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Category: National Politics

  • Medicaid Expansion: Is there a downside?

    Since the SCOTUS ruled on Obamacare and Medicaid Expansion last summer, the number one question in the minds of people on both sides of the debate has been, What will Tennessee do?. While the Governor said no to a state run exchange he has weighing his options on Medicaid expansion for months now. I thought…

  • The Looming Republican Recession

    I’ve been thinking a lot about money lately, as I’m sure most folks have. The ongoing economic situation almost demands our attention. Even those who are doing better than average are nervous about the economy. What we’ve learned in the past several years is that no one is immune from the poor decision making of…

  • 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…

  • I do not understand Sheldon Adelson

    $150,000,000 That’s how much Sheldon Adelson spent on the 2012 election. If total spending was around $2b, Adelson made up 7.5% of that spending. One dude. 7.5% of all political spending in the country. Damn. Adelson spent all that money with the slew of conservative “dark money” groups that have popped up in the wake…

  • 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…

  • Silver Spoon Endorses Silver Spoon

    To the surprise of no one, TN Gov. Bill Haslam endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican primary. Romney, who has been featured in a hit piece produced by Newt Gingrich’s “Winning Our Future” SuperPAC, which has, perhaps, done the 2012 Obama election team the biggest favor ever. It clearly draws a distinction between what some…