Zombie Politics

Politico has a good piece up about why the GOP caved on the debt ceiling. The political reality is obvious. The Senate and the White House w...

House passes clean debt ceiling bill Yes, I believe they have learned the folly of their ways...especially in an election year.

I wonder if Republicans will look back on this week and note that this was the beginning of the end of their party. It is truly something to...

When children throw a temper tantrum, they usually end up breaking something. Mom's dishes or dad's sports memorabilia isn't qui...

It's been amusing in a sort of horrifying way to watch Congress try to come up with some sort of plan to avert the tax rate rise and spe...

Our nation's leaders have finally come together and will pass a bill at some point soon to raise the debt ceiling. The last few weeks ha...

With all the talk on the debt lately, it seems like our country has a lot of problems. One would think that our debt is worse than other cou...

A fine example of how the image of Reagan and the reality of Reagan are in direct conflict. If Reagan were president now and asking for th...

It looks like we might be moving closer to a deal regarding the debt ceiling, the debt, spending cuts, and taxes. President Obama and severa...

Take a look at these numbers. 2001 – $5.871 trillion in debt 2008 – $10.640 trillion in debt Jan 31st 2009 = $10.569 trillion in debt ...

A few days ago, President Obama called on Congress for a much bolder plan to reduce the deficit. He asked for double the amount of reduction...

Economic bad news from a number of quarters today starting with the unemployment number going up to 9.1 percent. As expected, President Obam...