Jim Jordan
Romney’s Secrecy: Did He Get Away With It?
The Planned Parenthood P.R. Coup
It's Not Getting Any Easier for Boehner
I think Ezra Klein is correct in Wonkbook (which remains excellent, by the way—anyone wanting to keep up with policy developments should really make it a daily must) about what really mattered in the House this week. It’s how easily the leadership was rolled by the rank and file on spending: READ MORE >>
Where's the Welcome Wagon?
The GOP's Serious Budget Headache
The Boss
Robert Shrum, John Kerry's chief strategist and speechwriter, is considered the poet laureate of populism--the man who injected the phrase "the people versus the powerful" into Democratic vernacular. Over his 35-year career, Shrum has been responsible for many of the memorable lines to leave the mouths of such Democratic eminences as Ted Kennedy, George McGovern, and Al Gore. But one of his most telling speeches won't ever be collected in an anthology of great oratory. READ MORE >>
