M’aider! Further Platypus Sayeth Not
M’aider! Further Platypus Sayeth Not: Favorable vs unfavorable impressions of the Tea Party. Source: Gallup.com According to a recent Gallup poll, 47% of Americans hold an unfavorable impression of the...
View ArticleEat Our Peas
That’s what President Obama told the country earlier this month, talking about the need to do the hard thing, give a little on both sides, and think about what’s good for the country rather than what...
View ArticleA Tea Timer
Face of the Tea Party Movement Who are Tea Partiers? What do they want? Where did they come from, and what do they hope to achieve? These questions matter, as Tea Party-influenced policies and...
View ArticleToday’s Important Votes
Three weeks ago, I gave a rundown of the items on the ballot in the various states this year. Today is election day for most of those states. I’ve pared everything down to the ones that are most...
View ArticleYesterday’s Important Votes
Yesterday, Michael posted up a list of important ballot initiatives and elections to watch. Today, let’s recap what we know as of this writing (2 am EST) and what’s still out there. Sixty/forty splits...
View ArticleState of Play: Utah as a Red-State Bellwether
Map of Utah Counties. Source: geology.com Democratic and Republican state conventions were held in Utah Saturday, April 21. Each party chose candidates for statewide and multi-county offices. On the...
View ArticleLIBOR Pains
One thing that unites the Tea Party and Occupy movements is a hatred of the chicanery that dragged the world into financial crisis starting in late 2007. Anger unites these otherwise disparate...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Diving
Back in May, I predicted a series of likely budget confrontations facing Congress late this year or early next: the expiration of the payroll tax holiday, the need to again raise the debt ceiling,...
View ArticleShampoo, Reince, Repeat
More of the same? It’s a battle on which filistro has spilled much digital ink, but we’ve just witnessed another round. Does the Republican Party have a policy problem or a message problem? Does the...
View ArticleReturn Address
Tonight, President Obama returns to give the first State of the Union Address of his second term. The President’s annual State of the Union address has evolved over time. As we’ve noted before on these...
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