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. […]
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Blame and How to Give It
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 […]
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One out of Five Ain’t Bad
Rick Perry didn’t lose last night’s debate, which for him, counts as a win.
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Obama’s Fate — and Ours
We’re about to find out if the president is a Jimmy Carter or a Harry Truman. The scary part is it may not make a difference in the 2012 election.
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Did the Founding Fathers Screw Up?
Gridlock in Washington is no accident. It’s built into the Constitution.
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Solidarity Squandered
The September 11 attacks brought us together until we let them turn us against each other–and damn near everyone else.
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The 9/11 President
If the attacks hadn’t occurred, it’s impossible to imagine Barack Obama would have been elected—but the legacy of those attacks continues to burden his presidency.
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Fancy Talk
For some time, liberals have felt that their messenger-in-chief has been AWOL. In the wake of President Barack Obama’s acquiescence to $38 billion in spending cuts, many targeted at vulnerable populations, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote of the president that “arguably, all he has left is the bully pulpit. But he isn’t even […]
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Obama on Libya
Obama’s speech betrayed the tensions liberals feel about intervention in Libya.
