It does not appear that John Boehner can pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling with only Republican votes. But, if he can, he can only do so by attaching all sorts of nonsense to it that the Senate will laugh out of the room....
Read MoreI understand that the business community is fed up with the Tea Party’s brinkmanship on the debt ceiling, and I welcome their efforts to primary some of the extremists. However, I think it’s unfortunate that they are...
Read MoreWilliam S. Burroughs on why RNC Chairman Reince Priebus should not have bothered with his after-election report. “The junk merchant doesn’t sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does...
Read MoreThis falls in the categoty of no shit, Sherlock. Said one GOP aide: “It’s the House of indecision. We don’t have the votes for a big deal, small deal, or short-term deal.” Thankfully, the president...
Read MoreJennifer Senior interviews Antonin Scalia and discovers that he thinks that the devil is “a real person” and that all Catholics believe that. SENIOR: Isn’t it terribly frightening to believe in the Devil? SCALIA:...
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