Today’s Balance Sheet tackles optimistic economic news and legislators’ income-inspired out-of-touchness.
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See You Next Year!
The Prospect is closed between Christmas and New Year’s, so expect our posting to be a bit slower than normal over the coming week. But Patrick Caldwell will still be filling us in on what’s going on in Iowa about a week out from the caucuses, so drop in to see how the GOP primary […]
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DOJ Rejects South Carolina Voter-ID Law
What will the ruling mean for voting restrictions in other states?
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Explaining Newt’s Inimitable Newtness
No, Newt Gingrich is not a jerk because he has a Ph.D.
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Nobody Puts Barry in the Corner
Today’s Balance Sheet covers the House Republicans’ cave-in on the payroll tax cut and the inequality dragon.
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Loveable Extremist
Liberals may have a soft spot for Ron Paul, but on economic issues, he’s the most extreme of the GOP candidates.
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Please Lie to Me
Patrick Caldwell joins Jamelle Bouie and Jaime Fuller from his perch in Iowa to discuss the Republican presidential race in the Hawkeye State, as well as the dysfunction of Republicans in Congress.
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Santa Comes Early
House Republicans get coal in their stocking, and Newt tries to capture the non-human vote.
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What? We Won?
The Democratic party discovers that economic populism works.
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Establishment Bros Stick Together
George H.W. Bush endorses Mitt Romney, showing that the GOP élite are firmly on his side.