It’s been a no-win for President Obama since Day 1 of his presidency, when Republican Congressional leaders [and I use that term lightly] met
Category: Republicans
Measuring Republican nay-saying: The Index of Obstruction and Delay
Republicans can try to say it ain’t so, but a newly developed statistical measure says it is: The GOP’s delaying tactics and outright obstruction
Benghazi: Political cartoonists have their say
Benghazi isn’t a scandal. It’s what the character named Detective Bobby Simone, of TV’s Law & Order, would have called “a situation.” [Simone once
So-called scandals are too nuanced to be investigated by Republicans
How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or
How Republicans “starve the beast” by blocking agency appointments
I don’t know why we are surprised at dysfunctional behavior at the Internal Revenue Service: Any agency that has been denied a permanent director
Republicans have trouble understanding luck
Republicans often like to see issues in black and white with no room for shades of gray. This means that they cannot accommodate luck
ALEC’s “Most-Wanted” list
You can try to argue that ALEC [the American Legislative Exchange Council] is a private group and can do whatever it wants in the
Republicans use obscure rules to block Obama’s agenda and appointments
Once upon a time, Congressional representatives had the guts to bring up controversial bills, state their views openly, and go on the record with
Frank Rich and Joe Stiglitz on income inequality
On a recent segment of the Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interviewed two guests at one time, something she rarely does. The guests, Frank Rich
How liberals and conservatives deal differently with new information
The differences in the mental gymnastics that go on inside the minds of liberals and conservatives when they are presented with new information can