by Digby | Feb 20, 2013 | The Sequester
Washington Examiner columnist Byron York is worried that the Republicans aren't as serious about allowing the sequester to happen as he'd like them to be: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy...
by Digby | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog
Dave Weigel has the definitive post today on the Hagel nomination cock-up. He points out that Hagel himself is the only real loser here: He botched up his confirmation hearing, giving Republicans all kinds of reasons to oppose him. (In his "no" statement, Sen. Mark...
by Digby | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Here it is, in living color: Previewing his speech for The Weekly Standard’s Stephen F. Hayes, Rubio said he would make the case that the national debt “has a direct impact on unemployment” and that it is hurting job growth: “The debt has a direct impact on...
by Digby | Feb 11, 2013 | Blog
Bill Moyers asked a bunch of smart people what they would like to see the President say in the State of the Union address this year. Their answers are all good and I urge you to read them. if we could put them all together it would make a hell of a speech. The one...
by Digby | Feb 8, 2013 | The Sequester
Poor Krugman. He must be tired of trying to make people understand that austerity is the wrong prescription for the economy. But he soldiers on. Thank God. This week he takes on the situational Keynesians of the GOP who are now crying about the ill economic...
