Month: April 2011

I have to rescind my assessment last night that John Boehner got nothing out of the late negotiations on the 2011 budget. Apparently, he won the restoration of a ban on the District of Columbia spending its own money to help...

It looks like the far right of the Republican Party (as represented by Michele Bachmann and Mike Huckabee) is creating some room for John Boehner to cave and make a deal with the president. Their rationale is identical to the...

You know things have gotten ugly when Sen. Diane Feinstein gets intemperate: “The numbers have been agreed to, but it’s an opportunity for the right wing in the House to really sock it to women,”Sen. Dianne...

Crossposted People’s View. Glen Hurowitz is providing a great example of how the “professional left” works hard to support Republicans like Joe Barton. Mr. Hurowitz who is a “senior fellow” at the...

The federal government shut down is looming. I don’t like to point fingers (Hi Mr. Ryan, and hello there too, Mr. Boehner) so I won’t. Instead, I’ll offer a very serious plan to solve the Budget crisis. A plan...