James Fallows has another excellent post on the death-spiral fallacy of “bipartisanship” in modern American politics: I got this note from someone with many decades’ experience in national politics… __ “Bipartisanship in the American sense means compromising on legislation so that a sufficient number of members of Congress from BOTH parties will support it, even …
Archives for February 2010
Chuck Open Thread
Finished season two last night, and I thought it was a great finale. Some really funny lines and the plot was fun- enjoyed how Morgan’s life always has a similar story arc as Chuck’s and even though they are going through completely separate things, their communication to each other can be applied to the individual …
Thanks, Chris
The useless party is going to cut a deal with the evil party: A proposal by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to limit bank’s proprietary trading will be either be dropped or significantly modified in the Senate, lawmakers and staffers told dealReporter. Senate Banking Committee ranking member Richard Shelby (R-AL) said he opposes the …
Another Open Thread
Not too interested in anything atm, so I am going back to the chair and the ice pump to let my mind rot in front of the tv. Despite all the bitching I am doing, I feel super lucky. Can you imagine what an injury like this would be like without insurance? Or in the …
Budget Question
I’ve read several reports stating the budget will be 100 billion more than last year, but aren’t the Afghan/Iraq wars included instead of being supplementals? If that is the case, the budget is actually, using the accounting bullshit of the Bush years, 50 billion less?
Parties at ground zero
Marc Ambinder (via GOS): For the first time in recent history, the lobbying, grassroots and advertising budget of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has surpassed the spending of BOTH the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee. This is significant. It means that the Great Transition has already begun. In the days following the decision …
It’s All In the Game
The Wasilla wingnut is still playing the long con: Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up thousands of copies of her book, “Going Rogue,” in order to mail copies of the memoir to her donors, newly filed campaign records show. The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate …