“Reducing joblessness, improving our infrastructure and cleaning our air, at no net cost to the federal government, does hold a certain appeal.”

“We simply do not have another presidency to waste.”

“President Obama's decision to appoint Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to his bipartisan commission on government spending is politically shrewd and, in terms of policy, potentially helpful.”

“A $15 billion jobs bill won't create very many jobs. I was preparing to write a long post flaying the Democrats for this inanity, but it turns out this isn't the jobs bill. It's just a piece of it.”