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Don’t Go Wobbly, GOP

Gene Wilder delivers a memorable line in the 1971 classic “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” that captures the state of American politics at this very moment in time. Portly Augustus Gloop becomes lodged in the main chocolate artery of Wonka’s plant. A seemingly irresistible force of liquid chocolate builds in the pipe behind him. Something has to […]

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Bowles on Ryan

Erskine Bowles was President Clinton’s Chief of Staff and co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. 

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With Ryan, GOP “All In” on Debt

Anyone who’s watched the game “Texas Hold ‘Em” knows the term “all in.”  When you’re “all in,” you’re betting everything you’ve got on the hand you’re holding. Mitt Romney just went “all in” on economic conservatism with Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick.  He placed a bet that the American people want bold action on […]

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Please Make this Man Our Next Vice President

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Paul Ryan Goes for It

As difficult as this is going to make my year answering Democratic attacks against clients, I just love elected officials with…intestinal fortitude. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) releases a House budget blueprint today that shakes the rafters in its boldness. It unflinchingly prescribes medicine the country needs to get back on firm fiscal footing.  Third rails like Medicare?  He […]

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