jwb

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I wouldn't tell them either.  I'm more expressing admiration for the administration's ability to keep the contingency plans under wrap.…
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It still seems a couple of days early to be giving the turning point speech, because if you give that…
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You can't go avoiding default by an entity as large as the government by yourself.  And Obama is not the…
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I don't think we're going to get default, and I think Obama will do his best to protect the most…
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One presumes that Obama had a good sense all along--well, at least since June--that a deal was highly unlikely but…
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Carelessly worded.  By ignore, I mean that nothing will come of it.  They'll try the case quickly and as pro…
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Yes, and when the bad things happen, the GOP will attempt to pin it on Obama; and I'm beginning to…
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If Obama's not willing to let us default, then he's really in a horrible bargaining position, because, by the looks…
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A lot depends, I think, on who is perceived as paying politically for the situation in Minnesota.  Everyone seems to…
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The Village hates filibuster reform.  If you don't think the Dems would have paid a political price for reforming, you…
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If McConnell goes back on his word, does it matter? Let's assume the Dems had changed the rules.  The House…
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If Obama wins re-election and the Dems win back the House, I think it's a better than even bet that…
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I'm not sure, actually.  It seems to me that an awful lot of the GOP strategy of no has been…
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No, you are not wrong, but it's not at all clear what anyone still on the sane side of the…
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Your advice is sound but judging from my reading a sizable faction of the organizers and activists seems intent to…
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The real question is why they are not making this argument.
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