Nothing about the federal tax system is especially pleasant: it requires a lot of forms, expends precious mental energy, and of course involves parting ways with your money. But according to a new poll commissioned by The Washington Post, 53 percent of Democrats gave a favorable opinion of the federal tax system; 66 percent of Republicans didn't.
The growing consensus on how the 12-member panel will plans to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit is starting to look like a big win for the Defense Department, which has could see its budget slashed by hundreds of billions of dollars if there is no deal.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson the relationship between Occupy Wall Street and Democrats.
The 12-member bipartisan Super Committee tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in cuts has a little over a six weeks before they have to send their plan to Congress and there is no deal in sight.
Everywhere President Obama looks these days -- protesters, polls, liberals, conservatives, Congress, his own supporters -- he seems to see one thing: frustration.
While Democratic voters are growing less and less excited about voting in the 2012 elections, Democratic lawmakers up for reelection are so unenthusiastic they're asking President Obama not to show up in their districts.
Mitt Romney is going negative on Rick Perry and he's using one of the most tried-and-true methods: The Internet.
His reelection campaign has spent as much as the GOP candidates combined
Boehner felt the need to release phone call transcript insisted the GOP had done something on jobs
Why sports analogies sometimes miss the mark
Cartoonist Lisa Benson thinks the Republicans were framed
The fallacy of "no sitting president has been reelected when..." statistics
Neither the GOP and Democratic strategies for 2012 depended on the jobs bill passing
Harry Reid has scheduled a procedural vote on the bill for 6 p.m. Tuesday
Here's what we know about the tight-lipped deficit slashers
Steven Spinner said he'd recuse himself but still prodded colleagues to move
It's the 2012 swing vote demographic that's sweeping the media
A bid to block the Republicans may have handed them a powerful weapon
Obama is expected to endorse a 5.6% millionaire surtax
The White House has announced an 11 a.m. press conference today
Did she say the White House "can't see around corners"?
The hack columnist's latest prediction: Obama will drop out of 2012 race
The House averts another government shutdown for four days
The former White House staffer wishes America was "a bit less democratic"
A New York Times report sparks a debate about the re-election campaign's strength
This time Congressional Republicans are trying to stop spending money on disaster relief
By a vote of 59 to 36, the Senate tabled the bill
A shutdown is now more likely after the surprising outcome
The pros and cons of the Federal Reserve's new stimulus plan
The New York Times columnist talks about getting slammed on both sides
Female White House staffers felt marginalized and that Obama wouldn't do much about it
A 2012 election sans Democratic primary sounds too boring for the activist
Cartoonist Tom Toles on President Obama's lack of negotiation skills
The plan is aimed squarely at the middle class voters who'll decide 2012
The president says his reelection odds are better than they were four years ago
But Solyndra is threatening Obama's chances at being the most scandal-free president
A bad omen for Obama, a bad candidate, and "the jews" are all thrown around
The right's response to record-high U.S. poverty rates
The president pitches his bill before submitting it to Congress
Obama will send his plan to Congress with a Rose Garden ceremony packed with veterans, cops, and firefighters
Last-minute cash flows into the race as the GOP candidate rises in poll
Some love it. Some say it's a waste. Others want a higher price tag.
Other Republicans are going to stick it to the president by not showing up
Aide who has worked for Feinstein, Sanchez, suspected of embezzlement
The reaction on green blogs and progressive websites
The White House downgrades jobs forecasts for 2012
Obama will give a speech on a Thursday, not a Wednesday. This is a very big deal.
An Elle article draws ire from the conservative women it profiles
But on the other hand, they look likely to close the gap
Texan shocks lefties into action--but conservatives are worried, too
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