Republicans still have time to unite opponents of the Senate health bill by providing a smaller, more targeted reform measure which could attract the support of moderate Democrats and disaffected progressives.  more

Politics, like an alliance between thieves or a Renaissance mistress’s affection, is an inconstant affair.  Coalitions rise, fall, splinter, combine.  The California that swept Nixon and Reagan into power is now firmly Democratic; the “Solid South” is now a bulwark for the GOP.  Circumstances change, as do the favored policies of a given faction.  Yet   more