Submitted by letsgetitdone on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 11:56am
Recently, my friend Marshall Auerback posted an article at New Deal 2.0 about Obama's coming “teachable moment” when the Republicans try to wring concessions out of the Democrats by refusing to raise the ceiling on the national debt. The post stimulated a lot of good discussion about alternatives Obama might have to shutting down the Government in response. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 4:06pm
Bush to American people: "Whatsa matter? Don't you trust me?" Froomkin today:
The most telling restriction built into the White House offer to make senior aides available for private interviews about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys is that no record of those aides' words would be allowed. ...
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 3:07pm
It's always a pleasure to see the Amazing Froomkin stop emulating Broderella--Ouch! It was a joke!--and become a little less the nice-guy, mild-mannered, Clark Kent figure that we know and love.
But enough is enough:
Indications of Obfuscation
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Submitted by chicago dyke on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 11:31am
Submitted by chicago dyke on Mon, 01/22/2007 - 3:05pm
I'm just a dumb blogger, and like me, thousands have spilled ink upon a subject in which their expertise is limited. Still, it feels good to have these guys saying what we've been saying here at Corrente for years. I'm having some issues pasting sections, so just go read it. The bottom line: Congress can end this war, by setting limits on the number of troops, the area of authorized conflict, and by controlling the purse strings. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Sat, 01/20/2007 - 10:04am
We can't say "Constitutional crisis" often enough. Krugman always satisfies:
There’s something happening here, and what it is seems completely clear: the Bush administration is trying to protect itself by purging independent-minded prosecutors.
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