Think of budget politics as a game of chicken. In chicken, the player most willing to accept the consequence of not veering off is the playe...

Here we go. These are likely the final independent polling numbers we'll see for the gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin tomorrow...

Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker knows something that the pundits don't. While everyone else is looking at Walker's single-digi...

The battle of the Wisconsin recall race is a battle over the independents. A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that recall target Gov....

A lot of the commentary on the Wisconsin recall primary seems to be leading to a consensus; that this was a big loss for unions. "It w...

One of the great joys of following election night on Twitter is watching low-information voters grab onto incomplete sets of data and run wi...

A few days ago, this happened: New York Times : Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a move to open debate on the so-called Buffett Rule...

I have a confession to make; in 2004, I engaged in voter mischief. I didn't vote for the candidate I most wanted to win the Wisconsin pr...

It's my opinion that the words "budget crisis" should be banned from political conversation in Wisconsin. This state, like man...

Tomorrow's the big day . After months of signature collection, petitions to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker must be turned in by Tues...

Last night was not a good night to be a Republican. Off-year elections in several states went terribly wrong for them, as GOP policies -- wh...

It's all but official; the House Republican Caucus is in a state of leaderless chaos. The Hill : The House stunned Republican leaders We...

I have to admit, I was prepared to be disappointed last night. After the last wave of Wisconsin recall elections, I was ready for at least o...

In the recall elections last night, Wisconsin Democrats came one seat short of their goal of taking the state senate from Republicans. As t...

We have a few hard numbers now on the Wisconsin recall races and, while the news is good, it's not anything we didn't already know. ...

Last week, Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg wrote an op-ed for the New York Times that made the rounds of lefty blogs. Titled Why Vote...

Paul Krugman identifies a problem around which many other problems orbit. I hesitate to call it a "philosophy," because it's ...

There is no more perfect example of just how off-kilter -- morally and economically -- the Republican Party has become than yesterday's ...

Let's start with a look at the real world. Reuters : More consumers had trouble making payments on credit cards and other debts during t...

This is what's known as "fiscal responsibility" among Republicans. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : A Republican effort to stall r...