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  • Election 2012: Skip the Electoral College Math

    By CHARLIE COOK, Government Executive

    It is a source of constant amusement to me that so many people obsess – as if fiddling with a Rubik’s Cube – over the various combinations of states that could get either President Obama or Mitt...

  • Romney Under Pressure to Reveal His Health Plan

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling Obamacare constitutional, Republican leaders immediately repeated their vows to “repeal and replace” the law. But replace it with what?

  • Voters Under 30: Who Will They Go For?

    By Reuters

    In 2008, voters under 30 formed about 17 percent of the electorate. They cast twice as many ballots for Obama as for John McCain. By contrast, only half of voters over 30 backed the Democratic...

  • A Momentous Week, Driven Mostly by a Ticking Clock

    By Eric Pianin

    Last summer it was the showdown over the debt ceiling. This summer it was the fate of President Obama’s health care reform law, transportation and student loan legislation.

  • The Gutless Mandate Means Taxes Will Fund the ACA

    By Eugene Steuerle, The Fiscal Times

    As an economist, perhaps I shouldn’t be writing this piece. In delivering the opinion of the Court on the Accountable Care Act, Chief Justice Roberts makes an indirect attack on economists: “To an...