Drawing congressional districts to favor one political party doesn’t lead to higher incumbancy or gridlock.
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What to Read Before You Unwonk for the Weekend
Rejoice! Congress won at not ruining the Constitution today! The Super Committee won at doing nothing. NERD FIGHT. Round Two. Or three. This has been going on for a while. The Monkey Cage’s John Sides added his two cents to the Economics v. Campaigns election forecast debate, saying that it’s difficult to assess how effective […]
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Why You Should Prepare for Another Year of Slow Growth and High Unemployment
The forecast is terrible.
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Crazy People Running for President
Michele Bachmann is making me sad.
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What to Read Before You Unwonk Tonight
The Super Committee doesn’t have much time left to make a decision on deficit reduction. As November 23 approaches, the media coverage of its inability to agree on anything will grow exponentially. Someone should do a graph on that instead of focusing on what the possible outcomes of the Super Committee could mean for the […]
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Has Grover Norquist Made Himself Unnecessary?
Republicans don’t need to be threatened into supporting tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Barack Obama Never Called Americans “Lazy”
Republicans introduce a new sound bite.
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Fixing the Courts
Rick Perry stumbles upon a bright idea for reforming the judiciary.
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Stick a Fork in Him
Rick Perry’s donors disappear on him, taking his last hopes with them.
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What to Read Before You Unwonk Tonight
The GOP candidates are turning the Republican Party into a Toyota with its brakes on fire. They realized too late that their math on how many debates were essential to show off that they were 1) not Obama and 2) really conservative, was a bit off, but it’s too late to stop now, and the […]
