Outside the Beltway

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

Minting a Platinum Coin would be a really bad idea.

The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.

(As well as party behavior).

The new $450,000 income threshold is a political fiction.

The House GOP is moving in an ever more dangerous direction.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

The next six weeks or so will see Congress once again fighting over a self-created crisis.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

Apparently, John Boehner was somewhat displeased with the negotiating process.

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

You can’t always get what you want.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

The Tea Party guys had a bad year.