GOP Is Blowing It by Pandering to Tea Party
Reprinted from The Fiscal Times Republicans in Congress have reached a crossroads – they must decide if they are a governing party or one so beholden to its ideological fringe that it is incapable of...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean For House Republicans To Be In "Full Revolt" On Payroll Tax...
Politicoreported this morning that the House GOP rank-and-file are in "full revolt" over the payroll tax cut bill the Senate passed yesterday and that the results of the Monday vote on it are in...
View ArticleGOP Payroll Tax Cut Announcement Was Amateur Hour
Is anyone else as surprised as I am by how badly the GOP played its flip-flop on the payroll tax cut extension? Never mind the actual policy change and the fact that the tea party wing got hosed yet...
View ArticleFirst Step In The Budget Debate: GOP Has To Have A Discussion With Itself
The day after Election Day is never a good time to do substantive analysis. The win seems bigger to those who won and those who lost usually are more despondent than the situation warrants.That's the...
View ArticleHouse GOP Doesn't Care About A Republican White House In 2016
Make no mistake about it; House Republicans definitely prefer that a Republican be elected president.But what's been clear for years on things related to the budget has become even more obvious in...
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