Bush Picks Up Key Endorsement
From AP, via the Indianapolis Star: TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran’s best interests, despite the…
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At least as of yesterday morning, the Democratic establishment still didn’t get it. Then again, as of late yesterday, neither did the Republican establishment. And neither did Donald Trump. [UPDATED]
…think tanks and so-called legal foundations, small, non-profit (thus “Foundation” as part of their title) law firms, all funded by extreme economic self-styled libertarian (the Madison Avenue-inspired ideological label they…
Bob Woodward’s Seriously Stupid Conflation of “The Sequester” and “A Deal to REPLACE the Sequester”
…will be on the table,” he said. The 2011 agreement left unspecified how to achieve the additional $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years. That fall a so-called supercommittee…
Obama Finally Follows My Advice. Here’s One More Suggestion.
…openly approve a Super Pac that supports him, explaining that he decided to not unilaterally disarm, I said to myself: “Hmm. Guess he’s had a change heart, after unilaterally disarming…
Three-Card Monte (Spring 2004)
Angry Bear archives reminds us of the longstanding strategies embedded in the current political debate, and trial balloons of possible current Super Committee proposals November 22, 2011. The Social Security…
Apparently, Public Financing has been Very Good to John McCain
…on Monday will be the electricity that powers our “Get Out the Vote” efforts on Tuesday. UPDATE: Via Dr. Black, Oliver Willis notes that the McCain campaign deliberately decided to…
The Oklahoma Republican Party calls Walmart and the mega-corporate fast-food and hospitality industries animals dependent on food stamps. And its chairman wants a national discussion about it. Oblige him, Democrats.
…parks? Whoa. If the Republicans keep this up, the Walmart family and fast food chain executives will start their own Super PAC. To help Democratic candidates! If a Republican wins…
African Americans, the Poor in Court and Sentencing Reform
…factor in at least 33 deaths. It also might have prevented the plea in the 2012 charges against the owner of a pharmacy who sold mislabeled, super-potent painkillers blamed in…
R’s Supreme Court Boycott & Trump: How is That Going to Work Out for Them?
…to me they should have waited to get beyond Super Tuesday before they bet the future of the Court for the next couple of decades. Open Thread on Nevada, Trump,…
The Hill reports on "supercommittee"
by Linda Beale The Hill reports on “supercommittee Alexander Bolton reports that “With Supercommittee Deadlocked, leaders Reid and Boehner meet“, The Hill (Nov. 15, 2011). Reid (Dem) and Boehner (GOP)…