PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the latest polling on the “fiscal cliff” to see what solutions people favor:
Photos from the life of the renowned jazz pianist. (Plus other notable deaths of 2012.)
Evan McMorris-Santoro is taking your questions in TPMPrime at 4 p.m. ET.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introducing bill to set federal standards to reduce lines at polling places and make them more accessible.
GOP ’16 pretenders try to start talking about poverty while the old guard is still dismissing Obama voters as government dependents.
I had an interesting day in Washington, largely centering around the bizarre dance over whether House Republicans will consent to tax rates going up for income over $250,000 a year when in fact no one is asking for or requiring their consent. It’s already the law. The main Republican leverage is tied to their ability to refuse to allow a new tax cut for everyone else — something they have the power to do but which nevertheless sits oddly with their brand. Now amidst the weird mix of denial and braggadocio there are signs that the Flat Tax may be emerging as the Hale-Bopp Comet of the GOP anti-tax cult. Read More
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UN treaty on disability rights dies on altar of home school movement.