We pick out the top five moments from the presidential contender’s new book — so you don’t have to.
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What Happened to the Tea Party?
It looks like the GOP primaries have left the once-powerful movement in the dust.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Super-Duper Failure
We should be celebrating the failure of the Super Committee to come up with a deficit-reduction plan.
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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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Post Hoc Fallacy
Wednesday’s Washington Post deserves some kind of perverse award for advocacy journalism-in this case, for advocating the proposition that dire economic consequences will ensue if the congressional Super Committee fails to cut a deal for drastic deficit reduction. This is, of course, one side of an argument. Those on the other side, including myself, have […]
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Bending the Rules
Congress keeps finding new ways to attack farm-bill reform.
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DOMA, DOMA, DOMA: 2, Executive & Legislative Challenges
… some other ways that DOMA might crumble.
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Health Care Supreme
The three key questions to ask about the Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act
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Don’t Save Republicans from Themselves
As the Super Committee deadline looms, Democrats have the upper hand.
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Obama’s Secret Weapon
Will the electorate blame Congress—not the president—for the sour economy?