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Former two-term New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is running for president. He’s not testing the waters or forming an exploratory committee. Thursday, on the steps to the New Hampshire State Building, he announced …
Interviews
Q&A: Politix’s John Ellis
Late last week, TIME spoke to John Ellis, who has blogged, worked in the election units of NBC and Fox News, written columns for the Boston Globe, and now runs a new website at Business Insider called Politix. Ellis is one of the hardest-headed political observers we know and he was kind enough to take on a few questions:
Q&A: Paul Ryan on His “Path to Prosperity”
TIME’s Jay Newton-Small talked to House Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan in his Longworth office Tuesday about his 2012 budget, an ambitious package that includes drastic changes to Medicare and Medicaid, new tax reforms and deep spending cuts. A lightly edited transcript of the conversation follows:
TIME: How does your …
Morning Must Reads: Deal
(White House/Pete Souza)
–After the weekend, a deal extending all the Bush tax cuts temporarily (1-3 years) in exchange for Recovery Act tax credits and a year or so of unemployment benefits still appears to be the only way forward in the Senate. The timing of the expiration, of course, has implications for Obama’s re-election …
Morning Must Reads: Pack
–President Obama has a long chat with Rolling Stone.
–Vice President Biden doesn’t mince words with the base.
–CNN reports Rahm Emanuel will pack his bags Friday and Pete Rouse will likely serve as interim chief of staff.
–Republican independent expenditure groups out gun Democratic ones.
Blago Goes on the Daily Show
If you like the kind of comedy that makes you cringe as you’re watching someone train wreck their life, then this is the show for you. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich hit the Daily Show last night. Here’s the interview.
Part 1:
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And Part 2:
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