Showing posts with label Paul Ryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Ryan. Show all posts
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Trump is victorious. On to Act 2.

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I've been posting less and have missed some opportunities to ridicule the pathetic plans of the GOP also-ran candidates. Did Cruz and Ka...
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Saturday, October 24, 2015

The liberal blogosphere misread Paul Ryan

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I'm not sure why, but most of the liberal-leaning blogs I read incorrectly predicted what would happen with Paul Ryan. In a previous pos...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Harry Reid tries to doom Paul Ryan with reverse psychology

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This trick worked so well for Claire McCaskill when she ran a campaign ad asking if Todd Akin was too conservative. The primary voters in Mi...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Honesty is less important, Part 2

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All politicians lie. I'm not sure I've written that yet in this blog, but that's been my opinion , backed up by observation, f...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Paul Ryan is confusing me

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I'm very confused. Paul Ryan has just released an overhaul plan for federal programs that help the poor. Why has he done this? This is t...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

More character assassination from the GOP

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We have a new talking point that is being widely adopted by the GOP. They are saying, in light of Obama declaring a few new programs created...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Hard decisions for the GOP, again!

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So both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are making noises about putting up a fight on the debt ceiling increase. One problem--they haven...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Big/small deal: Political analysis

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In my last post I discussed some of the fiscal aspects of the deal--the simple math, walking back part of the sequester, some fees--mostly ...
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Big news about a small deal

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Hooray! The budget deal was done with a few days to spare. This isn't really a surprise. The hard work came in convincing the GOP to s...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

GOP wants negotiations, eh? Part 2

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Robert Costa, the National Review reporter with all the recent GOP inside scoops, directed his twitter followers to this Wall Street Journal...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Day2 roundup: GOP plan, maybe. Tea Party plan, no.

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So two days into the government shutdown, where are we? The GOP still seems to be scrambling around for a plan, but perhaps there are glimme...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

Is the GOP for Simpson-Bowles?

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One of the biggest surprises in the GOP campaign is the attack on Obama for not supporting the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan (capsul...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Report from the GOP convention

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[ Warning: This post doesn't discuss the last day of the convention when Clint Eastwood rambled and yelled at a chair. For a serious dis...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Equivalence: Saul Alinsky vs. Ayn Rand

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Thunderbolt! Saul Alinsky is supposed to be the political and philosophical inspiration for Obama. Ayn Rand is supposed to be the political ...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Paul Ryan - A serious pick

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PJ of Viable Opposition has asked for my opinion on the choice of Paul Ryan for the Republican VP nomination. I can't delve into the st...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Cutting to the bone

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When it comes to spending, we have to decide what we want and whether we still want it when we find out how much we'll have to pay for i...
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