…for a change. What a difference a year—and some personal experience with Obamacare—makes. However, before you think this reaction translates into support for conservatism, note that there’s a general dislike of all politicians, and Republicans come off even worse than … Continue reading →
“Buddhahat” asks a good question: Even if [Obamacare] continues to collapse in such a dramatic fashion ”“ thousands of doctors unavailable, numberless accounts hacked, etc ”“ so what? The MSM starts to figure out it’s a scam and start actual … Continue reading →
The cloture and filibuster rules of the Senate have been instrumental in keeping our government from careening wildly back and forth between two extremes. In other words, they have given us stability and forced a certain amount of bipartisanship on … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that quite a few of the senators who voted for the nuclear option justify it by saying some verstion of “the people wanted it.” But actually, “the people” wanted cooperation between the parties, not increased polarization. “The people” … Continue reading →
If you want to understand what happened Thursday when the Democrats jettisoned 200 years of precedent and exercised the nuclear option, a good start would be this WSJ piece by James Taranto, who points out (among other things) that the … Continue reading →
The imperial president whose party is nevertheless subject to those pesky little formalities known as “elections” changes the ACA rules again in order to delay 2015 insurance enrollments until after the election. However: …[T]his misses the real risk for the … Continue reading →
And Senator Feinstein has some harsh words for Senator Feinstein, while Senator Harry Reid disagrees with Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Joe Biden begs to differ with Vice President Joe Biden, Assistant Minority Leader Dick Durbin counters Majority Whip Dick … Continue reading →
…for the nuclear option. Do they have the votes? Who knows: …[E]ven if Reid doesn’t have the votes. He can’t keep threatening the GOP with the move and not pull the trigger at some point. For Senate Republicans, the threat … Continue reading →
Douglas E. Schoen makes a keen observation: “I personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, that the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they’ve got,” … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Congress finally passed a bipartisan bill about Obamacare and Obama himself vetoed it? If you don’t believe that about the veto—after all, Obama himself said the cancelled plans should be reinstated, and that’s what both … Continue reading →
I still don’t know why anyone on either side would be at all surprised at Obama’s behavior. After all, this is the man who said years ago, despite an extremely thin resume of actual accomplishment other than winning elections: When … Continue reading →
I’m not very familiar with M. Stanton Evans, although he’s an elder statesman of the conservative movement. One of his books, Blacklisted by History, is a revisionist account of Joe McCarthy. It’s on my list of interesting-books-I-hope-to-get-around-to-reading-someday. But looking up … Continue reading →