Month: September 2013

Senate Support for Dumbest Idea is Weak

As Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) discovered back in July, even a government shutdown will not prevent the implementation of ObamaCare. The Democratic Policy & Communications Center has compiled a list of 20 Republican senators who...

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Why Cruz Can’t Filibuster the CR

Byron York has taken it upon himself to break the news to the Republican base that there will be no filibuster of the Continuing Resolution. He has his facts mainly right, but we can dig a little deeper to discover the real...

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Throwing Boehner a Lifeline?

[Also appearing at the Washington Monthly] Noam Scheiber has been providing solid prognostication on the budget/debt ceiling fiasco and he is perturbed to discover a possible kink in his analysis. Might the administration offer...

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Casual Observation

Hell, Paul, at least you didn’t have to start a guest-posting gig in the midst of it all, and try to make it interesting and fresh.

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A Less Political Pope

Whenever Pope Francis I speaks publicly, I begin to worry about Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online’s The Corner. When I read that the pope had said “that the Roman Catholic church had grown...

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