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The Etch-a-Sketch Debate

After last night’s tiresome presidential debate, President Obama’s supporters were replete with what Groucho Marks used to call “departee” – suggestions on what the president should have said. That’s a pretty good indicator about how the debate turned out. The evening...

Best Line Of The Debate

I think President Obama spoke the best line in the debate last night. Call it a "zinger" if you want. "If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen." Again and again Mitt Romney talked about how under his Medicare plan there would be no changes for "current retirees."...

If They Can't Suppress The Vote, Maybe They Can Just Buy It Outright

Golly, I'm so old I can remember when the Republicans used to go into a fugue state and start speaking in tongues upon hearing tales of Democratic campaign organizers offering free cigarettes to homeless people to get them them to vote: "This is just plain and simply...

Paul Krugman Reminds Us That Bowles-Simpson Was Terrible

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. Over at his own blog, Paul Krugman says something that can't be said enough: The plan Bowles and Simpson proposed would have been terrible fiscal policy had it been adopted. Krugman doesn't include one other thing...

It's Time to Debate Home Opportunity

For months I’ve been part of a chorus of voices calling on the presidential candidates to talk about home opportunity. Their virtual silence on addressing foreclosures, restoring devastated communities, ensuring fair housing and lending, and resurrecting the American...

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