JMM,

I am lucky to have the luxury of a good amount of the time to devote to grokking the crucial issues of the day, and I still have a great deal of difficulty keeping up. I need more specific talking point help from TPM.

Here's the example which prompted this plea: I was watching the MMFA clip featuring the FOX morning clowns pushing disinformation about the effect on small business' of the House's new proposal, and I realized that I could not--with certainty--accurately refute their BS.

Even after going directly to the bill... I remained fairly confused. What are their financial options and responsibilities under the new bill? To what degree will tax breaks or other considerations mitigate those costs? What percentage of small business' have payrolls under 250, 300, 350 & 400k? Are we talking about 20% or 80% of all small business'? And so on.

Same thing with Cap & Trade, EFCA and countless other issues.

I don't need to be told what to say, but I would sure appreciate some factual guidance from a pro organization whose name suggests they live for this stuff, and have the professionals to do the digging and write up a clean, no crap ongoing primer.

I'll take it from there - talking with co-workers and friends, arguing online and pressuring my representatives. AND I'll support your advertisers - FOR REAL; and let them know why I'm doing so.

So help me out TPM; I have a feeling I'm not alone.