Month: November 2009

I don’t know the internal politics at the Washington Post, so I don’t know if Ezra Klein will pay any price for contradicting Fred Hiatt. But I do know that Ezra is kind of silly to attempt to take Hiatt’s...

It’s encouraging that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs threatened to use the budget reconciliation process if the health care bill stalls in the Senate. Other than a brief burst of optimism I had after Senator Paul Kirk was...

A quick hit from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via the New York Times a few days ago: Israeli Asks Abbas Not to Step Down: That Israeli is Shimon Peres, Israel’s President. November 7, 2009 TEL AVIV (AP) — President Shimon...

BENEATH THE SPIN * ERIC L. WATTREE It’s Time for America to Stop Claiming to be a Great Nation, and Start Becoming One I want to begin this article by thanking Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her responsible Democratic...

TPMDC reports that the Senate Democratic Caucus is having lunch with former president Bill Clinton today to discuss health care reform. It could be like asking Bob Shrum to run your presidential campaign, or it could be a...