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You Solve the Deficit
Image by chrisjohnbeckett via Flickr The Sunday New York Times has a feature in their Week in Review section called “You Fix the Budget”. I’ve worked out a solution, at least given the parameters in...
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The Ryan Game
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) Announces the GOP Budget Plan This week, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) published a budget proposal called “The GOP Path to Prosperity.” As I mentioned on Monday in “Shutdown...
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Intimidation Nation
What is it about Tea Party Republicans? These are the same people who turned town hall meetings into near-riots throughout 2009. They are the ones who were big on carrying guns to political rallies....
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Outrage at Republican Town Halls: Where’s the Media Now?
Ryan's not so excellent town hall adventure Paul Ryan‘s (fake) budget plan is receiving a great deal of criticism and not just from liberal Democrats. Ryan himself was booed at his own town hall by his...
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It’s the Budget My Ass
Paul Ryan (bottom left) discusses strategy with Scott Walker and other Repubs Careful what you wish for. Republicans have made the budget problem their number one issue. In fact it’s their national...
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New York 26 Looks to Have Gone Democratic
Polls are closed in New York’s special election to replace Representative Mike Lee after an Internet infidelity scandal. A traditionally Republican district, New York 26 appears to have elected...
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Free Forum Friday May 27th Edition
Whacky political week. Democrats won a long standing Republican seat in New York by defending Medicare against Paul Ryan‘s plan to dismantle it. New York-26 has been an historically Republican district...
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Republicans Off the Starboard Bow!
Romney!!! Health care reform is rapidly becoming a real ‘Kobayashi Maru‘ test for Republicans. Star Trek fans will recall this test as being the ‘n0-win scenario’ from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn....
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Go Ahead and Get Wonky. We’ll Wait
Vice President Joe Biden and candidate Rep. Paul Ryan It’s been a week since the first presidential debate and President Obama’s somewhat lackluster performance. Now it’s time for the clash of the...
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