New Democrats and the NY 9th
Dave Weigel reports on how it is that a Republican will be representing NY’s 9th for the first time since 1923. Besides the terrible economy, he zeroes in on three reasons: Gay marriage (the...
View ArticleJacob Weisberg, keeper of the order
Something about Jacob Weisberg really rubs me the wrong way. Because of this, and due to having matured slightly—at least to the point where I don’t look for things to get self-righteously angry...
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Some on Wall Street want off the Obama bandwagon
I’m not surprised that there are folks on Wall Street who no longer want to hedge their bets by writing checks for the President—and, indeed, Romney is the consummate faux CEO gilded Republican that...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg: Leave Wall Street alone!!!!!
Hardly a surprise, though it’s always a relief to be reminded of what a tone-deaf yutz Bloomberg is: BLOOMBERG: The protesters are protesting against people who make $40-50,000 a year and are...
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The two economies of American politics
Daniel Alpert, Robert Hockett, and Nouriel Roubini have released a new paper, “Moving From the Post-Bubble, Post-Bust Economy to Renewed Growth and Competitiveness,” that’s well worth your time...
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Next time you buy a US Senator, be sure to keep the receipt
The blind-quote is obscenely over-used in journalism today; but damn if it doesn’t sometimes provide what would be otherwise absent information. This New York Times piece, for example, is almost...
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Occupy Wall Street changes the political landscape
I and many others have argued that Occupy Wall Street’s job is not to create policy, but instead simply to create the political space into which others—mainly politicians and policy wonks—can create...
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Obama’s Hit Job
Flashback—remember 2009-2011, when President Obama primarily concerned himself with passing legislation, legislation that quite frequently struck wonky observers as either deeply compromised or...
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How The NYPD Prepared For May Day
Alisa Chang of WNYC reports that, prior to last week’s May Day demonstrations, many Occupy organizers were gobbled-up by the NYPD, arrested by the authority of long outstanding — and often extremely...
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