“Enacting elements of the Affordable Care Act isn't backtracking on cor...” — Ronnie Musgrove Quote

Enacting elements of the Affordable Care Act isn't backtracking on core principles, but rather understanding that new ways to help make health care affordable builds stronger businesses and saves struggling hospitals. And that is a very attractive offer.

The Southern Progress Fund will bring much-needed resources into multiple Southern states where Democrats must identify up-and-coming leaders and build a bench of strong potential candidates up and down the ballot.

Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control.

The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the issue, having supported a law in Mississippi that made it illegal for LGBT couples to adopt children. I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith.

If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable.

To have a system that's fair and affordable we need to help more people into work, make sure we have decent and secure jobs, and ensure that the work that people have done throughout their lives is properly recognised when they lose their jobs and in old age.

In my experience, not all women want to run the world. Not all women want to run a big banking conglomerate. Not all women want to be prime minister. What a lot of women want is a good career that respects them... and high-quality, affordable childcare.

For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.