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Opinion: 6 Unexpected Arizona Shooting Commentaries

As night follows day, the terrible tragedy in Arizona that involved the near fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., unleashed a flood of partisan attacks. Many on the left quickly tried to use the Tucson massacre -- which left six dead -- as an opportunity to attack heated political rhetoric on the...

How Exactly Will the GOP Cut $100 Billion?

House Republicans are promising to cut $100 billion from the federal budget, but they're not quite ready to explain how just yet. What they won't cut is homeland security, the military and services for veterans -- a nice gesture after a decade of war, but one that means the other federal programs, like transportation and...

Is Health Reform Killing Democrats?

(Sept. 1) -- It's safe to say, things don't look good for Democrats this November. With a new Gallup poll giving Republicans a "whopping" 10-point lead on the generic ballot, the question pundits are asking now is: how did Democrats become so unpopular? For the last month or so, conventional wisdom held that the dismal...

Opinion: Here Comes the Debate Over Letting Tax Cuts Expire

(July 27) -- On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared on "This Week" to discuss what The New York Times declares will be Washington's "next big battle" -- the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts. The Obama administration is leading a Democratic move to let the cuts for the upper tax brackets expire, extending the...

Democrats and Republicans Play Chicken Over Bush Tax Cuts

(July 27) -- Over at The New Republic, Jonathan Chait has a good preview about how the next legislative battle, the Bush tax cuts, is likely to play out. He describes it as a game of chicken between Democrats, who have pledged not to raise taxes on people earning less than $250,000 a year, and Republicans, who Chait...

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05/10/12 AprÃ¨s Lugar, Le Deluge Source: The Corner on National Review Online The "most important and alarming facet" of Senator Richard Lugar's primary defeat this week, according to Jonathan Chait, was that conservative Hoosiers punished him for voting to confirm Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
05/10/12 Jonathan Chait on Hardball: Richard Lugar's Loss Source: Daily Intelligencer Last night, Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar lost his seat after six-terms to tea party challenger Richard Mourdock in the primary race.
05/09/12 Jonathan Chait on Hardball: Richard Lugar's Loss Source: Daily Intelligencer Last night, Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar lost his seat of six-terms in a primary race to tea-party challenger Richard Mourdock.
05/05/12 Ruth Marcus: Obama, Romney racing toward the shallow... Source: Baxter Bulletin - Mountain Home AR This is feeling like the most vacuous presidential campaign in memory.
05/04/12 Campaign 2012: That empty feeling Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK Maybe it's a hangover â metaphorical, not literal â from the partying of White House Correspondents' Association dinner weekend, but this is feeling like the most vacuous presidential campaign in memory.

Background on jonathan chait

Jonathan Chait (; born 1972) is a writer for New York magazine. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and a former assistant editor of The American Prospect.

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