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Another sign of mainstream recognition of political polarization in the United States – From the Economist: The supermajority rule [60 votes in the Senate] would be no bad thing if it forced the majority party to reach out to the other side. The Democrats themselves have often been glad of it, for example to block [...] For those of us concerned about unsustainable government spending/commitments and our politicians inability to deal with it, reading this lede in the NY Times is a big sign of the times. The realignment to the center-right is upon us (I emphasize the center, unlike republicans who say center-right but mean ultra-conservative-fundamentalist, as in “Those liberal [...] Great article about possible expansion of college conferences, largely led by football markets. It lays bare a lot of the underlying money issues that separate the best from the rest. Orlando Sentinel – College Gridiron 365 Blog- Orlando Sentinel – College Gridiron 365 Blog. The NYTimes has a must read article on the tea party movement. For me there were three key takeaways: The Tea Party movement is redefining and enlarging the radical right, which could have significant impact in the primaries. People strongly believe ideas that to put it bluntly, I find completely nuts. This movement is being [...] Paul Volcker and I are really disturbed by Congress’s inability to act: VOLCKER: Capitol Hill and the Senate is dysfunctional. I mean, I’m very disturbed about the trend in the government generally and its inability to get together and do things. And I had some hopes. This is a relatively neutral subject politically. The need [...] |
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