Irony of the Day Irony of the Day
On the White House's website, Bush's Oct. 7, 2002 speech (given days before Congress overwhelmingly passed the Iraq War Resolution) is bannered with the headline: "Denial and Dece...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Shame and Public Officials Shame and Public Officials
Our bailiwick here at J Street is to bring you news, ideas, opinions and thoughts from the capital, but I went to dinner with a bunch of beltway denizens last night and all anyone...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Politics of Pork The Politics of Pork
To piggy-back (no pun intended) on one of Chris's posts from yesterday, it also bears noting how thoroughly overblown the current debate over Congressional pork is. One: it's more...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The House Isn’t The Problem The House Isn’t The Problem
Matt Yglesias makes a very important point on the occasion of the House passing a new ethics package. While overall the post-2006 congress has been a massive disappointment, that...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
My boss, in an email discussion of Eliot Spitzer: He should have kept to sticking it to the man. Bada bing!
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
House to WH on Telco’s: Immunize This House to WH on Telco’s: Immunize This
The new surveillance bill not only doesn't contain immunity for the telco's but explicitly authorizes the courts to hear the cases.
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Campaign For Sensible Priorities Campaign For Sensible Priorities
One more thing about the budget. Every time you hear some blowhard talking about the scourge of earmarks remember this chart to keep it all in perspective.
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
More Revenue! More Revenue!
The senate's been debating the budget the last day and a half, and it's generally been an unedifying show. Republican senators talk exclusively about tax cuts and reigning in spen...
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
What Goes Up What Goes Up
Stocks of private equity companies, most notably Blackstone, are tanking. Of course the magic of leverage is that a little bit of up front capital can be turned into massive prof...
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Back of the Bus Back of the Bus
I try not to post here too much about the campaign, mostly because I don't quite trust myself to be completely fair at this point, but it must be said that the recent jive from th...
Mar 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes