- Ezra Klein
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Ezra Klein is a columnist at the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to MSNBC. His work focuses on domestic and economic policymaking, as well as the political system that’s constantly screwing it up. He’s appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show, Charlie Rose, Real Time with Bill Maher, The McLaughlin Report, the Colbert Report, and many more. He really likes graphs.
Obama team the fight it wanted on Ryan, and now it’s got it
Here’s the weird thing about Paul Ryan being named to the Republican presidential ticket: It’s all part of President Obama’s campaign plan — a plan that’s working better than his strategists could have hoped. It could also backfire more disastrously than they could ever imagined.
Romney says he paid 13 percent in taxes for the last 10 years. That doesn’t tell us much.
Romney says he paid more than 13 percent in taxes for the last 10 years. But he didn't specify 13 percent of what.
Paul Ryan: For Medicare cuts before he was against them?
I really don't understand why you choose Paul Ryan to be your running mate if you intend to run as the ticket that doesn't want to cut Medicare.
Economists to Romney campaign: That’s not what our research says, part II
The Romney campaign says fiscal stimulus is not appropriate during a Rogoff/Reinhart recession. Someone should tell that to Rogoff and Reinhart.
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