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Displaying all articles tagged:
Chait
the national interest
Oct. 2, 2015
House Conservatives Finally Got Boehner’s Scalp
The Planned Parenthood videos brought down an unintended target.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 15, 2014
Ted Cruz’s Jew-centric Blueprint for Victory in 2016
A time for Jews-ing.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 12, 2014
Why Do Republicans Defend Torture?
The allegation that the Bush administration used torture had gone from outrageous smear to tired news without ever having passed through the stage of acceptable topic of discussion.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 9, 2014
The Long, Overdue Death of the Southern Democrats
Building your liberal party around America’s most conservative region never made sense.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 2, 2014
Republicans Back to Raising Taxes on the Poor
Because of immigration. It all makes sense, kind of.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 26, 2014
Why Didn’t Republicans See Obama’s Immigration Move Coming?
Congress foiled by extremely predictable scheme.
By
Jonathan Chait
Nov. 21, 2014
Republicans Hand Obama an Immigration Political Triumph
“We shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger — we were strangers once, too.”
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 20, 2014
An Immigration Shutdown Is the Dumbest Idea the Republican Party Has Ever Had
The sharks-with-lasers of political strategies.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 18, 2014
Can Obama Trade Keystone for Something?
Minimum-wage hike? Confirm a judge? Some leftover Chinese-delivery soy-sauce packets?
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 12, 2014
China Tries to Save Earth; Republicans Furious
They swore it could never happen.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 10, 2014
Yes, the Republican Obamacare Strategy Will Kill People
Man points out repealing Obamacare will kill him; conservatives enraged.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 5, 2014
The Democrats Have Two Choices Now: Gridlock or Annihilation
Well, that could have gone better.
By
Jonathan Chait
Oct. 23, 2014
Republican Governors Just Might Save the Democratic Senate
Trouble for incumbents in both parties.
By
Jonathan Chait
Oct. 21, 2014
Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority Vote
We’re trying to keep you from voting, but if you do vote, please choose us.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 13, 2014
Obama Environmental Plan Tainted by Association With Environmentalists
A modern Washington scandal.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 9, 2014
Ted Cruz’s Obamacare Nightmare Comes to Life
It’s like a bad dream, if your bad dreams involve sick people getting to see a doctor.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 5, 2014
A Southern GOP Can’t Be the Party of Lincoln
American politics in its natural historic state.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 27, 2014
Obama’s Climate Deal Doesn’t Need the Senate
Somebody has to save the planet, and it won’t be Mitch McConnell.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 27, 2014
The Dreamers Have Destroyed the Republican Immigration Strategy
Marco Rubio confronts young immigrants; chaos ensues.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 20, 2014
The Republican Party’s Geriatric Trap
Socialism for the old, capitalism for the poor.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 12, 2014
Have House Republicans Extended the Economic Recovery Into 2016?
When economic sabotage backfires.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 2, 2014
House Republicans Want President Hillary Clinton
Or they’re just really dumb. Okay, it’s probably that.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
July 31, 2014
Ted Cruz Punks John Boehner Again, This Time on Immigration
World’s saddest leader of a legislative body loses once more.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
June 22, 2014
Republicans Finally Admit Why They Really Hate Obamacare
You’ll never guess what it is.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
June 9, 2014
Do Democrats Need Hillary Clinton to Save Them in 2016? [Updated]
Meet the new savior, same as the old savior.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 22, 2014
Why Republicans Love Taxing the Poor
A tiny snag in the conservative reform plan.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 21, 2014
Republicans Warn of Secret Obamacare Heretics
Another healthy sign of intellectual vitality in the GOP.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 20, 2014
The Politics of Climate Change This Summer Will Be Worse Than Obamacare’s
The scientific consensus is stronger and more urgent than ever, while the political consensus is weaker than ever.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 2, 2014
Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Banning Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling 2016.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Apr. 10, 2014
Paul’s GOP Hostile Takeover Gets More Hostile
An audacious, heretofore successful plot meets its first resistance.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Mar. 4, 2014
Obama to Republicans: You’re Right, Let’s Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit
Presidential budget trolling.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 21, 2014
How the GOP Sabotaged Marco Rubio, the Man Who Was Once Its Savior
Rubio the rube.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 19, 2014
The Congressional Budget Office and the Bizarre, Partisan Jobs Debate
Suddenly, the budget geeks matter.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 6, 2014
The Lonely Death of the Republican Health-Care Plan
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 4, 2014
Repeal Imaginary Obamacare Bailout, GOP Insists
Or else they will murder all the unicorns.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 7, 2014
How Democrats Can Force Republicans to Help the Unemployed
Republicans hate helping the jobless, but they do like giving cash to farmers.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 3, 2014
Republican Reformers Stop Being Polite to Tea Party, Start Getting Real
Or sorta real, anyway. It’s a pretty big improvement.
By
Jonathan Chait