How Clinton Foiled Debt Ceiling Extortion
Who Will Win The Supercommittee?
Obama Administration Frighteningly Slow On The Uptake
The post-mortems on the debt deal are showing the degree to which, as I've suspected, the Obama administration completely misunderstood the Republican Party. Laura Meckler and Gerald Seib's tick-tock is especially good. Here are the negotiations bumping up against the fundamental ideological divide in American politics: READ MORE >>
No, Obama Was Not Too Demanding With Boehner
I'm still shocked and dismayed that President Obama tried so hard to cut a budget deal with Republicans that, in return for enormous concessions, would have raised no more revenue than we'd get if the Bush tax cuts for income over $250,000 expire on schedule. William Galston, by contrast, argues that Obama blundered by asking for too much reve READ MORE >>
How the Debt Committee Could Turn Republican Against Republican
Grover Norquist is always filled with triumphalist theories, and his book elucidates one favorite Norquist claim, that shrinking revenue will turn the Democratic coalition (the "Takings Coalition") against itself in a cannibalistic orgy: READ MORE >>
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-- What's the deal with Norwegian sentencing? -- How the Super Committee can raise taxes. -- Why left-of-center parties all over the world are having problems. READ MORE >>
The Bright Side Of The Debt Ceiling Deal
Nate Silver, upon reflection, decides that the debt ceiling agreement isn't really so bad for liberals: READ MORE >>
Smearing Norah O'Donnell
Andrew Breitbart has clipped an exchange from today's press at conference at the White House. READ MORE >>
The Deal Isn't So Bad, But The Rationale For It Is
Who "Owns" the Economy?
One of the cliches bouncing around constantly is that President Obama "owns the economy." Pay attention to the way Karl Rove uses the phrase here, seguing from a weird description of a bakery closing to blaming it on Obama: READ MORE >>
