…chaired by Republican Fred Upton (noting the priority for repealing “Obamacare”). The health reform passed last year was far from perfect–partly because it was based on a Republican-generated model for…

…clear that he planned to veto any extensions and let all the tax cuts expire UNLESS the Republicans made the deal he requires”. I’ll intersperse my comments with Dan’s below….

…our means and now blame Obama because he has failed to reverse the adverse impact of the failed republican policies. Supporting the republican “starve the beast” strategy reminds me of…

…the middle of a big recession. Additionally, the Democrats outperform Republicans even if you eliminate the best performing Democrat and the worst performing Republican.) Now, I like this graph because…

…right. RATHER: The Republican Party was almost totally different. You had three wings of the Republican Party Lyndon Johnson was dealing with. You had the liberal Republicans, and they would…

…the causes of increased polarization prominently include the election of Gingrich, DeLay, Boehner and Cantor by the Republican caucus. That was caused by the orientation of the roughly median Republican…

By Spencer Last week I published this map of the counties that voted more republican this presidential election and called it the US poverty belt. Some readers strongly disagreed. But…

I used to think of Mr. Barbour as just another Republican that read straight from the talking points. But my estimation of this man has just shot up enormously given…

…that Republicans are seen to be “standing for something,” while Democrats are seen to either just be non-Republicans or to simply have a laundry list of specific policy proposals that…

…according to their liking. Democrats had to try to win the seats of 4 retiring Democratic Senators from staunchly Republican states, while Republicans had only 1 such Republican retiree. Congressional…