This week’s podcast features Michael and Kate. Enjoy:
2012 Election
Morning Must Reads: Green Shoots
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–As I noted yesterday, Democrats have Senate Republicans in somewhat of a headlock over financial reform. From the Wall Street Journal:
Nerves appeared to be fraying among Republicans faced with the increasingly unappetizing prospect of opposing new curbs on Wall Street.
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Republican aides
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Some Reflections on Being Stranded (Twice) in London
I finally head home tomorrow but before I do, here are some reflections about being stranded in London. Nearly the exact some thing happened to me nine years ago during 9/11, though there are some marked differences.
Who Won the 2nd UK debate?
I need say nothing else. From Time’s London Bureau Chief Catherine Mayer:
Who won the second of the televised debates between the three men battling to be Britain’s next Prime Minister? The current Labour PM Gordon Brown? His Conservative challenger David Cameron? The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, elevated by last week’s d
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Financial Reform Chicken
“We’re very close to a deal,” Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said Wednesday. “We’ll take the next step,” intoned Senator Olympia Snowe, a prime target for aisle-crossing outreach. “Folks on our side of the aisle want a bill,” Bob Corker, a key GOP architect of portions of the Senate bill, …
George Pataki’s History Lesson
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The Red Coats are coming to levy a fine* if you don’t buy health insurance.
As forays into establishing a national TV presence go, this is, um, a revolution in camp.
(h/t Dave Weigel)
*Said fine is:
BA Brinksmanship
Here’s the latest from me about how British Airways CEO Willie Walsh seems to have played a game of brinksmanship with the British government and won the reopening of UK airspace. But if Walsh is the hero of this debacle, there’s also a villain and that’s looking to be Civil Aviation Authority Chief Executive Andrew Haines or the …
Morning Must Reads: Ifs, Ands or Buts
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–Obama will make a his case for financial reform “in the shadow of Wall Street” today at Cooper Union. A taste:
I believe in a strong financial sector that helps people to raise capital and get loans and invest their savings. But a free market was never meant to be a free license
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Morning Must Reads: Indefatigable
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
–Marco Rubio is the subject of an IRS probe into whether alleged use of Republican party credit cards for personal expenses warrants criminal charges. A wider federal inquiry involving the U.S. attorney, FBI and IRS has been launched into the Florida GOP’s expenses. The latest wrinkle in …
RE: Playing Politics With Goldman
Republicans have been crying foul over the timing of last Friday’s Securities and Exchange Commission announcement of an investigation into wrong doing by Goldman Sachs. Yes, the timing – just as the Democratic push for financial regulatory reform seemed doomed and just as Goldman’s stock was approaching something close to where it …
Morning Must Reads: Fundamentals
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–The DNC revives the famous McCain line to paint Republicans as irresponsible stewards of Wall Street and push financial regulatory reform.
–Bob Corker’s still optimistic: He expects a “70-vote bill” by Memorial Day.
–But he sounded pretty sour on the bill this morning on …
(Tea) Party in the UK
As my twitter followers know, I’ve been marooned in London due to volcanic ash. It’s been a real hardship, I can tell you. Glorious spring is bursting in St. James Park where blue herons and swans will virtually eat bread out of your hand. There’s a great Chris Ofili exhibit – the guy whose cow elephant dung Virgin Mary so …
Midday Must Reads: Moving the Needle
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
–Obama heads to lower Manhattan on Thursday to push for financial regulatory reform. Expect a confrontational tone and a call for quick action in the Senate.
–Hill aides are saying a motion to proceed could come as early as this week.
— Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein and Ryan Avent are …