Month: July 2011

Pawlenty Goes Full Wingnut

I thinks it says a lot that Tim Pawlenty has not only come out strongly against raising the debt ceiling, but he has decided to try to use his hard-line stance as some kind of contrast to Mitt Romney. Most of Wall Street, and...

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After This is Over

I don’t know how the whole debt limit crisis will shake out. I suspect that McConnell’s kabuki will prevail. Regardless, I can already see some fallout for the Republicans. The party has been rent in two. A precursor...

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The Beast is in Charge of the GOP

James Egan asks some fair questions about the folks who seemingly want a debt default rather than accept the more than generous proposals on the table from President Obama, and they are: Who would put at risk, at a time when...

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