Elsewhere: Senate Reform, Budget, More

My TAP column this week is about Senate reform, looking at two questions: why did the deal on exec branch nominations take so long (answer: Obama's fault), and does it mean we're in for similar deals on other filibusters (answer: nope).

At PP today, I look at the strange place of House conservatives in the fall budget showdown.

And from Friday, I'm still pushing the idea that conservative organization leaders who are pushing young healthies to boycott health insurance should be asked if they have health insurance themselves.

And also in the last few days:

Politicians’ paranoia is fueling immigration results

GOP threatens to retreat deeper into closed information feedback loop