Ah, those obdurate Republican naysayers, trying to hold up progress during the lame duck session: FOX has obtained a letter being circulated to Senate Republicans that calls for a filibuster blockade of any legislation not directly related to time-sensitive votes … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan points out that in the next few months, Republican candidates will need to be deciding whether they’ll make a run for the presidency in 2012. Whom would I like to see take a stab at it? Chris Christie, … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece in Politico that purports to explain why the Democrats are refusing to ditch Pelosi. Before I read it, my own opinion was that the biggest motivator is that they’re scared of her. And that happens to be … Continue reading →
It seems that any challenge to Nancy Pelosi’s leadership of the Democrats has faded away. And the linked article answers a question I’ve been wondering about: is Pelosi’s insistence on staying in power after the Dems’ defeat somewhat unique in … Continue reading →
In addition to the ubiquitous “failure to communicate to stupid-head America,” there’s the equally ubiquitous “we’ve just been too nice and too passive” exhortation to Democrats to fight more. Anything to avoid looking at the fact that Americans are just … Continue reading →
Okay, this is the proof of what I’ve come to suspect: that Pelosi is actually a Republican mole. But seriously, folks, should it be a surprise to anyone that she’s digging in? The woman is tenaciousness personified, and digging in … Continue reading →
Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker details how voting for Obama’s agenda did in the House Democrats this election cycle. And then he concludes they should have done more of the same. Yes, they should have pressed ahead and passed … Continue reading →
Fiscal austerity was promised. Fiscal austerity is needed. But fiscal austerity is hard, or it would have been done earlier. Problem is, it may be good on the macro level, but it’s seen as bad on the micro level, because … Continue reading →
President Obama may have wanted the Republicans to sit in the back of the car, but the voters have now plunked the Republicans right next to Obama, up in the front seat. And the car they are driving is like … Continue reading →
Stephen F. Hayes calls Marco Rubio “the most important freshman senator” in this Weekly Standard article. Rubio not only won handily in Florida, he also gave a great and widely-admired acceptance speech. He’s one of the rising stars of the … Continue reading →
Since last week’s election, we’ve been reading the good news that a great many state legislatures flipped to the Republican side. I even wrote a post about it last Saturday. But still, I had no idea how dramatic the changes … Continue reading →
This is very impressive: Republicans took control of at least 19 additional state legislative bodies Tuesday for a total of 26 in which the party controls both chambers, compared with 21 for Democrats and with three still up for grabs. … Continue reading →