It’s What Happens When the Stupid Party and Evil Party Get Together

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 12th at 04:46 AM  | 

There is a quote out there that sometimes get attributed to Republican Senate Leader Everett Dirksen and sometimes not. The quote is that there two parties in Washington — the stupid party and the evil party. Every once in a while the stupid party and the evil party get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. In Washington, that is called bipartisanship. | Read More »

Saxby Chambliss Will Consider Tax Increases

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 15th at 09:31 AM  | 

Saxby Chambliss is the Republican point man on deficit reduction. He is working with his friend Mark Warner (D-VA) to come up with a “good government” plan to reduce the deficit. “Good government,” by the way, is code for big government, bi-partisan compromise. On Sunday’s Fox News Sunday, Chambliss used diplomatic speak to say he’d consider tax increases. Several of you have asked me for | Read More »