One thing I sometimes assert with little data is that Republicans don't seem too interested in policy. So I thought I'd take a snapshot at BMG's and RMG's frontpages and contrast and compare. You'll notice that the blue discussions below do … [Read more...]

Earmarks certainly do have their place, as Mr. Brown concedes. When Republicans held Congress that place, by the way, grew enormously. Just like the need for birth certificates, scrutiny of earmarks is a need only felt by Republicans when … [Read more...]

"I can't support it" Brown said in his strongest statement yet on the financial legislation that Democrats contend is essential to curb the reckless trading and lending practices that contributed to the economic meltdown in 2008. And why … [Read more...]

"If you don't trust the mindset or the value system of the people running the system, you can't even look at the facts anymore," Mr. Grimes said. And there you have it: a narrative-based reality unmoored from objective facts. … [Read more...]

The Tea Party Express is also reportingHarry Reid Supporters Egg Tea Party Express Buses in Route Supporters of Senator Harry Reid have just thrown eggs at the Tea Party Express bus caravan - striking at least one of the three buses (the … [Read more...]

From Conservapedia's rather partisan front page, we learn: The recent HCR Act is just like (just like!) the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 also pushed through by the Democrats — and it triggered the American Civil War! A 38 second … [Read more...]

Here's what usually happens:Squeezing the oligarchs, though, is seldom the strategy of choice among emerging-market governments. Quite the contrary: at the outset of the crisis, the oligarchs are usually among the first to get extra help … [Read more...]

Politics. So I don't understand why the Democratic Party hasn't explained this in the clearest, strongest, most forceful terms. It's not a difficult argument. Until it is made, insurance mandates sound unnecessarily onerous and intrusive. … [Read more...]

The 2008 election bred a political complacency in the Democratic political class. It meant that we "won" the debate because, to his credit, Obama ran on the issues on which he plans to govern. But the issue debate is never permanently won. … [Read more...]

Coakley supporters: Bob: "Scott Brown" or "Brown" David: "Scott Brown" then "Brown" sleeples: "Brown" eury13: "Scott Brown" jumbowonk: "Scott Brown" HLPeary: "Scott Brown" GregR: "Scott Brown" Atticus: "Scott Brown" SusieDavidson: … [Read more...]