Ezra Klein

What? The blogosphere is not really self-correcting? Shock! Awe! Shame! And this from Time Magazine’s blog of the year? My innocence knows no solace!

As successfully as the Democrats seem to be repelling Bush’s assault on Social Security, we still show no conception of how to turn our defensive entrenchment into a powerful counterattack. We cheer when one of our number tags privatization as an attack on Social Security’s legitimacy, but what about on the legitimacy of government? For […]

Regarding Biden and his potential vote for the atrocious bankruptcy bill, Jon Chait writes: The trouble here is that the relationship each Democrat has with his home-state business interests is the relationship every Republican has with every business interest. The bankruptcy bill enjoys unanimous GOP support in the Senate. It’s a familiar pattern: Noxious laws […]

There’s really nothing more counterproductive than leaks on Iran. It’s not so much that I’m against strengthening the opposition there, but that saying we’re going to do it ensures it’ll never work. This is a society where the politics regularly refocus on a coup we carried out half-a-century ago. This is a government that routinely […]

This bit of horseshit comes from a report of a meeting between industry reps and the White House: Karl Rove stressed the importance of Social Security reform on the President’s domestic agenda. He said that the President felt in his soul that Social Security reform is vital for the future of the United States. I […]

Brad Plumer’s got a modest proposal.

Could anyone recommend a good, readable book on the fundamentals of tax policy?

Harry Reid don’t suffer no fools: “I’m not a big Greenspan fan — Alan Greenspan fan,” Reid said when asked about the Fed chairman’s testimony this week urging Congress to deal quickly with the financial problems facing Social Security and Medicare. “I voted against him the last two times. I think he’s one of the […]

Brad and Matt are arguing over what the poll numbers mean for Democratic chances to pull even on national security. As Brad notices, Americans disapprove of the president’s foreign policy, 44%-48%. But that’s basically the same result as the poll got before election day, which was 45%-49%. More importantly, these same voters are loving Bush […]

Poor Rick, he can’t even hide on his own website. Screenshot below the jump, look at the poll: