This piece by Ezra Klein may describe the way the power of Congress used to work. But it certainly isn’t the way it’s worked during the Obama administration. How is Klein wrong? Let me count the ways. One: The real … Continue reading →
Regular readers of this blog know that I supported Mitt Romney heavily in the 2012 election. I think he’s a smart guy, and also more conservative that many other people believe. I’m not going to rehash those arguments; we did … Continue reading →
What’s planned for the new Congress: The House plans to vote next week on legislation that would defund President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Republicans also plan to include language rolling back a 2012 order from the Obama administration that … Continue reading →
The number of US citizens who call themselves “Independents” has risen in recent years. Here’s the graph: You can see that the increase in Independent affiliation has come at the expense of both parties, although slightly more from Democrats during … Continue reading →
According to Randy Weber, R-Texas, Boehner has already begun to retaliate against those who voted against him. Weber claims he’s been removed from sponsorship of a bill, but Boehner’s office denies the allegations of targeting. Who’s telling the truth? We … Continue reading →
Boehner has been an underwhelming and frustrating Speaker of the House. As his challenger Louie Gohmert states, Boehner has broken a number of promises, including one that may have been in the nature of a final straw for Gohmert and … Continue reading →
I’m not sure when it happened, but I fear there’s been an insidious change in attitude towards Obama. It occurs to me that the right may have gone through the clichéd five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression—and reached cynical … Continue reading →
Have you noticed all the end-year political summaries about how great Obama has been in 2014, despite some setbacks? Not to mention Obama’s own glowing assessment? And the approval polls climbing upward into comfortable territory again? Its the meme the … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren made a speech condemning a provision in the new CRomnibus bill that gives banks more leeway about a rather small class of risky derivatives, and the media and the left have anointed her the new Democratic frontrunner, the … Continue reading →
When a liberal’s pushing it.
Continue reading →Moderates from both parties united to squeak the so-called Cromnibus funding bill through. The right is railing against the passage of the bill, and the left isn’t too happy either. You can see some of the opinions and analyses if … Continue reading →
I noticed an argument in the comments section between the pro-impeachment and the con-impeachment forces. For example, from “Truth Unites…and Divides,” we have: Refusal to [impeach Obama] speaks to cowardice. Cowardice wildly breeds disgust, disdain, cynicism, and apathy towards the … Continue reading →