Mitch McConnell
How Should Democrats Stop The Next Hijacking?
Will The Supercommittee Be Different This Time?
There's been some debate over whether the supercommittee will simply deadlock over the Republican refusal to raise any taxes, or whether Republicans will roll Democrats again and force another all-cuts budget deal. I am less sure, in part because the alternative to a deal (huge cuts to medical providers and the military) frightens Republicans as much as Democrats. READ MORE >>
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell's Bizarro Negotiation
Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell are trying to strike a debt ceiling compromise: But as long as Boehner struggles with his own members, the balance of power will shift back to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who has been negotiating with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). READ MORE >>
The Debt Ceiling And The Partisan Mind
In reference to my previous argument about how sheer partisan animus complicates any debt ceiling agreement, consider the sample case of Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post conservative blogger. Rubin is the paradigmatic case of a conservative whose positions on these issues is driven almost entirely by partisan heuristics. READ MORE >>
Your Daily Dose of Debt Ceiling Gloom
[Guest post by Matthew Zeitlin] Lawrence Kudlow, as pure a supply sider as there is, makes noises that sound like what a decent number of Republican congressmen describe as “alarmism”: READ MORE >>
Conservative Activists vs. Business
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 >>
