Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame
I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.
I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama continues to ride a wave of public support as we approach the magic "100th day" of his presidency. Since I wrote about his 100 days (94 ...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Senator Bayh announced today the formation of a "Moderate Dems Working Group", or to put it in layman's terms, a group of 15 or so Bush Dog... I'm sorry... Blue Dog conservative Democratic Senators.
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
A little-known rule in the Senate may dramatically change the balance of power between the parties during the upcoming budgetary process.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics