Topic: Paul Ryan
Poking and Prodding Healthcare
Moving beyond the politics of healthcare (fear not: this is a brief detour), I want to highlight an excellent talk on healthcare reform given by wunderkind and former Director of OMB Peter Orszag at the LSE.
Lawyers and Weiners and Bears, Oh My!
Not much going on in the political world this week, save for hitting a double-dip housing recession, failing to pass a bill without which the economy will crumble, and oh ya, Sarah Palin rode a bus! But here are some things to distract you from your hump day blues: Maybe Anthony Weiner is rethinking whether it’s such a good idea to run for Mayor anymore. And since he’s already taken some positions that automatically make me not want to support him for … Read More
Is the GOP doomed in 2012?
This is the kind of shallow question that I typically hate. But, over the last few days, I’ve begun to wonder whether the GOP field has much of a shot at defeating President Obama.
