Chuck Schumer
Is the Emergency Committee for Israel on a Losing Streak?
Readers of The New York Times, including several hundred thousand subscribers in New York, woke up Tuesday to a full-page ad on page A7, paid for by the Emergency Committee for Israel, that blared: "Who is Chuck Hagel, President Obama's anti-Israel nominee for Secretary of Defense?" Below quotes from several anti-Hagel critiques—including that of th READ MORE >>
Why Democrats Should Give Thanks For Mitt Romney
As Democrats gather for turkey or tofurkey in Brooklyn and Berkeley and, yes, even in Birmingham, they should offer thanks for Mitt Romney. Not just for being a clumsy candidate in a year when a more agile one might have knocked off Barack Obama—but for the broader benefit he served the Democratic Party as a powerful clarifying force. READ MORE >>
The “Fiscal Cliff” Is Wall Street’s Chance to Court Democrats Again
As expected, all the money on Wall Street wasn’t enough to defeat the Democrats. But that’s yesterday’s news. Bankers already have a new political headache: the looming fight in Congress over the “fiscal cliff.” Will the financial-services sector use this opportunity to kiss and make up with Democrats? Or to enact revenge for yesterday’s election results? READ MORE >>
The Liberal Media, in Love With Our Narrative
The Ballad of Chuck Schumer
You Know Inequality Is Hot When ...
Planes, Boats, and Paris Hilton: Why Can’t Democrats Master the Politics of Synecdoche?
It’s a choice between “kids’ safety” and “tax breaks for corporate jets” according to President Obama’s clearest explanation of the budget showdown in a press conference last Wednesday. The Republicans’ staggering refusal to consider even the most minimal efforts to close tax loopholes—because it would cross the line of their blood-oath to tax lobbyist Grover Norquist—was boiled down to the tangible phrase, repeated six times, “corporate jets.” READ MORE >>
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Who's On Team Crist?
I've always thought that you can understand about 90% of what you need to know about a politician's beliefs by looking at who advises them. Charlie Crist now has a lot of Democrats working for him: Two of the major power players now steering the Crist ship are Eric Johnson, who was chief of staff for former Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Josh Isay, the former chief of staff to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and co-founder of Knickerbocker SKD, the consulting firm. READ MORE >>
