Explaining the Vote
Esquire’s Tim Heffernan nails it, I think: There’s a scene in Boogie Man, the terrific Lee Atwater documentary, where Robert Novak says that the difference between Democrats and Republicans is that...
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The Bob and Elvis Show – November 4, 2010
We Remember the Great Ted Sorensen; The Politics of the Kennedy Years; Election 2010 Recap; The Ramifications for 2012; Modern Republicanism; Firebagger Disconnect with Reality; Sarah Palin's Bastard...
View ArticleGood News, Bad Timing
More jobs! In October, the economy added 159,000 private-sector jobs, far exceeding expectations. It’s the best private-sector total since April, and the second strongest report since the start of the...
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Graph of the Day
Job growth over the last 12 months: Government takeover! Run away! Look at all those government jobs — wait. Uh. Reminder: Americans, specifically self-identified independents and conservatives, voted...
View ArticleThe Tea Party Is Totally Peaceful
Chez reports: Stop me if this sounds familiar: Yesterday, every public school in Broward County — all 300+ of them — were locked down for most of the day after a “credible threat” was apparently made...
View ArticleBring On the Government-Run Healthcare!
Freshmen Republicans are demanding their government healthcare: Maryland physician Andy Harris (R) just soundly defeated Frank Kratovil, one of the most endangered Democrats on Capitol Hill going into...
View ArticleOy. Oy. Oy.
Not good: The Obama administration is retreating on long-delayed environmental regulations — new rules governing smog and toxic emissions from industrial boilers — as it adjusts to a changed political...
View ArticleThe First of Many Shutdowns
Looks like the first big government shutdown is imminent. This month. Yesterday, Democrats’ chief appropriator, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) unveiled what’s known as an omnibus spending bill — a bundled...
View ArticleAren't You Glad You Didn't Vote?
Here’s Ed Schultz, pre-midterms: And I’m announcing today, I’m not going to vote in the midterms. I’m not going to do it. You can say it’s un-American. No, it’s rather revolutionary is what it is. I’m...
View ArticleThey Aren’t Hiding It
Yes, the Republicans retained control of the House of Representatives in 2012 thanks to gerrymandering, and they’re very proud of this fact. In the memo — titled “How a Strategy of Targeting State...
View ArticleBlue Dog Dilemma
When a red state Democratic or a “Blue Dog” does something I don’t approve of, I don’t always make a stink out of it. Why? Because they’re dealing with people like this. It will take a lot more than a...
View ArticleBlue Dog Dilemma
When a red state Democratic or a “Blue Dog” does something I don’t approve of, I don’t always make a stink out of it. Why? Because they’re dealing with people like this. It will take a lot more than a...
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