…for the limited-government movement. What we have in this Administration is an unwholesome mixture — the term toxic soup comes to mind — of Christian fundy prejudice (towards non-Christians, science,…

Mark Mandel weighs in on a Mark Thoma critique of a column written by Chris Farrell – but seems to have missed the point of the Farrell-Thoma debate. Farrell and…

…are looking for sensible reform. One of them is Senator Lindsey Graham: [Hardball’s Chris] MATTHEWS: Social Security, do you think the president‘s plans for some kind of personal accounts has…

Chris Dodd has apparently pulled out of the running and Harry Reid may be the leading choice for now. Amy Sullivan and Kevin Drum explosives are having a great discussion…

I think Chris Bowers has it (almost) exactly right: The solution to our problems, the only solution that actually addresses our problems rather than criticizes us for not doing well…

…just before election 2000, which was in fact a very close election. For more on this point, see this Slate story by Chris Sullentrop (“The worse things get for Bush,…

…roughly one-week period, yet they show an range in results that is far outside of the typical poll’s margin of error (MoE). Why? Chris Bowers at MyDD provides a thorough…

…often” that Chris Matthews sort of challenged especially with this: MATTHEWS: Didn‘t you ever, as mayor of New York, veto or refuse to sign an appropriation because you thought it…

…– if it comes overseas or from drug groups or where it comes from,” Hastert mused. An astonished Chris Wallace asked: “Excuse me?” The Speaker went on: “Well, that’s what…

…a difficult and perilous time. So conservative semi-endorsements of Kerry now include Sullivan, Bruce Bartlett, Dan Drezner, and Jacob Levy. Alleged liberals siding with Bush include Zell Miller, Chris Hitchens,…