Republicans

If you want to cut taxes and say you prefer them to increased spending, fine. But let's not act like tax cuts reduce the deficit. They don't. When I say economists and policy makers abuse economic ideology for political purposes, this is…

Gallup shows President Obama’s approval rating tied for a low of 48% in the most recent polling. But if you look at the data split by party, it’s like we’re living in three separate worlds. Obama’s personal numbers have fallen…

Sarah Palin the populist has become Sarah Palin the free trader. In a wide-ranging and well-received speech in Hong Kong, Palin supported a more Libertarian free-market approach, slamming the recent imposition of tariffs on Chinese tires by…

Tonight we saw a brilliant performance from Barack Obama. It was Obama at his best, using his command of the English language to inspire and connect on a grand stage as only few politicians can. For sceptics like myself, he surprised. For…

This is a bombshell from the political world. I believe that means Al Franken will make Obama filibuster-proof. Obviously, this is very bad news for Republicans. I suspect that the deal is that Rendell and Casey will pull out ALL the…

Talking about how he will fare against Barack Obama in the upcoming third and last U.S. Presidential Debate, John McCain said:"We're going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going…

The YouTube video below is gaining a wide audience on the Internet. It shows an Ohio blogger interviewing some McCain-Palin supporters after a speech and rally by Sarah Palin in that state earlier this week.The blogger's question to…

Check out Jon Stewart's take on this.

In the Vice-Presidential debate, Sarah Palin, in one of her few unscripted moments, gave wholehearted support for Dick Cheney's dangerous expansion of Vice Presidential power. Joe Biden vigourosly disagreed, calling Cheney "the most…

Mark Thoma has a thoughtful post on the news swirling around the Sarah Palin pick as VP candidate for the GOP. His point is that the Dems risk looking condescending and elitist toward small town America in their attacks on Palin and had…