

Written & edited by Collin BerglundLauren Gilbert and Jack McCullough

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