This Campaign to Fix the Debt organization bankrolled by a bunch of corporate interests has become the newest entry into the Washington favor factory, and it certainly knows how to spread the money around. This anecdoteabout the organization and Mike Allen’s rumor-laundering morning dish “Playbook” is very illustrative. Politico chief White House correspondent Mike Allen [...]

The fiscal madness in Washington has now intersected with a recent development, the sellout of certain progressive organizations. Change.org recently announced they would rebrand themselves as less a progressive social movement site, but a one-stop shop for anyone of any ideology that wants to use petitions to leverage a particular policy. Change.org allows users to [...]

The forces wanting to put together a grand bargain have amassed a war chest to promote their ideas in the public. The new Campaign to Fix the Debt, organized by fiscal scolds on the left and the right, announced it has raised over $25 million for its campaign. I enjoy the use of the phrase [...]