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Debating the Virtues of a Divided Government

By | 10.29.10 | 9:07 am

Lots of individual seats in Tuesday’s House and Senate races remain genuine toss-ups, but the consensus among odds-makers about the House is pretty darn clear. Stu Rothenberg wrote in his latest report, “Democrats seem likely to lose at least 50 seats, but the GOP’s ceiling for gains is much More…

It’s Faust the Liberal Agenda the Economy, Stupid

By | 06.23.10 | 5:43 pm

If there’s anything notable about David Brooks, it’s that he’s wedded to both literary analogies and sweeping, ideologically tinged judgments about the public. And in his most recent column, he doesn’t fail to deliver. Pivoting off of an extended analogy to Faust, Brooks argues that Democrats — eager to More…

David Brooks: ‘I’m Willing to Follow Lindsey Graham’s Lead’

By | 01.07.10 | 4:33 pm

It doesn’t get Democrats any closer to 60 votes for climate legislation, but Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) efforts to cross the aisle and help craft a cap-and-trade bill are starting to have an effect on the debate among conservatives.

In a peculiar little “New Year’s Resolution” dialogue today More…

Kent Conrad, Meet David Brooks

By | 01.30.09 | 3:51 pm

Is there an echo in here?

In The New York Times today, op-ed columnist David Brooks blasts the Democrats’ House-passed stimulus package with the charge that it doesn’t meet the “timely, targeted and temporary” criteria pushed by supporters:

In a fateful decision, Democratic leaders merged the temporary stimulus

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Barack Obama’s Lesson in Applied Counterinsurgency

By | 01.14.09 | 10:35 am

One of the more frustrating aspects of counterinsurgency is talking to the people who were recently shooting at you — sometimes while they’re shooting at you. Often that gets misinterpreted as softness, but it’s more of a recognition that the only way to achieve a true victory is by coopting More…

Rushless

By | 01.14.09 | 9:07 am

The most interesting angle on President-elect Barack Obama’s bread-breaking with conservatives last night was the intrigue on Rush Limbaugh’s Website.

Speculation swirled all over the EIB: Obama asked for ideas to save the economy, Rush had some good ones on Monday, and Tuesday he’s mysteriously in Washington… coincidence?

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The George Will?

By | 01.13.09 | 9:06 pm

Here’s how the latest pool report (courtesy of Ken Bazinet of The New York Daily News) from the Obama transition team ends:

This is for real, folks. The bloggers are going to love this one.

Boy, you’ve got that right.

The PEOTUS departed Hay-Adams at 6:17 p.m. and at arrived

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