British Labour leader Ed Miliband has not mastered the art of maintaining some thin pretense of spontaneity while speaking in political talking points. Or maybe he just thought they’d cut the tape to one sound bite. Either way, this interview is something to behold: [Via]
Geithner’s exit floated. He says he’s sticking around “for the foreseeable future,” which means little. The White House now says it wants a debt ceiling deal done by July 22. Raising the specter of the 14th Amendment, and implicitly the constitutionality of the debt ceiling, has its place in the debate.
The political pledge is a handy weapon in the political advocate’s arsenal. They work. Build a simple statement around a popular principle — keeping taxes low, opposing abortion — and you can pressure skittish politicians to back your cause eternally or risk supporters’ wrath and the dreaded flip-flopper tag. Grover Norquist has built a career [...]
