Since Mann and Ornstein have written a book that tells truths inconvenient to high Broderism, their numbers have fallen out of the Sunday talk show rolodex. Relatedly, the late Dick Lugar wishes to inform you that both parties are equally guilty, and he has some...
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Andrew Cohen has an excellent tribute to the late Nicholas Katzenbach, a key Justice Department official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations for whom the term "best and brightest" wouldn't.
Obama coming out for marriage equality today was obviously the right thing on the merits. But will it hurt him politically? I argue that 1)such claims are extremely implausible, and.
For reasons I stated earlier this week, the policy and political effects of Obama's precise stated position on same-sex marriage are relatively trivial. Still, if he's going to say something about the issue in the context of the dismaying North Carolina vote and Biden's comments...
Jonah Goldberg's resume-padding might be the funniest example of the phenomenon since William Hammesfahr, nominee for the Nobel Prize awarded annually for Excellence and Erroneous, Politically Convenient Long-Distance Diagnoses. You.
Well, if Mittens wins figuring out who his first Supreme Court nomination will be should be easy.
It's always fun to see Krugman bring actual facts and logic to discussions with certain unnamed "conservatives."
I'd like to add a couple more points about the K.C. Johnson post SEK linked below. First, it's worth noting Johnson makes no attempt to address the central point made.
It's like the ultimate Fred Hiatt op-ed. Any hack can scold voters for not supporting Pain Caucus policies that are as senseless in theory as they've been devastating in practice..
North Carolina constitutionally entrenches its ban on same-sex marriage and bans domestic partnerships. As Allison Kilkenny notes, all 11 former Confederate states have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage.
Jon Rauch has the latest argument that a Supreme Court decision striking down the PPACA would be Great News For Liberals. Alas, it's wrong on multiple levels. Alas, it's wrong.
To approach the question of principle in political leadership from yet another angle, in light of Biden's quasi-endorsement of same-sex marriage there's been a lot of speculation of what Obama.