Fault Rep. Paul Ryan’s latest budget fantasy because it cuts Medicare, and he’s got an answer: “We won the senior vote. I did dozens of Medicare town halls in states like Florida, explaining how these are the best reforms to save the shrinking Medicare program, and we are confident this is the way to go.”…
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There is no question
I have resolved not to start off this post with a question, such as “Can Obama Come Back?” or “Is Romney For Real?”, with the post concluding “maybe so, maybe no.” At this point, in one night Mitt Romney has energized the Republicans in a way that he very notably hadn’t done in the past…
Whither Republicans?
Is it too soon to wonder about what’s going to happen to the Republican Party after the defeat of Mitt Romney? Well, yes, it is, but what the fuck, it’s fun, so let’s do it. Mitt really put his foot in it, or on it, with his now famous though beginning to recede a bit…
Chris Christie’s theory of broads
Well, that was unfair, wasn’t it? As I’ve said before, this is the blogosphere, where unfairness is a way of life. My headline should be “Chris Christie’s mother’s theory of broads,” which doesn’t quite have the same ring. But, anyway, here is Chris Christie’s mother’s theory of broads, as Chris explained it for the Republican…
When it comes to health care, markets do work! They work to make insurers rich!
Peter Orszag is totally not my favorite Democrat. After serving a couple years whispering “Don’t spend! Cut!” in President Obama’s ears, he decamped to Citigroup, or Citigang, or whatever they call themselves these days, presumably to serve as Citi’s DC liaison the next time Sandy Weil’s monument to entrepreneurial incompetence needs a multi-billion dollar government…
Imagine if his position hadn’t been his position
Over at the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” page, Ramesh Ponnuru tries to explain how Todd Akin ran off the rails: Akin’s position on abortion inspired some of the controversy, of course. So did his clear implication that some rapes are not real rapes. He managed, however, to add more toxic ingredients to the…
James B. Stewart, lying on behalf of truth
Over at New York magazine, Jonathan Chait takes a long poke at Rep. Paul Ryan. Although I often find Jon a bit knee-jerky, when it comes to Ryan, our knees jerk in perfect time. Chait points, among other things, to the near-worshipful reception that Ryan often receives in the press, as a sort of political…
Waiter! Another $350 bottle of wine! We’ve got a country to save!
Over at the New Republic, Alec MacGillis has a nice article on how Obama lost the hedge fund managers. Among the many indignities Obama and his post-New Deal crew foisted upon the billionaire boys club is the following, involving Clifford Asness, founder of AQR Capital Management, a $16 billion firm: Last July, a Rutgers business…
Mitch Daniels, Man of Steel
Is there anything more pathetic than a liberal like myself, who sees “his” President, Barack Obama, as the tool of both Wall Street and the CIA? Well, apparently there is, the fate of big-city conservatives like Ross Douthat and Bill Kristol, who are wetting their collective worsteds over the prospect of either Newt or Mitt…
Let Chris do it!
Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican who would kill Medicare, the man without fear, is sort of wishing that some Republican would do something that he’s afraid to do—run for president. “It is not too late,” Ryan tells Politico. “Look it is 2011 still. The election is in 2012.” I give the guy credit. He has…