Brian Beutler on the key factual issue that will likely determine whether that McConnell campaign strategy session was legally recorded.
New Obama budget cracks down on key Romney tax avoidance tricks.
My wife and I are Jews. I was born in St. Louis. She was born in Haifa, though she’s lived in the United States since she was a toddler. Both of us have lived very American lives. One hundred and fifty years ago all our ancestors were living in the same arc of land from the Baltic down to the Crimean Peninsula, in some mix of Russia, sub-national Poland, Germany and Austria. But then a little more than a century ago the stories diverge. Read More
I think TPM Reader JL has this right. The key tell for me is going to be whether they really push to get the FBI involved …
McConnell’s pretty savvy but I think he may have messed up. The smart move would have been to brush the whole thing off and wait it out.
Richard Socarides, a long time political strategist and one of the top gay rights activists in the country, has just joined us for a Live Chat at TPMPrime. With all the recent developments and discussions on marriage equality at the federal and state level, I’m really looking forward to the discussion. Get your questions in now.
Just tweeted by TPMer Sahil Kapur: “McConnell spox says he wasn’t accusing ProgressKY of bugging his hq – he was blaming the ‘political left.'”
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Republican threats to filibuster gun bill appear to be falling apart.
Struggling with leaders hating on gays, brown people, Republicans cry out: Stop us before we gaffe again!