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Published October 14, 2013
For all the media pronouncements about how the party has ruined its brand, I think the GOP death watch is way premature.
Published October 11, 2013
There is a reason that John Boehner offered a short-term extension of the debt ceiling yesterday as the two sides finally stopped calling each other names and began the minuet that should lead to a deal.
Published October 10, 2013
Washington is now a place where the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
Published October 09, 2013
In the early days of the Great Government Shutdown—way back last week--the right and left were clashing over whether this was pandemonium or a pinprick. But now the dispute is over whether the pain is intentional.
Published October 08, 2013
Sick of the shutdown yet? It seems like we’re inundated with the same talking points from each side as the government’s partial closure heads into its second week.
Published October 07, 2013
Such is the tinderbox atmosphere of Washington these days that even a couple of quotes in the newspaper can prove incendiary.
Published October 04, 2013
Yesterday's security scare makes me reflect on the contrast between the manufactured crisis that forced the government shutdown and the real-life attack on government employees.
Published October 03, 2013
Shutting down lots of federal agencies is drastic, and whatever your view of the politics, the impact is very real.
Published October 02, 2013
There were competing story lines as the media coped with day one of the shutdown.
Published October 01, 2013
After huge swaths of the federal government shut down this morning, the media are no longer confining their coverage to Washington.