Twenty-five House Democrats joined all the House Republicans (save Massie of Kentucky, who voted “present”) in voting “no” to approval of Obama’s Iran deal. So once again, a bill has bipartisan support—and that support goes against the president. And once … Continue reading →
The House is able to do what the Senate cannot, because the House has no filibuster or cloture to allow the minority to block a vote even if the majority wants one. And so we have this: The House on … Continue reading →
As completely expected, the Iran deal disapproval measure failed to win the requisite 60+ votes to invoke cloture in the Senate and allow a vote on the merits. We’ve known for quite some time that this would happen. But this … Continue reading →
Trump’s Carly Fiorina “face” remark has highlighted and accentuated something about him that was already clear: he is a loose cannon, and he gets off on that and thinks many of his followers will get off on it, as well. … Continue reading →
[see UPDATE in ADDENDUM II] …on whether to proceed with the vote on the Iran deal. As has often been the case in the past, Ted Cruz is leading the way in the Senate, along with several conservatives in the … Continue reading →
When it’s Obama’s, and signifies a sellout of Israel, the world, and 35 years of unified and unquestioned US policy. That’s when. This development is one of the many problems with Corker-Menendez. If there never was a chance of getting … Continue reading →
Andrew McCarthy has not been a fan of Corker-Menendez, to say the least. Today he has an article in National Review that lucidly explains how the bill can be taken to its logical conclusion by living up to its provisions, … Continue reading →
No way you can disagree with this, from Donald Trump: [Jeb’s] doing very poorly in the polls, he’s a very low-energy kind of guy… Bush comes across as the most boring teacher you ever had, a fairly decent sort but … Continue reading →
It was a foregone conclusion that the Democrats would amass at least 34 votes to block an override of Obama’s prospective veto of a bill that would disapprove the Iran deal and its lifting of sanctions by executive action. It … Continue reading →
Chris Cillizza writes in the WaPo about the unprecedented shift in Donald Trump’s favorable/unfavorable polling in Iowa, from 27/63 back in May to 61/35 now. Did I say “shift”? More like “reversal”: Numbers just don’t reverse themselves like that in … Continue reading →
He was my early favorite, a fighter who had been remarkably successful in a blue state. Yes, he’s a low-key Midwestern-nice kind of guy, but I thought he’d pick up the pace when he started campaigning for president. But Scott … Continue reading →
It’s been clear for quite some time that the anti-Iran-deal forces will not get enough votes to override an inevitable presidential veto. But now it seems that Obama’s Democratic deal-supporters may have enough votes in the Senate (all they need … Continue reading →