But Wall Street people are in fact very smart; they're funny, they're not company men who work their way up the chain.

You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.

Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It’s a modern Republican thing.

What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'?

I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law.

Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.

I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U.S. society.