John Dickerson

Like this Story? Share it: (AP) President Barack Obama's plan to cut Payroll taxes for a year would provide big savings for many workers but makes Social Security advocates nervous that it could jeopardize the Retirement program's finances. The p…

WHY Compromise WITH THESE GUYS IS IMPOSSIBLE, PART MCCXVII.... I can only hope folks in the West Wing take a moment to consider what incoming House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told Slate's John Dickerson the other day. Debates a…

Like this Story? Share it: (CBS) Ever since the colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor, Americans have been fighting over taxes. So the battle going on right now over extending the Bush Tax Cuts is in keeping with proud tradition. CBS Evening New…

A Democratic leadership aide confirmed to CBS News this afternoon that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Democrats today that a vote will be held during the Lame-duck session to extend the Bush-era Tax Cuts for everyone except families making…

Lets get the easy part out of the way first: Sharron Angle won The Big Debate. Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine ODonnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring m…

This post originally appeared on Slate . (Credit: AP) Reno, Nev.-- It used to be that if you needed to get a Divorce, you came here. Harry Reid came to Reno to stop one. Nevada voters want a split from the Senate Majority Leader, and he has …

This post originally appeared on Slate . (Credit: Getty Images) In a recent Rolling Stone interview, President Obama tried to stir Democratic voters this way: "People need to shake off this lethargy. People need to buck up. ... If people now …

This post also appears on Slate . Each week until the Election, I'm posting some of the questions I'm trying to answer based on News of the week or something that's come up in my reporting. In the following weeks, I'll try to answer some of t…