The War On The Poor Is A War On You-Know-Who – NYTimes.com
October 11, 2013 The War On The Poor Is A War On You-Know-Who Lots of people have been referencing this Democracy Corps report on focus-group meetings with Republicans, and with good reason:...
View ArticleGOP Popularity Hits All-Time Low: Poll – Plus, 60% of public would throw out...
GOP Popularity Hits All-Time Low: Poll PLUS, 60% OF PUBLIC WOULD THROW OUT ALL OF CONGRESS IF IT COULD By Kevin Spak Posted Oct 11, 2013 (NEWSER) – America is sick of the Republican...
View ArticleStaring Into the Abyss – NYTimes.com
October 12, 2013, 2:17 pm Staring Into the Abyss No deal. And for a very good reason: the president has made it a matter of principle that he will not make concessions that reward hostage-taking, and...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Pull an End Around To Try To Overthrow Boehner and Reopen...
House Democrats Pull an End Around To Try To Overthrow Boehner and Reopen Government By: Sarah Jones Saturday, October 12th, 2013 Remember when I wrote that Democrats were planning to use...
View ArticleRand Paul Makes A Fool Of Himself Trying to Blame Obama For the Government...
Rand Paul Makes A Fool Of Himself Trying to Blame Obama For the Government Shutdown By: Jason Easley Sunday, October 13th, 2013 On CNN State of the Union, Sen. Rand Paul made a fool of himself by...
View ArticleBest Thing for GOP Is if Tea Party Splits With It – David Frum thinks...
Former Bush I speechwriter David Frum has a few words for Tea Party politicians who might be considering a split from the GOP to form a third party: Good riddance. Such a split might be the only...
View ArticleA Tea Party Party? « The Dish
A Tea Party Party? OCT 15 2013 A couple weeks back, Matt Steinglass imagined the Tea Party as a third-party: I think tea-party Republicans would have a better shot at launching a sustainable third...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown 2013: Collapse of Boehner Plan Ends Stalemate | New Republic
John Boehner’s Shutdown Endgame: “The Final Spasm of a Corpse” BY NOAM SCHEIBER @noamscheiber On Monday I wrote that the shutdown/default-threat/Republican extortion plot was essentially over—it was...
View ArticleShutdown Endgame: US Citizens Will Suffer | New Republic
The Republicans May Lose, But So Will You BY JONATHAN COHN @citizencohn It looks like the Republican extortion campaign of 2013 is about to end, not with a bang but with a whimper. And the whimper is...
View ArticleVoters Don’t Want Anyone to Win
Voters Don’t Want Anyone to Win Charlie Cook: “One Democratic pollster recently (and aptly) summed up the sentiment: ‘Voters want to punish Republicans but not reward Democrats.’ This dynamic suggests...
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