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Money, Politics, and Power

Iowa Conservatives Still Searching for a Candidate

by Patrick Caldwell October 24, 2011

Evangelical leaders slow to endorse presidential candidates.

Money, Politics, and Power

Mitt Romney and the Flat Tax

by Jamelle Bouie October 24, 2011

The presidential candidate will eventually support a flat tax. Here is what his reticence so far tells us about him.

Priorities USA, the Democratic consulting firm backed by former Clinton staffer Paul Begala, is out with its first ad attacking former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. It’s a good one: Like the The Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent, I think that this will be a potent line of attack should Romney become the Republican nominee for president. […]

Energy and the Environment

Everything Is Culture

by Paul Waldman October 21, 2011

The environmental story of the day concerns a project started by a climate skeptic named Richard Muller, a physicist who was so convinced that actual climate scientists were distorting or misreading the data that he started his own project, called the Berkeley Earth Science Temperature project, to double-check them. Climate deniers were excited — at […]

Money, Politics, and Power

Blame and How to Give It

by Jamelle Bouie October 21, 2011

That Senate Republicans used the filibuster to kill a Democratic stimulus bill isn’t a surprise – at this point, Republicans have all but announced their plan to keep the economy from significantly improving, and as a result, slash the tires on President Obama’s bid for re-election. What comes as a surprise is the extent to […]

Money, Politics, and Power

Perryland

by Patrick Caldwell October 20, 2011

The animosity between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry at Tuesday’s debate might have surprised a few viewers, but their their dislike for each other is well known among reporters who follow the candidates. Both The New York Times and the Washington Post ran articles after the debate which highlighted that history. Here’s how WaPo describes […]

Money, Politics, and Power

The GOP’s Anti-Romney Majority

by Jamelle Bouie October 20, 2011

If there’s anything to pay attention to in the Associated Press’ most recent poll of the Republican presidential primary, it’s not the exact distribution of votes among the candidates. That story is familiar: Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney leads the pack with 30 percent support, followed by Herman Cain with 26 percent, Rick Perry at […]