Abbreviated pundit round-up: Guns and drugs and the minimum wage

Dana Milbank at the Washington Post writes in Lindsey Graham's no deal:

Lindsey Graham is turning himself into the mad dog of Capitol Hill.[...]

The problem is Graham, to get through the 2014 primary, needs to say 'no' more often now. And Congress can hardly afford for one of its few remaining dealmakers to take an obstreperous turn. But perhaps Graham should be given some slack. The Republican primary system has gone haywire, and this may be the only way a sensible lawmaker can survive it.

Robert McCartney at the Washington Post argues that Despite Redskins' claims, concern over name isn't political correctness run wild:

All major Native American organizations have formally called on sports teams to discard Indian names and mascots.

Here in the Washington region, the chief of the Piscataway Indian Nation has been staging protests against the [NFL] team's name since 1980.

'If the team had another name related to black folks, that stadium would be on fire,' Billy Redwing Tayac said. 'Redskins is a racial slur for North American Indians.'

Paul Krugman at The New York Times says it's time to Raise That Wage:

Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, offered a perfect illustration of this disdain last Labor Day: He chose to commemorate a holiday dedicated to workers by sending out a message that said nothing at all about workers, but praised the efforts of business owners instead.

The good news is that not many Americans share that disdain; just about everyone except Republican men believes that the lowest-paid workers deserve a raise. And they're right. We should raise the minimum wage, now.

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