Month: July 2009

Avoiding the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Contrary to common wisdom in Left Blogistan, I do not think the House should attempt to pass health care reform before they recess. I am aware of all the reasons for doing so (mainly, to pass something before opponents can rally...

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The Blue Dog Dynamic on Health Care

Jay Cost has been doing some pretty decent electoral analysis from a right-wing perspective over at HorseRaceBlog. He recently wrote an interesting rebuttal to a Bill Greener Salon piece on the enduring Democratic majority. The...

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Thank God Bush Was Lazy

Imagine for a moment Bush had followed through on everything his puppet master Cheney advisers had recommended he do to fight the evildoers in the “War on Terror.” We might have seen widespread use of US troops...

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