As the November 23 deadline looms for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the “supercommittee” — to approve a deficit-cutting proposal or disband, the GOP again seems to be running the substantial risk of stealing …
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World CLASS Contortions
Ever since the Obama administration announced last Friday — in the late afternoon — that it was “suspending” implementation of the CLASS (Community Living Services and Supports) Act, Obamacare’s apologists have been twisti…
The Reconciliation Option
At last Tuesday’s debate among the Republican presidential candidates, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former U.S. senator Rick Santorum both mentioned that repeal of Obamacare could be accomplished through the special budgetary pro…
Obama’s Bad Budget Moves
In early 2010, President Obama created the Bowles-Simpson commission on debt reduction. It was a shamelessly political move, designed to buy time in the budget debate and give Democrats cover through the November 2010 midterm elections. Throughout th…
The GOP’s Path Forward
The next four days may bring more unpredictable twists and turns, but, at the moment at least, it appears the GOP is poised — again — to secure a significant strategic victory in the debt-limit fight — but only if the party is willi…