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Dear White House, You’ll Regret This

The e-mail exchange between Gene Sperling and Bob Woodward reveals the Obama administration’s propensity to compromise before it’s necessary.

Unless the president compels Congress to change course, the economy faces a future of endless fiscal cliffs.

The Bowles-Simpson Commission is the fiscal zombie that just won’t die.

There’s a fatal flaw with the bold progressive agenda the president is promoting: Paying for it.

How progressives took over Massachusetts politics

The more serious deficits are in jobs, wages, and infrastructure, and we might just be ready to focus on them instead.

With Republicans divided, the president could open up space to move progressive policies. First, the progressive community needs to move him.

Chancellor Merkel is finding that austerity doesn’t work. Will she relent? Will The U.S. learn from Europe’s folly?

Getting the dovish Chuck Hagel confirmed will be another big win for Obama—and for progressives.

This is the resolute Obama we’ve been waiting for. But to what end?