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The hell that is being John Boehner
Steve Kornacki
Yet again, Tea Party purists remind the House speaker who's really the boss. Better start the shutdown clock ...
House Republicans still fighting disaster relief funding
Alex Pareene
Updated: The war against FEMA funding could end in a government shutdown
The “Saturday Night Live” of the West Bank
Joel Warner
A hit satire show on the West Bank wrings laughs from the Occupation -- and gets canceled for humor that hits home
Obama halts controversial EPA regulation
Dina Cappiello, Julie Pace
President bows to GOP, business demands, eliminates proposed initiative to tighten smog standards
Obama’s dopey rope-a-dope strategy
Gene Lyons
The "adult in the room" takes a beating and just keeps sinking
A bizarre breakout of budget showdown optimism
Andrew Leonard
An end to partisan brinkmanship? With Congress still in recess, unfounded rosy scenarios suddenly proliferate
Why TV news is addicted to weather porn
Matt Zoller Seitz
When it comes to storms, TV news sticks to the script -- no matter how cynical, exploitative or cliched it may be
Unemployment rate dips, economy adds 117K jobs
Christopher S. Rugaber
July jobs report comes in slightly better than expected, one day after worst stock market performance since 2008
Destroying Democratic presidents
Joan Walsh
Right-wing attacks on President Obama are vicious, but the ugliness began with President Clinton
The next horrible budget showdown
Andrew Leonard
Debt ceiling hikes, government shutdown threats, tax cut drama: Come September, we'll do it all again
The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, and white Southern extremism
Michael Lind
The goal, methods and passions of the Tea Party in the House are all characteristic of the radical Southern right
Obama didn’t “cave” on the debt ceiling
Matthew Dickinson
Yes, he got almost nothing out of this deal. But let's consider the harsh political realities he was up against
President Obama’s surrender
Andrew Leonard
A bad weekend for the White House: The Tea Party wins, Democrats lose, and the carnage will be even worse next year
How to turn the GOP into a party of liberals
Jonathan Bernstein
A foolproof strategy that will fundamentally transform the debt ceiling debate -- and the entire Obama presidency
Why is Wall Street so calm?
Andrew Leonard
Despite the best efforts of reckless legislators, markets are not panicking. Don't they understand doom is upon us?
Throwing the GOP a Medicare life-preserver
Steve Kornacki
Democrats had a promising 2012 strategy -- and it was already working. Then Obama started talking "grand bargain"
Obama, George H.W. Bush, and the ghosts of 1990
Steve Kornacki
The latest twist in the debt ceiling drama calls to mind one of the last major showdowns over deficits and taxes
A party divorced from sanity
Gene Lyons
The great debt ceiling showdown would be a non-event if it weren't for something called the Tea Party
The politics of Captain America
Bob Calhoun
From Jon Stewart's rally to Tea Party gatherings, people don the superhero's costume. Whose side would he be on?
Republicans listening to Erick Erickson, of course
Alex Pareene
The best way to understand Republicans' stubborn refusal to compromise at all on the debt ceiling
Are Republicans blowing up their own ’12 playbook?
Steve Kornacki
A bad economy should help the GOP unseat Obama next year -- but maybe not if they force a debt default
Mitch McConnell: Truth teller
Andrew Leonard
The senator tells talk radio that ruining the economy will be bad for the GOP brand. He's right!
Can Obama shame Republicans on the debt ceiling?
Joan Walsh
Floating a grand bargain with steep program cuts, knowing the GOP won't take it, is either craven or genius
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