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Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Show the Way Toward a Grand Bargain

Writing for the Daily Beast, Will Marshall argues that Obama is in a strong position to challenge the new Congress to pass a fiscal grand…

Why Obama Dropped His $250,000 Tax Target

Writing for The Wall Street Journal, PPI President Will Marshall explains why Obama should show some flexibility now and set the stage for a more…

Election Watch: 2012 Is in the Books!

I won’t bore readers with much about what they already know: Obama won; Democrats increased their margins in the Senate; Republicans lost House seats but…

Trickle-Down Bribery, or, The Butch Cassidy Congress

Lindsay Lewis writes in the Daily Beast that the real corruption in Congress is facilitated by congressional staff whose main goal is to keep their…

It’s the Ideology, Stupid

At CNN, Will Marshall argues that the GOP’s real problem is ideology: Republicans are consoling themselves with the claim that President Barack Obama didn’t win…

Centrist Voters Back Obama

Despite Mitt Romney’s belated October dash toward the political center, moderates have lined up solidly behind President Obama. Centrist voters put Obama over the top…

Why the GOP Deserves to Lose

Will Marshall, in The Washington Monthly, argues why Republican Party extremism is undeserving of the American public’s support. Whatever happens, it’s a safe bet the…

Election Watch: Decision Time 2012

The big day is finally upon us, and while most signs are pointing to a very narrow popular-vote and perhaps more comfortable electoral-vote win for…

POLITICO: Foolproof victory plan for President Obama

Will Marshall explains how Obama should speak to America’s pragmatic political center in his closing argument in Politico: The last time Barack Obama sought my…

Election Watch: Obama and Romney Campaigns in the Final Stretch

With eleven days left before November 6, the general perception is that the presidential contest is even, though most formal prediction models continue to give…