Why Boehner is moving fast: Heritage Action, RedState surprisingly okay w/ short-term debt-limit hike, so he can’t dawdle… — Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 10, 2013 Robert Costa has been one of my go to sources for Speaker to the Teabaggers role, although I suspect that his sources are closer to the leadership loyalist faction than …
Open Threads
Very Serious Person Niall Ferguson Haz A Sad
Via TPM, it seems this happened on Morning Joe: ” conservative historian [former intellectual]* Niall Ferguson joined Scarborough to pile on Krugman. Ferguson said that Krugman lacks “humility, honesty and civility.” “And there’s no accountability,” Ferguson said. “No one seems to edit that blog at the New York Times. And it’s time that somebody called him …
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Open Thread: GOP Casting for A Scapegoat?
The Washington Post says that “Thursday is shaping up to be a critical day for any possible breakthroughs, with a series of key huddles of Republicans and meetings at the White House.” Just possibly, the not-completely-insane members of the GOP might be looking for some disposable figurehead to blame for getting them into a battle …
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Open Thread: Didn’t Work Then, Either
Ed at Gin & Tacos highlights a bit of history I hadn’t seen mentioned elsewhere: One of the most impressive aspects of modern conservatism is how completely a-historical the movement and its ideology have become. Most humans tend to remember things that happened in the past; some even learn from the experience. American conservatives, conversely, …
Let’s Go Bucs!
Big game tonight, and everyone in the region is glued to the tv to see if the Buccos can go to the NLCS for the first time in decades.
There’s that number again
From WaPo: Gallup: GOP’s favorability sinks into Clinton impeachment territory Lots of chatter about today’s Gallup poll finding that the favorability rating of the GOP has plunged to 28 percent, its lowest point ever, and the lowest point ever for either party: Self-identified Republicans are more than twice as likely to view their own party unfavorably (27%) as …
Open Thread: Panoramic, Wide-Screen Fantasies
Don't think i've ever read an AP lead like this http://t.co/khFdPDqYFh pic.twitter.com/S19Z0DD0RK — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) October 9, 2013 *********** @darth @existentialfish @NickBaumann Hopefully the part where they draw and quarter him. — billmon (@billmon1) October 9, 2013 *poster* RT @existentialfish: Phil Gingrey: Debt Limit Fight Chance For 'Braveheart' Moment http://t.co/SVYwBBT27Y http://t.co/zWTswYWmjx — darthredpandacare™ (@darth) …
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