One of the Strangest Op-Eds You May Ever Get To Read
I think this op-ed, "Reconciliation on health care would be an assault on the democratic process" by Orrin Hatch has appeared 30 days ahead of schedule. Reconciliation is not the assault on democracy...
View ArticleSeen on Capitol Hill -- Signs of Leadership and an Unfamiliar Race to the Top
I am all for eliminating earmarks to for-profit companies and for extending it to non-profits as well. All discretionary money should be awarded on an open, competitive basis, with oversight of the...
View ArticleMy Main Complaint about Congress -- Again
I wonder if the Founding Fathers envisioned that this sentence (highlighted in bold, courtesy of Harold Meyerson's column in today's Washington Post) would become so commonplace:The civil rights...
View ArticleGoldman v. Congress -- Both Are Hiding In Plain Sight From The Voters.
Today's marathon Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee hearing into Goldman Sachs' role in the financial crisis found Goldman executives and senators talking past each other or driving each...
View ArticleRebooting Democracy
Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig visited Dartmouth yesterday to deliver a public lecture with the same title as this post. His topic was the nearly intractable issue of the role of money...
View ArticlePlus Ca Change? It Won't be the Same Thing
The results yesterday bring a big change, but not the change observers think when it comes to the defense budget. For the defense committees, ideology will rear a powerful head, and the rhetorical and...
View ArticleThe Real Advantage of a Parliamentary System
In a column last week, Fareed Zakaria asked, "Does America Need a Prime Minister?" It is a question that often comes up when political gridlock makes it appear that we cannot respond to a crisis. My...
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Anyone Still Not Understand Why Congress' Approval Rating Is So Low?
In case you're not up on the number, Real Clear Politics has it's standard good chart showing that, based on the most recent polls, as of this morning the average approval rating for Congress is 13.2...
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National Confidence Ratings For Congress Don't Matter When It Comes To The...
You would think that this poll showing "Americans' confidence in Congress is not only at its lowest point on record, but also is the worst Gallup has ever found for any institution it has measured...
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