“What Has Made Congress More Polarized?”
Sean Trende on Mann, Ornstein and the Poole-Rosenthal DW-NOMINATE scores of Congrss.
Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
“Democrats have real chance to hold on to Senate majority”
WaPo reports.
Another “I’m Just a Bill” Parody
Courtesy of Casino Jack.
“Why Washington Can’t Be Fixed: And Is About to Get a Lot Worse”
I’ve just written this new Slate column. It begins:
The politician’s words captured the moment. “This is a historic time … and one side simply has to win out over the other.” It wasn’t Roosevelt describing the need… Continue reading
“Lugar’s Demise and the Constitutional Crisis”
Jonathan Chiat:
The most important and alarming facet of Lugar’s defeat, and a factor whose importance is being overlooked at the moment, is one of the things Mourdock cited against him: Lugar voted to confirm two of Obama’s Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Moderate Republicans Fall Away in the Senate”
538 reports. I’ll have more to say on this subject soon.
“Paul Ryan Presents GOP Term-Limits Dilemma”
Roll Call: “Republican chairmanship term limits are bringing a dilemma for the party in the next Congress: whether to break the rules for a promising intellectual leader of the party while denying his ambitious colleagues the same opportunity. Rep.… Continue reading
“Independent Senate Run in Maine Puts Parties in a Pinch”
NYT reports.
“Is Washington’s Partisanship ‘Even Worse Than it Looks?'”
The News Hour talks with Mann and Ornstein.
“Tired of ‘Tainted’ Image, Lobbyists Try Makeover”
NYT reports.
“No Earmaks? GOP Freshman Face Dilemma”
Politico: “House Republican freshmen are figuring out that it’s hard to hate Washington and need Washington at the same time.”
“Is polarization really all Republicans fault?”
A nuanced and important column from The Fix.
“Congress: It’s going to get worse”
Mahtesian and Vandehei: “Think Congress is a big, dysfunctional, polarized mess? Just wait: It’s going to get worse.”