Wednesday Open Thread [4.25.12]

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Dana Milbank: "Aficionados of the Etch a Sketch will recall a certain flaw in the toy: If you use it often, some of the lines drawn no longer disappear when you shake the device, instead leaving an indelible trace of where you have been."

Didn’t see this Republican malfeasance coming…

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Thune: Senate Republicans Might Escalate Gov’t Shutdown Fight
A member of the Senate GOP leadership says he and his colleagues could end up backing House Republicans in their efforts to fund the government at levels below those agreed to in the bipartisan debt-limit deal last August, increasing the chances of a government shutdown fight just weeks before the 2012 election.
It is all about winning back the White House for these guys. Republicans view wrecking the economy as a wholly legitimate strategy to that end. Anybody who thinks otherwise has their head up their ass.

The Iron Lady

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There is no doubt that Margret Thatcher was a pretty horrible person. She was English (strike one). She popularized the economic radicalism which our economy is still suffering under today (strike two), and she was a shitty mother (strike three). Nevertheless, she was an effective leader for the British Conservative Party who brought them back from utter irrelevancy. The way she did is a worthwhile study for Democrats who like the x's and o's of political strategy.

Tuesday Open Thread [4.24.12]

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Even though the general election campaign is now underway, [...] there are five primaries today in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. As a result, this is the first primary day where Romney doesn't face any real competition. So when we watch the returns, we'll get a good idea of the true anti-Romney vote tonight. Does he get at least 50% in all of these contests? What about 60%? 70%?"