Do national polls predict House elections?
Democrats are currently leading in national “generic ballot” polls that ask people which party they prefer for House races (without naming candidates). That fact has led some forecasters, such as...
View ArticleThink Obama’s a huge spender? Then you need to see these two charts.
On Tuesday, Kevin Drum posted this chart showing the growth in total government spending — that means federal, state and local — adjusted by population (“per capita”). Kevin Drum, Mother Jones The...
View ArticleIf Cyprus was America
A very helpful comparison from Kevin Drum: Just to give you an idea of what all the numbers mean, the EU/IMF plan requires Cyprus to come up with about $7.5 billion as its share of the bailout. That’s...
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