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No matter what some people may think about the lack of importance of the illegal immigration issue, I can tell you that ...

It has been noted that Sarah Palin was once a champion of earmarks (as mayor of Wasilla) before she eventually decided she was against them. In response to critics who pointed out that she ...

Okay class, here is your bonus question...true or false: Even if Congress were to do nothing at all in response to Paulson's/Bernanke's/Bush's request, isn't it true that The ...

In the final weeks of most national campaigns, many Democrats can be heard complaining that the Republicans like to use fear tactics to win elections. I've always thought it is an odd sort ...

I'm sorry, but the Kossacks and MSM have to openly reject the Clinton Campaign's claim that Hillary 'mis-spoke' when she exaggerated the drama of her arrival in Bosnia. Mis-speaking is something ...

Hillary says "the tide has turned?" Oh really? As I recall, she was leading Obama by 11+ points in the PA polls 2-3 weeks ago, when she started her relentless effort destroy Barack Obama's ...

If he is, then he might want to ponder some of the points I make in this [previously posted] diary. In the economics classes I’ve taught, I’ve always looked forward to the ...

A few days ago, in response to a recommended diary on bullying by ' that girl ',

I'm predicting that Hillary Clinton will soon accept a 'deal', perhaps in the next couple of days, perhaps in the next several hours, that will effectively end her campaign for President. The deal?

I'm beginning to think that John Edwards may soon need to re-evaluate the quality of his campaign advisory staff. The fact that his campaign has remained virtually silent in the hours and days ...

I apologize for shouting, but I don't know if there is any other way to get your attention. Listen, you may want to be VP, and it could maybe a good thing for the Democratic Party if ...

It's time to resurrect the Experience Issue, Democrats. The Republicans may want to drop it now that they've taken on Palin, but the celebrity governor's stunning ignorance of history and ...

Strictly speaking, the Fed's purchase of insurance conglomerate AIG yesterday was not actually a taxpayer bailout. This is because "The Fed" [our Central Bank] is a privately-owned entity [owned by ...

President Obama, you have been listening to the advice of Rahm E., who has been telling you that the poor Blue Dog Democrats can't vote for a robust public option because they're afraid that it ...

What is it that the Republicans do that enables them to manipulate the perceptions that Swing Voters have of the Democrats and their candidate?

In his master plan to save the economy from ruin, John McCain promises more of the same wrong-headed tax cuts that got us in this mess in the first place. In ...

So it just occurred to me that THE best way for the Sanders campaign---and that includes us, Berners---to respond to Hillary’s emotional efforts to portray Bernie as someone who didn’t/doesn’t like Ba

I wrote the following analysis of John Kerry's failed presidential campaign in November, 2004 . I think ...

Yes, it is true that Barack Obama has used tough rhetoric to reassure the American people that he will protect them from America's Enemies. But we also know that he is willing to talk to leaders ...

I have long said that it is unfair to describe the Republican Party as America's version of the Nazis. It just isn't true that they are as deranged as the Nazis ended up being back in the ...

Don't go negative in tonight's debate. I know, I know, your closest advisors are telling you that the only way you are going to win is if you can drive up Barack's 'negatives' in the eyes of most ...

On Sunday, our beloved President responded to a question about public outrage over AIG by saying that his administration wouldn't "govern out of anger." I was disturbed by Obama's response, not ...

I am an observer who thinks Barack Obama will hit a home run against Mitt Romney tonight. Sure, Obama has the advantage of being the one who actually executed Osama Bin Laden for the Nine Eleven ...

I love Joe Biden. I love it when he gets passionate in his speeches. I love it because he is saying what I want to hear, the way I want to hear it. Having said all that, before Joe goes up ...

Any number of commentators, economists, and politicians have said that it would be a horrible idea if the Federal Government were to get into the banking business itself. And you know something? A ...

It's all about incentives. When you need medical care for any reason, do you want to turn to an organization run by people whose only desire is to make money off of you at a moment when you are ...

Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits .

Over at Mark Thoma's Economist's View economics blog, there is a discussion of Paul Krugman's most recent comments on the financial ...

It is now very apparent that Karl Rove is alive and well and firmly in command of the Republican Party’s Character Assassination Campaign. Just yesterday, I had written a diary ...

Barack Obama has a fundamental political instinct, which is to reach out to the people who perceive him as their enemy, try to make a human connection, thereby draining away their hostility toward ...

The quote, "...lay off Bernie Sanders a little bit, OK?", may sound “uninformed’ to many of Hillary’s ardent fans here at Dailykos, but you have to admit that there is a certain amount of political logic to it. I mean, after all, if Hillary Clinton...

The good news about Obama's drop in the polls is that the people who shifted their support to McCain in the past month belong to that special class of the electorate known as The Swing Voters .

Barbara Ehrenreich's poignant Preying On The Poor provides us with an all-too-accurate picture of The Poor as chronic victims of a hard-hearted Business Class. It is a sad reality that many of us ...

Because health insurance companies invest millions of $$ in PR campaigns and in their campaign contributions to members of Congress, most people do not realize that there is almost no difference between these ‘business professionals’ and the Mafia when...

Overlooked in current discussions of Barack Obama's 'electability' is the glaring fact that Hillary Clinton doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning against the Republican Machine this ...

Breaking news heard on BBC tonight and confirmed by this written report from the ...

(FWIW, I have a Master's Degree in Economics and have studied economic theory at the Ph.D level.) According to Republican economic mythology , there is no better way to create ...

Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits . ...

In America today there is a widespread belief within the upper classes that the Income Tax is unfair to rich people.  I’d like to explain why, from an economist's POV, this belief is utter nonsense.  

Barack Obama's drop in the polls last week can be attributed entirely to that special group within the electorate known as The Swing Voters . Swing Voters are people who---unlike you or me---...

In the economics classes I’ve taught, I’ve always looked forward to the opportunity to explain one of the most important reasons (there are others) why Market economies have historically ...

Oh yes, the Clinton campaign has done it again. They have managed, through their network of friends, to generate headlines in the MSM which feature their emotional accusation that Bernie Sanders demonstrated his sexist feelings toward women when he t

Should the government cut income taxes to stimulate the economy, as John McCain and the Republicans have suggested? No, it shouldn't. Take a look at a ...