Tag: compromise
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Schadenfreude: Fiscal Cliff Edition
schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. So I know just about everyone is talking about the NRA’s crazy town response to the Newtown shootings. I think all that needs to be said about the speech delivered Friday is nicely summed up here. Quite frankly, I’m shocked that anyone was shocked by that…
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Much is required
I don’t normally write about national issues, but this fiscal cliff thing is one particularly dumb set of concern trolling on the part of the national media so it seems like a prime target. Its dumb because as the Wonk Blog explains this is anything but a cliff. It’s a slope at best. A slope…
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Compromise and Discourse in Redistricting
If you’ve been watching the news or reading the newspaper, you’ve probably seen a story or 12 about redistricting. Federal, State and Local levels of government are in the process of doing that very thing here in Tennessee. The photo to the left is House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh and Caucus Chair Mike Turner. Both…