McConnell's "$2 Billion Spending Cut"
Mitch McConnell, as part of his red-meat pretext for abandoning the debt ceiling hostage strategy, has accused the Obama administration of really only offering $2 billion in spending cuts: READ MORE >>
The Secret Issue At The Heart Of the Budget Fight
David Rogers pulls out an under-reported point about what killed the deficit bargain between President Obama and John Boehner: READ MORE >>
Obama Still Wants To Cut A Terrible Deal
Chuck Todd reports that President Obama still wants to make the Grand Bargain: Boehner and Obama are, essentially, the lone voices in the room still advocating for the “grand bargain” (both believe it’ll be easier to pass, and they may have a point)... READ MORE >>
Life In Ohio, A Continuing Series
Owner Of Killer Bear Chokes To Death On Sex Toy: An exotic-animal owner who made headlines last summer when one of his bears mauled a woman to death has died after apparently choking on a sex toy, authorities said. READ MORE >>
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-- Michele Bachmann isn’t too worried about the debt ceiling -- A look at the fiercest rivalry in Major League Soccer -- Eliot Spitzer: “If the department fails to open an immediate investigation into News Corp.'s violations of the FCPA, there will have been a major breach of enforcement at Justice” READ MORE >>
Jason Horowitz reports about how Grover Norquist safeguards his no taxes pledge: The sacred texts from which Grover Norquist draws his political power are hidden in a secret fireproof safe. READ MORE >>
The Politics Of Hostage-Shooting
The overview of the Republican position right now is that the overwhelming majority of Republicans do not want to cut a deal with President Obama to reduce the deficit in return for raising the debt ceiling. They don't want this deal even if it's very friendly to their ideological position. The split is over what to do instead. READ MORE >>
The Republican Crazy Is Not An Act
Did Obama Offer Budget Cuts?
The conservative line of the moment holds that the Republicans are the real fiscally responsible party, because President Obama’s proposed budget cuts have not come in the form of official legislation. Here’s National Review’s editorial today: READ MORE >>
The Debt Negotiations Are Getting Awkward
This means... something. I just don't know exactly what: READ MORE >>
