The August debt debacle seriously undermined an already skeptical public’s view of their representatives in Washington. Senator Scott Brown, once remarkably well-loved for a Republican in Blue Mass., seems to have been tarred by a summer of D.C. run-amokery. Here’s (democratically affiliated) Public Policy Polling: Early last December, when PPP first looked at the race, [...]
Speaking in New York on Tuesday morning, Perry made two things crystal clear: his more-or-less unconditional support for Israel, and his opposition to the Obama administration’s controversial efforts to pressure Bibi Netanyahu over settlement activity.
Arkadelphia, Arkansas Yes, it’s really important for me to out here listening to non-Beltway people. I truly enjoy doing it and I learn a lot. But this is one week when I’d just as soon be back East, with all that’s going on.
The Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy dies today. It’s an obit I never thought I’d write. It hardly seems possible — as one who covered the debate for close to two decades — that the ban on openly gay men and women serving in uniform is passing into the pages of history. What will [...]
As the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee’s advocates and enemies will both tell you, the measure is designed to do more than just force Wall Street to settle up with John Q. Public. And with its inclusion in Obama’s newly unveiled populist deficit reduction plan, it’s a good time to revisit why.
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell dies today: a eulogy, and what one gay officer looks forward to. Obama loses David Brooks. Joe Nocera argues we should ignore the fiscal circus, focus on the Fed.
Readers often find in texts the meaning they bring to them. That dynamic is well under way in early reviews of veteran journalist Ron Suskind’s Confidence Men, which goes on sale Tuesday.
It’s puzzling that Dick Cheney claims he had no disillusionment with George W. Bush, because he makes so little effort to hide it.
The perfect garnish to today’s political dishes du jour — soak-the-rich populism and class warfare arm-waving: “By the time I feed my family,” the business-owning Congressman says, “I have maybe $400,000 left over….” [Via]
President Obama doesn’t take mulligans when he plays golf. The same cannot be said for the way he governs.
