The Rubiophiles: Eric Cantor whistling past the IRS probe
Ah, the tricky politics of endorsing a guy who’s under a legal and ethical cloud. On “Morning Joe” this morning, newly minted Marco Rubio endorser Eric Cantor explained that despite the FBI, IRS and...
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Tuesday clicks: are you there, Issa? It’s me, history; Palin can’t stop...
Chinese President Hu Jintao heads to Washington bearing gifts … and Barack Obama: deregulator in chief??? Here’s what else is out there this morning: So… Darrell Issa is going to apply his ideological...
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Ryan’s ideology disguised as a budget, and Boehner’s palace intrigue **UPDATED**
“This isn’t a budget. This a cause.” That’s what Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, told the breathless media as he stood before a group of tea party freshmen. He’s right. Because what Republicans...
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UPDATED: Eric Cantor’s palace coup: top GOPer ditches budget talks at tax time
House majority whip Eric Cantor and House speaker John Boehner. When Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, abruptly quit budget talks with the White House Thursday...
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The GOP putting a brave, sneering face on debt ceiling capitulation
Eric Cantor leads the tea party caucus, and a palace coup in the House. So that’s it, then. Mitch McConnell has thrown in the towel … and Eric Cantor is rubbing that towel in John Boehner’s face. Dana...
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The Wall Street party, trapped in the madhouse
Wall Street and big business bankrolled the tea party in order to put tax cut and deregulation-friendly Republicans in control of Washington. Now, they’re reaping the whirlwind. When you’re looking...
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Washington searches for ‘plan B’ on debt ceiling **UPDATE 2: Obama’s presser,...
UPDATE 2: The president concluded a nearly hour-long press conference in which he stated that raising the debt ceiling was not enough — that Congress must also tackle our long term debts. Obama said...
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Chaos in the House: Cantor tells freshman to quit whining, Boehner’s plan...
House majority whip Eric Cantor and House speaker John Boehner. Eric Cantor, the hedge fund managers’ man in Washington (and he’s surely hearing from them right about now), told House Republicans in a...
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The #OWS effect: Eric Cantor ‘cares’ about income inequality
Eric Cantor blinks, as Occupy Wall Street digs in. You need no further proof that the Occupy Wall Street protests — now a global movement of the 99 percent — has struck a nerve, than this: Eric Cantor...
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Cue the Cantor sour-face: unemployment drops to 8.6 percent
Team Sourpuss: Sen. Mitch McConnell and Reps. Eric Cantor and John Boehner Because good news for the economy is bad news for the McConnell plan… This won’t go over well in GOPerland: The American...
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