Uniting the Republican Party: winning and losing
“Uniting the Republican Party”—has that become an oxymoron? I hope not, because it’s very hard to win elections if the party is having a civil war. Ted Cruz has
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Let’s write a column about something that didn’t happen…
…that we wish had happened, because then it would make Republicans look really really bad. And lets only indicate way down towards the end that it almost certainly didn’t happen. Or something like that, if you’re Todd Purdum at Politico. … Continue reading →
Success has many fathers…
…but failure is an orphan. The finger-pointing begins in the Obamacare website disaster (see also this and this). And of course, Stalin hadn’t a clue I imagine that, when the smoke clears, Bush and Cheney will be found to be … Continue reading →
“America’s path to the gallows”
Commenter “Geoffrey Britain” had the following to say: How many more H.W. Bush’s must we support before it is acknowledged that America’s path to the gallows is merely delayed under such men? It is not purity we seek but an … Continue reading →
Perhaps the worst thing about the Obamacare rollout…
…from the Democrats’ point of view is not that it will keep people from enrolling for a while. After all, there’s no enormous rush, although it would have been nice to have gotten the ball rolling faster. It’s the undermining … Continue reading →
There was no way New Jersey’s Cory Booker was going to lose…
…and he didn’t. But Chris Christie almost certainly will win, big time: One New Jersey Republican source noted that, if anything, the dichotomy between the two outcomes will only further crystallize Christie as a “unique” player in an increasingly partisan … Continue reading →
Debt ceiling raised, shutdown ended
Of course. The Senate voted last night, the House will approve today. Now it’s time to emphasize what a train wreck Obamacare is. However, that could end up leading to single payer if the Republicans don’t do well in the … Continue reading →
Obamacare: Big Dig of government programs?
Although, come to think of it, it certainly wouldn’t be the only government program to resemble that illustrious undertaking in Boston: The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling … Continue reading →
Susan Collins is very surprised
Republican moderates in the Senate such as Susan Collins of Maine have gotten used to augmenting their own power by being the great compromisers and go-betweens, part of this or that “gang.” But this time the Democrats don’t seem as … Continue reading →
The liberation of the WWII Memorial
Go to Legal Insurrection for some good coverage of today’s events in DC, with demonstrations by vets and truckers. Also via Legal Insurrection, take a look at this from the NY Times, about the Obamacare website: These are not glitches,” … Continue reading →
“Talks” break down
Here’s where it stands at the moment: There is no agreement, Boehner said in a room in the Capitol Saturday, and there are no negotiations between House Republicans and the White House, since Obama rejected the speaker’s effort to lift … Continue reading →
Who is John Boehner, and would you like to be in his shoes?
Some conservatives are predictably lashing out in frustration at John Boehner, whom they already neither liked nor trusted. Sellout. RINO. Wuss. You know the drill. But I don’t see it quite that way. Before there’s any misunderstanding (although as Popper … Continue reading →