Pelosi was apparently blindsided by the announcement of Obama's plan to cut Social Security as part of the ransom to end a hostage situation largely of his own making. Given that in the inclusion of Social Security is indefensible politically and on the merits, the...
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This is something Atrios has been saying for a couple days too, but Krugman and Baker get exactly at the problem with the tax deal. If you just look at.
You know how Van Halen somehow, defying all the odds, managed to replace Sammy Hagar with a lead singer who was even worse? Apparently, Obama is considering doing something similar.
One commenter in the third party thread argues that people arguing against implausible heighten-the-contradictions arguments have their own, similar problem: the even-handed liberal in me must point out that the alternative is just as unbounded across the middle. 1. Vote for Democrats, who will always...