Quick…
…who painted this picture? It’s a portrait of Barney, the Scottish Terrier who used to be First Dog back when George W. Bush was president, and who died Friday at the age of 12 of lymphoma. Note that “43” in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Politics
I agree…
…with this entire essay. Unfortunately. Because I wish it weren’t true.
Continue reading →David Horowitz understands the left very well
And now that he’s on the right, he’s giving conservatives advice on how to win. I’m in a hurry today, and haven’t had time to read the whole thing, which is long. But the parts I’ve read are good, and … Continue reading →
John McCain…
…just bein’ John McCain. Which is to say, a complete failure as a leader in the Senate, except to follow his own idiosyncratic idea of Senate collegiality, or some other outdated and chivalrous notion, or perhaps some sort of self-serving … Continue reading →
Postscript to…
…today’s earlier post “The latest battle in the Republican Civil War”: Two good examples of what I was talking about in that post are the subject headings of two emails I received today from Tea Party mailing lists. The first … Continue reading →
The latest battle in the Republican civil war
Whatever the Democratic Party doesn’t succeed in doing to destroy the Republicans, the Republicans seem determined to do to themselves. It’s getting very, very old. And by “Republicans” I don’t just mean what other people mean when they use the … Continue reading →
Shorter liberal/left commentary on the Hagel hearings:
…Hagel was abominable, but those Republicans were so darn mean to him. This was the inevitable way they needed to go, right? Hagel turns out to be unprincipled and/or to have dreadful principles, plus no ability to articulate them or … Continue reading →
Miscellany: unemployment up…
…but that’s actually good, according to Alan B. Krueger, the White House Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Or something like that. And then there’s the news that, under Obamacare, the “bronze” plan for a family would cost about … Continue reading →
The war between the conservatives and the GOP
There was a pretty lengthy discussion on this thread recently about whether a significant number of conservatives refused to vote for Romney in 2012, and if so why. That’s is an issue that always arouses strong feelings, and rightly so. … Continue reading →
Why only three?
Only three Republican senators managed to muster up the guts to vote against John Kerry’s nomination: Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas, and Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma. That was it. Should have been significantly more, despite the fact … Continue reading →
The Republican Party and immigration reform
Seems to me that, once again, the GOP is between a rock and a hard place. Oppose this and they lose the Hispanic vote (which already was so instrumental in Obama’s victory). Support it and they probably certify a ton … Continue reading →
Ruling on Obama’s recess appointments
This is about as complicated and legalistic as it gets. But it’s a rather startling decision. The Senate has increased its use of the filibuster (which ordinarily is not technically a filibuster any more; see this) in order to block … Continue reading →