Month: October 2013

An extremely pertinent diary has appeared at Daily Kos that explains much about the Tea Party world view. E Pluribus Contentio: The Origins (and Dangers) of the Tea Party ShutdownKossack Geenius at Wrok has written a brilliantly...

The operating principle of the conservative movement seems to be to cause the most people the most amount of stress. We can never relax around these folks because they are always issuing crazy threats, making impossible demands,...

Both sides of the political divide like to heap abuse on politicians who position themselves near the middle. DINOs and RINOs, we like to call them. And I think the abuse is sometimes warranted. On the other hand, I think that,...

I see a lot of progressives bitching about the outlines of a deal that hasn’t even been finalized, yet. But I don’t think they are focused on the right things. There is a real lost opportunity here, and it’s a...

The American people are understandably upset with their political leaders and they are growing more frustrated by the moment. But the trends in the polling show that, contra Peter Wehner, refusing to compromise isn’t...