Jon Kyl
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Replicating The Dick Morris Business Model
Putative Democratic pollsters Doug Schoen and Pat Cadell have made a mini-career in the Obama administration as Dick Morris-esque apostates. They repeat republican talking points, but the hook that gets them attention is that they make sure to mention that they're Democrats, they write this out of sadness rather than anger, their party has left them, etc. READ MORE >>
Does Climate Policy Just Need Better Framing?
Now that the climate bill is dead and decomposing, some advocates are writing op-eds arguing that if only its backers had framed things this way or that way, the public would've responded more positively and demanded action from lawmakers. See, for instance, Lee Wasserman's piece in The New York Times today. READ MORE >>
The REALLY Lonely Centrist
Washington—The titans of the private sector say President Obama is anti-business. Many progressives say he coddles business. How does the administration manage to pull that off? READ MORE >>
Jon Kyl Commits Near-Honesty
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is getting a lot of attention for admitting, a little too bluntly, the Republican view that spending needs to be offset so as to be deficit neutral but tax cuts don't: READ MORE >>
Non-STARTer
The Congress vs. Barack Obama: The U.S. vs. Iran
Barack Obama is fighting hard to be permitted by Congress to throw cotton candy at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran. It is unlikely that he will succeed, and that is because even many Democratic senators are simply mortified by the president’s trifling efforts at getting the mullahs to back down from their nuclear aspirations. He has spent nearly 16 months in what he should have known would be a doomed diplomacy to induce Russia and China to get tough with Tehran. Yes, get tough. READ MORE >>
The Democrats' Immigration Bonanza
Click here to read Chait’s follow-up on this topic: "Immigration reform and positive-sum politics.” READ MORE >>
Yes, I Can Imagine That
Pointing out the hypocrisy of Republican positions on procedural fairness is getting tiresome, I know. But I can't let this one pass. From Jay Newton-Small at Time: READ MORE >>
Court and Racket
WASHINGTON -- In a city where the phrase “bipartisan initiative” is becoming an oxymoron, the urgency of containing the damage the Supreme Court could do to our electoral system creates an opportunity for a rare convergence of interest and principle. READ MORE >>
