Does Paul Ryan stand poised…
…at the edge of the cliff, ready to dive in? I respect Ryan, and I happen to think he’d make a good president. But I’m not at all sure he’s really going to take the leap. And is he too … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
Romney: corporations are people
Romney is getting a lot of flack for saying that corporations are people, but even liberal Greg Sargent is defending Romney—sort of, anyway A transcript of Romney’s remarks appears at Sargent’s WaPo blog. And well, aren’t corporations people? The whole … Continue reading →
Unions try to buy Wisconsin back…
…but fail. For now. It was a squeaker, but this time the Republicans held on. And the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes out with an editorial admitting that Governor Walker’s policies seem to have helped local Wisconsin governments financially, rather than … Continue reading →
Down and down the Dow goes, where it stops…
…nobody knows. Right now, in a move that should surprise absolutely no one, the market is down significantly (as of this writing, 325). A great deal of the slide is almost certainly a reaction to late Friday’s S&P downgrade of … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan, Reagan’s speechwriter…
…explains to Obama why speeches are not that important: Democrats were sure Reagan was wrong, so they explained his success to themselves by believing that it all came down to some kind of magical formula involving his inexplicably powerful speeches. … Continue reading →
Rick Perry, student
Rick Perry has not yet formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2012, although most people are pretty sure he will run. But early though it may be, we already have his college transcripts, which were published at … Continue reading →
The debt limit compromise
If you look at today’s Memeorandum page, you’ll see that the debt ceiling compromise story totally dominates the news. Most of the articles are of the “who won?” variety (even though the vote hasn’t occurred yet, everyone’s assuming it will … Continue reading →
The theater in DC continues…
…although it’s not all that entertaining, and the seats are “obstructed view.” The Boehner plan was never about something that would be implemented, anyway. Everyone knew it would be rejected by the Senate. It was in the nature of a … Continue reading →
Debt ceiling negotiations, redux
The other day I wrote a post about the debt ceiling negotiations. Few people in the comments section agreed with my point of view. But I had expected that, and I expect it for this one, too, which is fine; … Continue reading →
Extremism in the debt ceiling battle
William Kristol is absolutely correct: To govern is to choose. To vote is to choose. To vote against John Boehner on the House floor this week in the biggest showdown of the current Congress is to choose to vote with … Continue reading →
Condescension, thy name is Obama
I didn’t listen to Obama’s speech last night. Then again, I’m an equal-opportunity speech-shunner, because I didn’t listen to Boehner’s either. It takes a lot to get me to listen to a speech, as I’ve explained before. But I’ve listened … Continue reading →
Stop the presses! Michele Bachmann gets migraines!!!
Until someone else wins the Republican nomination, or until Michele Bachmann drops out of the running—whichever comes first—there will be a relentless drumbeat to destroy her. This much I know. The latest salvo is the allegation that she gets severe … Continue reading →