Mitch's pitches bitches: wild, wide & outside

Capping deductions, or tax expenditures as some call them, is a far less painful, more economically sound way of closing deficits.  Yukon Melley sez


The last thing on my list would have been to throw a bomb into the Senate, have it blow up, and have everybody mad as heck.  I'm just perplexed at the judgement on display here. Yukon Melley sez


We don't have a rules problem, we have a behavior problem.  What we need is a majority leader with a view about the Senate consistent with its norms and traditions. Yukon Melley sez


The voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term, they have simply given him more time to finish the job. Yukon Melley sez


To the extent he wants to move to the center, we'll be there to meet him half way. Yukon Melley sez