Matt has some useful additions to my post yesterday on presidential power. On the second term, one could add the the 2005 bankruptcy "reform," which again involved legislation supported by powerful interests, an issue that doesn't divide the Republican coalition, and key support from parasite-state...
Author: Scott Lemieux
I have a column up at the Prospect about the decision of the BART transit police to -- in the ignoble tradition of the Alien and Sedition Acts -- cut.
I have more to say about what the presidency and what it can and can't accomplish based on Jeff Shessol's terrific book on FDR and the court-packing fight. But.
One of the few specific health care reforms Republicans are willing to endorse are caps on lawsuit damages. Needless to say, Rick Perry has been touting the caps in Texas. The problem is that while they prevent some malpractice victims from being adequately compensated, they...
Shorter Rich Lowry: The primary reason liberals don't like a politician who argues that almost the entire modern federal state is unconstitutional, is a radical social reactionary, and blithely covers.
Shorter Rick Perry: "The Fed taking steps to help the economy would be so treasonous I might have to advocate secession again." It might seem obvious that this man cannot.
Now that he has made his intention to run official, Rick Perry should be considered one of the two frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. His selling points to the Republican base are clear: he has more obvious appeal to the conservative base...
Kris Jordan.
You will also remember this technique from Republican Supreme Court nominations, but apparently the new winger line is that it's a completely unfair smear to accurately quote Rick Perry's views..
I think is as good an account for Pawlenty's failure as I've seen -- I'm rarely persuaded by arguments that debates can be decisive turning points, but in this case I think it makes more sense. Meanwhile, on the question whether the straw polls matter...
I think this handicapping of the Republican field is correct. On paper, it's virtually impossible to see Romney beating Perry, since the latter has far more obvious appeal to the.
Jani Lane, R.I.P. Seems a particularly cruel fate for this to happen during state fair season...