Chait
If Staying in the Republican Primary Race Were Easy, Everybody Around The World Would Stay in the Republican Primary Race
[Guest post by Nathan Pippenger] READ MORE >>
Scarborough Unfair
What The Bachmann Skeptics Get Wrong
I think Michelle Bachmann has a real shot to win the Republican nomination, but many commentators continue to view her as a fringe candidate bound to implode. Here' Will Wilkinson: READ MORE >>
Omnibus Libertarian Reply Post
I'm not sure how much interest you all have in following my running debates with the libertarian world, so I'm trying to wrap a couple of these threads up here in one place. READ MORE >>
Response To Douthat On Liberal Empiricism, Conservatism Rand-ism, And -- Yes! - The Debt Commission
Ross Douthat says that the reaction to the debt commission proposal has obviated my entire worldview: READ MORE >>
The Unofficial Official Word on Public Opinion
As first reported by Chris Cilizza in the Washington Post, pollster Joel Benenson is circulating a memo arguing that health care reform has become more popular. Writes Benenson: READ MORE >>
Keith Hennessey Should Cut His Losses
Former Bush economic advisor Keith Hennessey is back for more. His first defense of Bush fiscal responsibility was highly unpersuasive, and his follow-up, unbelievably, appears to be even worse. READ MORE >>