tnr.com - 10/30/2009
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Richard Yeselson is a research coordinator for the labor federation, Change to Win. The opinions he expresses are his own.
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Last year here I criticized George Packer, an
enlightened denizen of the Chattering Classes Zoo, for trying...
to rehabilitate David Brooks, an ingratiating neo-con who's as doomed as any other charming, brilliant vampire to suck the blood of the ...
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Here He Goes Again
tnr.com - 23 days ago
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tnr.com —
So yesterday I posted an item complaining about
the line of argument that attributes Tuesday's election results...
to the fact that Democrats had strayed too far from the center, had done too much to quickly, were expanding government too ...
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Is David Brooks Punking Me?
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The Californiafication of America
Ezra Klein —
Rich Yeselson is annoyed by Bill Galston's contention that Barack Obama should listen to the concerns of the electorate and begin rapidly slicing the deficit down. Count me with Yeselson on this one: Pollsters generally believe that deficit anxiety is an expression of economic anxiety. People become very concerned about the deficit not when deficits are high, per se, but when unemployment is high, and economic growth is anemic (non-coincidentally, this is also when deficits grow, as tax revenues droop but the government needs to conduct more counter-cyclical spending). ...
Californiafication
Political Animal —
... govern, because of mandatory super-majorities needed to advance an agenda. If you're starting to think this sounds familiar, there's a good reason. Nationwide, the electorate has high expectations on public services, but are generally resistant to tax increases. The GOP contingent in Congress has shrunk badly as the party has moved sharply to the right, but Democrats aren't able to govern as they'd like, due in large part to a procedural, structural straightjacket. Rich Yeselson proposed a thought experiment yesterday. Imagine if President Obama, as chief executives of yore ...
Californiafication: A Good Idea (for Conservatives)
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... There's been much talk of the "Californiafication" of Washington in recent days. Rich Yeselson summarizes the idea: "We are living through the Californiafication of America—a country in which the combination of a determined minority and a procedural supermajority legislative requirement makes it impossible to rationally address public policy challenges." Kevin ...
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