–House Speaker John Boehner, explaining how a proposal put forth by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan would alter Medicare.
Ezra Klein–this is boring, but it’s almost always the case–has yet another smart piece today in which he posits Barack Obama as a moderate Republican from the early 1990s. I don’t know about the label, but the substance is right on target: Obama favored an individual mandate universal health care plan, which–as I’ve insisted here before–was [...]
Paul Krugman is not my cup of tea. Even when he writes things that I agree with, which is almost never, he manages to strike tones of smugness and condescension that make my skin crawl. Of course, just because I feel this way doesn’t mean everyone should.
Rep. Ron Paul, the 75-year-old stubborn uncle of the Republican Party, is ready to go again, with his third campaign for President of the United States.
With gas prices soaring Obama could face trouble in 2012. But in the near term, Obama may be able console himself with a minor silver lining: House Speaker John Boehner’s surprise willingness to contemplate cutting one tax break given to big oil companies in the U.S.
The first thing that you ought to know about Reince Priebus, he jokes, is that if you take all the vowels out of his name it becomes “RNC PR BS.” Perfect, Priebus says, for the new chairman of the Republican National Committee as he tries to wade through what he calls the national media “spin.” [...]
–West Virginia Democrat Arne Moltis, giving a somewhat off-message explanation of what he would bring to the table in negotiations over the state’s public employee retirement benefits.
Michael Scherer noticed four things in the Obama campaign’s new video about its strategy for getting the President reelected in 2012. Let me add one more: At no point in the six-minute video does campaign manager Jim Messina even hint at a reason why the president ought to be reelected in 2012.
The next time TIME’s D.C. Bureau Chief Michael Duffy catches me sleeping at my desk, the top sheet of an National Transportation Safety Board report stuck to my face, I’ll be ready with a response: I was increasing my work performance and alertness—significantly.
In an interview with TIME, Grover Norquist talks about how he sees the budget debate, why he’s at war with Tom Coburn, and the costs of breaking his organization’s pledge.
