Month: February 2012

The Centrist Illusion

This political science-y piece shows pretty clearly what most political observers outside the Beltway-Mustache-Axis-of-Bipartisan-Fetishism intuitively understand: there simply isn’t a constituency for...

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Republicans Play Zero-Dimensional Chess

ABC News: Return of the Culture Wars: Can Mitt Romney Win Conservative Backing? The resurgence of social and cultural issues in voters’ minds poses new challenges for GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney as he reels...

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Take a Look at the Settlement

I don’t know about the monetary value of the National Mortgage Settlement, but the new consumer protections totally kick ass. When Obama’s legacy is discussed, I suspect he’ll be known as the “Consumer...

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