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Is Buck McKeon (R-CA) A Big Spender Or Just Off Message?

Jan 9, 2012, 8:49 AM

This quote from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) stands out in an excellent story in yesterday’s The Washington Post by Scott Wilson... Read »

Why Obama Needs A Competitiveness Audit

Jan 9, 2012, 8:28 AM

President Obama is talking about ‘insourcing’…bringing jobs back into this country again. That’s great. But can insourcing really create enough jobs to make... Read »

No, Austan, Washington Is Spending Too Much

Jan 8, 2012, 9:30 AM

In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Austan Goolsbee argues that Washington Isn’t Spending Too Much.  ”It’s completely normal,” he says “that... Read »

China Update Part 1

Jan 8, 2012, 5:52 AM

“I think this move is a sign of weakness and will only increase the likelihood that the winds of change from the Arab spring will reach China. The Chinese middle... Read »

Getting Better But a Long Way to Go

Jan 7, 2012, 10:54 AM 1

Friday’s jobs data confirmed that labor markets are getting better, but slowly. Payrolls expanded by 200,000, the unemployment rate fell again to 8.5%, weekly... Read »

Obama Pentagon Spending Cuts Will Change The Budget Debate Long Before They Reduce The Budget

Jan 6, 2012, 7:40 AM

There are five reasons why it was virtually inevitable the White House would make military spending an issue this year. 1. The Pentagon Has Become Increasingly Unpopular.... Read »

Soros: Euro Crisis More Serious than the Crash of 2008

Jan 6, 2012, 6:07 AM 1

A collapse of the euro — currently the greatest threat to global economic health  — and break-up of the European Union would have catastrophic consequences... Read »

If Mitt Romney Becomes President I’m to Blame

Jan 5, 2012, 5:42 PM 1

Ten years ago I ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts — which would have given me the opportunity, in the general election, to whip Mitt... Read »

If You Want To Advance the Centrist Democratic Agenda …

Jan 4, 2012, 2:50 PM

… then you might hope that Romney wins the election in November.  Here’s my thinking on this crazy notion. We know what Washington looks like if Obama... Read »

Republicans Limp Out Of The Gate

Jan 4, 2012, 8:56 AM

I hate to rain on somebody’s parade, especially somebody I’ll probably support in November, but Republicans do not have much to crow about as they emerge from... Read »

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