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OK, all through this thing, and all day Monday, I thought that a shutdown was relatively unlikely. Not impossible, but below 50/50. Why? Because it was pretty obvious that only a small group of Congressional Republicans thought it was a...
Despite the massive gerrymander that allowed the Republicans to keep a majority of House seats with a minority of the votes, the “clean” Continuing Resolution (that is, one that doesn’t undo Obamacare) passed by the Senate would pass the House...
The theme of Ted Cruz’s filibuster this week was “Make D.C. Listen.” But Cruz himself doesn’t listen; he talks. And talks. And talks. It’s no wonder the Texas senator can’t hear what the public is actually saying. A recent CNBC...
Want a good measure of how far Republicans are from being a healthy party? Check out Judd Gregg's "to-be-sure" paragraph in a recent piece he wrote for The Hill. Gregg had a column yesterday slapping down Ted Cruz and other Republican...
On Wednesday Ezra Klein posted a really smart take on the GOP’s budget strategy: they face a collective-action problem in that the position that is politically beneficial to most House Republicans as individuals (no budget without Obamacare repeal!) is a politically...