Tag Archives: Eric Cantor
Four Years of Radicalism
Todd Akin, Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, more or less stands by the medieval view of female sexuality that’s caused him so much negative press this week. So does Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa), a well-regarded but consistently crazy member of the Tea Party Caucus. But the boldness of these offensive, sexist, but commonly-held views […]
“There Is No Class Here”
There exist some battles in American politics such that to fight them is to lose them. The Republican Party seems to have stumbled squarely into one of them — unrepentant defense of the rich. More’s the pity. Specifically, Politico spotlights not one but two examples of Republicans adopting the rhetoric, if not the solutions of […]
A Look at the “Forgotten 15″: Does the GOP’s Radical Deregulation Agenda Actually Create Jobs?
It’s not hard to see why Republicans do so well on Twitter: in a forum that limits debate to 140 characters, there’s no room for principled disagreement, shades of grey, or arguments backed up by facts. It’s the perfect environment for unsubstantiated talking points like, “drill baby drill!”, “Where’s the birth certificate?”, and the Republican […]
Evaluating the Likelihood of a Government Shutdown
Andrew Sullivan collects sources questioning whether and why the Republican Party would go there, but ignores probably the most important point: what Eric Cantor says about shutdown is not probative of what Eric Cantor would do, were the question starkly presented to him. It is in Cantor’s best interest, and the Republican Party’s best interest, […]
Where There Is Yet Shame, There May In Time Be Virtue.
Just don’t expect either from Congressional Republicans. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Twerp, er, Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) are busy imploring fellow House Republicans to oppose the stimulus package, demanding more tax breaks while using inane mathematics to challenge all sorts of spending proposals. From Krugman yesterday (emphasis mine): First, there’s the […]
Marketplace of Ideas