Steve Benen makes an observation: Not only is this year’s deficit on track to be significantly smaller than [last] year’s, to the tune of about $200 billion, it’s also on pace to be even better than optimistic...
Read MoreOn Monday, the U.S. Senate finally found something they could get some bipartisan agreement about. They voted 69-27 to allow the states to collect sales taxes on internet purchases. Nineteen Republicans supported the bill and...
Read MoreEven when David Brooks is arguing in favor of comprehensive immigration reform, he invites ridicule. However, I am confused about who is sawing off whose balls in this scenario. If Ouranos is Lincoln and Brooks is Kronos, then...
Read MoreIf Elizabeth Colbert Busch had won her special election tonight against former Governor Mark Sanford in South Carollina’s First District, it would have given me a certain amount of satisfaction. I am fond of the Colbert...
Read MoreI can’t say that I am sorry that Rep. John Barrow of Georgia’s 12th District won’t be running for Saxby Chambliss’s senate seat next year. He voted against ObamaCare and Cap and Trade, and he recently...
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