Cheer up! Maybe we will…
…have Barney Frank to kick around some more. Being a member of Congress must be addictive.
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The fiscal cliff deal—so far
If you want to read at length about the latest in the fiscal cliff negotiations and legislation, go to Memeorandum and get cracking. But here’s my shorter two cents: After doing a lot of reading on the right side of … Continue reading →
Louis Michael Seidman: the con law professor v. the Constitution
Yesterday there was a big brouhaha over an op-ed of Louis Michael Seidman’s that appeared in the New York Times. It was the type of piece that, on first reading, appears to be some sort of ironic Onion-esque parody—but sadly, … Continue reading →
Congress’s fiscal cliff deal
Here’s the way it stands so far: ”” Tax rates will permanently rise to Clinton-era levels for families with income above $450,000 and individuals above $400,000. All income below the threshold will permanently be taxed at Bush-era rates. ”” The … Continue reading →
Fiscal cliff deal?
Note the question mark; I don’t trust any reports of a deal until it’s set in stone. Maybe not even then. So, for what it’s worth, here are the supposed details of the supposed agreement. You can wade through them … Continue reading →
Fiscal cliff…
…blah blah blah…fiscal cliff, blah blah blah…fiscal cliff, blah blah blah. Sorry to be so cynically dismissive. But my sense is that nothing will happen for a while, and when it does happen it won’t solve a thing, and Republicans … Continue reading →
Ted Kennedy Jr. not running…
…for John Kerry’s Senate seat. That opens the way for Scott Brown to return to the Senate, if he can win the special election. And if there’s no Kennedy scion to claim the throne, it’s highly possible. Not that it … Continue reading →
Why Romney lost, millionth version (the patrician vs. the common man)
A lot of bloggers have recommended reading this Boston Globe piece on why Romney lost. It’s probably good, with a lot of inside info, but I could only get through about a third of it because (a) the topic has … Continue reading →
Boehner the naif
“Meltdown” is really the meme du jour for House Republicans’ failure to coalesce around Boehner’s Plan B. Great Speakers (and/or Majority Leaders) are not necessarily great statesmen (or stateswomen; let us not forget Nancy Pelosi). Perhaps that quality is even … Continue reading →
Boehner…
…had this to say:
Continue reading →The fiscal cliff negotiations ad nauseam
I’ve not reported on those interminable fiscal cliff negotiations for a while, have I? I’m leaving it to others for the moment. Why? It’s one of those post-election nightmares that was easy to foresee, and seems like a losing proposition, … Continue reading →
Mike Dukakis, placeholder
Yikes.
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