Yesterday the Senate GOP did something a lot of people thought they’d never do: used the nuclear option in order to clear the way for the confirmation of Gorsuch. I’m certainly not going to defend all the actions of the … Continue reading →
Here’s a bit of nuclear option history: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was smugly looking ahead to the presidency of Hillary Clinton last October and the possibility that Senate Republicans might dare to filibuster the new president’s Supreme Court … Continue reading →
We all knew it would happen. But now it has happened: the GOP has voted to exercise the nuclear option for the confirmation of SCOTUS justices. This does away with the ability of the minority Senate party to block a … Continue reading →
I feel his pain. No, truly, I do. RINO extraordinaire John McCain has indicated (if these reports are correct) that he will be voting to end the filibuster for the Gorsuch nomination. He says he’s not happy about it: “It … Continue reading →
The media is full of articles about Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice’s role in “unmasking” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports. See this, for example: Former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice ordered … Continue reading →
Quite a few people on the right think so. Marc Thiessen writes Filibustering Gorsuch is not only transparently partisan but also strategically stupid. Scott Johnson of Powerline appears to agree: The Democrats’ filibuster is irrational from the perspective of the … Continue reading →
We all know the superficial answer to the question of why Trump threatened the Republican members of Congress known as the Freedom Caucus: because they thwarted him in the passage of the Obamacare reform bill (Ryancare, Trumpcare, GOPcare, whatever you … Continue reading →
In his column today in the NY Post, Michael Goodwin discusses some contradictory communications from Trump about the failed health care bill. Goodwin also mentions that calls for bipartisanship are doomed (agreed), and suggests that what Trump really needs to … Continue reading →
If you don’t get enough people on board for “yes” and schedule a vote anyway, you’re going to end up having to cancel it. And that’s what happened today. There was a lot of jockeying for position and a lot … Continue reading →
On Russia and the election, and on wiretapping: Comey confirms the FBI started the investigation in July. All he can tell the committee is what they’re investigating: Collusion between Trump campaign and the Russians… [NSA Director Mike Rogers] said that … Continue reading →
It occurs to me that one consequence of the election of Donald Trump has been to turn up the heat on politics in this country. Trump’s election is both a result of greater anger on the part of many voters, … Continue reading →
Whatever you call it, Trump and the GOP seem to be on the same page. From Trump: The House plan follows the guidelines I laid out in my recent address to Congress ”“ expanding choice, lowering costs, and providing healthcare … Continue reading →