The Two McCains The Two McCains
On fiscal policy, there is a war for McCain's soul. Mark Thoma gives a run-down of the "budget balancing, tax-cutting tap dance." Will we get fooled again?
Jul 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Contractor Hustle The Contractor Hustle
A few weeks ago I attended a briefing with Sen. Dorgan on contractor waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq. It's kind of weird. It's an open secret. The newspapers report on it. The Amer...
Jul 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mid-Day Links Mid-Day Links
1) Conservatism really is a racket. 2) The great thing about good organizing tools is that they empower people, not specific agendas. The Get FISA Right" group is currently the l...
Jul 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s Centrism Obama’s Centrism
There's been a lot of rending of garments online about Obama's "move to the center" the last few weeks. I'm still gathering my thoughts on it all (ed.:bad blogger! just blog it, d...
Jul 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Monday Capitol Letter Monday Capitol Letter
Courtesy of new Washington DC intern Bobby Allyn, a quick recap of last week's Hill activity: In the House … The House passed two energy bills Thursday, One (HR 6052) giving t...
Jun 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Millionaire Amendment’s Most Famous Beneficiary The Millionaire Amendment’s Most Famous Beneficiary
I'm working hard on revising a big feature article, so light posting here at Capitolism on this steamy Friday. As a general rule we eschew Supreme Court commentary here, but yes...
Jun 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Attorney-Client Two Step The Attorney-Client Two Step
Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff David Addington has been referred to as "Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney" for the enormous influence he wields in the Office of the Vice Pres...
Jun 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Truest Thing I’ve Read in A While Truest Thing I’ve Read in A While
Via Barry Ritholtz: Nothing has been a more reliable indicator for an upcoming recession as the price of Oil. Every major bear market, every major economic decline has been prece...
Jun 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
New Name New Name
So we've changed the name, as you can probably tell. Why? Well, though we got to the J Street name first, there's the other J Street, which has a big enough profile to create conf...
Jun 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Washington Post Watch Washington Post Watch
Two days in a row! After giving some kudos yesterday, (tip of hat!), today, more in sorrow than in anger, we give a slow, mournful wag of the finger to Richard Cohen for this ab...
Jun 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes