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Tim Fernholz and Jonathan Bernstein have good ideas that would make the tax cut deal better.
Including the debt ceiling vote in the package is the most important. Seeing as the tax cuts are responsible for a goodly portion of the need to raise the debt ceiling in the first place, the extension should be tied to the vote on that. We certainly don’t need any last minute brinksmanship or hostage-taking from Republicans surrounding that must-pass vote.
June 18, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
TPM: In an interview with The New Republic, Politico editor-in-chief John Harris admitted that Silver wasn’t one of his lifelines in the 2012 campaign [...] “I admire how he has built a franchise,” Harris said. “I roll my eyes at how he gets up on his high horse quite a lot on different topics.” Jim [...]
June 9, 2013 By Jon Geeting 2 Comments
Alex Trujillo sounds like a real mensch, and on that level it’s sad to see that his 55-year old business Supermercado Mi Tierra closing up shop. This is ultimately a good thing for the neighborhood though, because C-Town is going to be a decent step up in terms of product selection, and they’re going to [...]
June 17, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
Tom Hartley continues to impress at the Bethlehem Parking Authority. I’m not a big fan of the multi-space meters either because there’s nothing worse than having to stand in line to pay for parking. But BPA’s data does show usage of the Main Street Commons parking deck increased last year, so the multi-space meters haven’t [...]
May 13, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
The point of political blogging is not that you’ll directly reach so many voters that you’ll shape opinions about elections. The point is that for every couple dozen low-information voters, there’s a *political friend* who people ask who to vote for the week before an election. The point of blogging is to shape the opinions [...]
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You want *more* concessions? The GOP gave in on the estate tax, now you want even more?
Look, the simple fact remains – assuming the the current plan goes through – Pres. Obama as head of the Democrat Party can't get it done, not even with a 100 seat majority in the current Congress.
The incredibly bad pieces of legislation passed in the last near-2 years have burnt all the bridges with the electorate. That the pols see it even as many are on their way out-of-office is a powerful message.