Today on the Dish, Andrew urged the president go big on budget reform, the GOP is prepared to say no, and a reader wondered if we should accept the do-nothing option. It's no accident that the Tea Party is candidate-less, Gingrich is plainly dumb, and Josh Marshall downplayed Newt's chances. Kevin Drum trusts Mitt in an emergency, we inspected the former governor's unfavorables, and once again, there's a new GOP frontrunner. Zuccotti Park was cleared, a seemingly unfazed Jerry Sandusky responded to the charges against him (a reader's analysis here), and Charles Pierce took the longview.
Andrew grappled with the escalating nuclear crisis over Iran, 70 Syrians were murdered, and Obama had the last word on waterboarding. We assessed the damage after Cain's Libya episode, Gloria Cain's "delightful" interview didn't make a dent, and in our AAA video, Andrew imagined how a McCain presidency would have been different.
We tracked youth unemployment, the Great Recession is suffocating 25-34 year-olds, and most states face a long, hard road to recovery. American millionaires rake in more than $30 billion in government subsidies annually, Richard Kahlenberg assailed affirmative action for the rich, and we reviewed the Supreme Court's choices on Obamacare. Andrew reflected on the Dish's insideriness, atheists found meaning, and Gabby Giffords bravely sprung to life.
The world's most expensive photograph here, FOTD here, MHB here, VFYW here, and VFYW contest winner #76 here.
– M.A.
(Photo: U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) participate in a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing in Washington, DC. The special Joint Committee is tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.)
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