If your insurance company behaves like a rational capitalist actor, it’s obviously Barack Obama’s fault.
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Harry Reid’s Triumph
Three cheers for Senate Democrats and the nuclear option!
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Apology Silliness, Foreign Policy Edition
Are we sorry? This is the question on which the fate of millions depends.
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The Real Roots of the Filibuster Crisis
Republicans aren’t even bothering to claim they object to any particular nominees; this is about whether Barack Obama is legitimately the President of the United States.
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How Both Republican and Democratic States Are Helping Obama
Obama would probably be happy if as few people as possible took advantage of his “fix.” Which may be just what happens, with the help of the states.
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How Republicans Lost the Chance to Win Obamacare
Conservatives had the chance to test their favorite health-care ideas in state-run exchanges. They decided bullying Obama was a better use of their time than ideological consistency instead.
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Obamacare Panic to Enter Even Stupider New Phase
No, Democrats are not abandoning it en masse, and no, it isn’t going to be repealed.
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Memo to Democratic Chicken Littles: The Sky Is Not Falling
Yes, this is a politically difficult moment for President Obama. But everyone needs to chill out.
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“Double Down” Was Written for Morning Joe—Not Posterity
The campaign books of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are not designed to be read. They are written as fodder for cable TV news.
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Judging Obama’s ACA Fix
It’s too bad we got to this point, but it seems designed to minimize the damage.