One thing I can say about last night is that it certainly was dramatic. Another thing is that nearly every article I read points out that McCarthy is now weakened. He’s certainly weakened by the rule change that allows a … Continue reading →
I thought I’d put up a separate post for this, in case this one really ends up electing McCarthy. I make no predictions about that. They’ve released a rules package. Here it is, all 55 pages of it. I haven’t … Continue reading →
It’s very common for me to see a question – sometimes rhetorical and sometimes otherwise – that can be answered rather easily with a simple search. Most of the time I don’t mind doing that search, but I wonder why … Continue reading →
I certainly hope so. The end might just be that the rebels have extracted enough concessions – some of them improvements on business-as-usual – and McCarthy gets elected. The latter is something that’s okay with me although not ideal because, … Continue reading →
I’m no Einstein. (I thought I’d get that out of the way first.) However, I’ve always liked that word: Gedankenexperiment, otherwise known as “thought experiment.” I’ve got one for you about the current brouhaha over electing a Speaker in the … Continue reading →
I hope it isn’t a case of he that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind – the “he” there being the right, and the house being the GOP in the House. Then again, the next line is and … Continue reading →
The GOP margin is tiny, and a small portion of the conservative wing in the House sees its chance to wring more concessions from would-be Speaker Kevin McCarthy. At least, I hope that’s what’s going on, because no realistic alternative … Continue reading →
Yes, they passed it, and just about everyone on the right is angry and shrieking “Betrayal!”: Despite the outcry, though, Republicans in the US Senate soldiered forward to stab their voters in the back, and now, we have their names. … Continue reading →
This is a recent bald-faced lie told by the Biden administration: The Biden administration vastly overstated its estimate that employers created more than 1 million jobs in the second quarter of this year, claiming historic job growth when in fact … Continue reading →
The topic of the budget is a perennial cause of frustration, anger, depression, and general angst for any conservative. The current one is most definitely no exception, and McConnell’s capitulation only adds to the depth of the feeling of betrayal. … Continue reading →
I’m planning to deal with Twitter files #7 at some length in a post tomorrow. But for today, I’ll just link to it again, and add this observation: With the Steele dossier, the FBI and DOJ and MSM and social … Continue reading →
…does exactly what it was always going to do: recommend that the DOJ indict Donald Trump. The hypocrisy of the following statement is stunning, but not surprising. We’ve become used to it: “Faith in our system is the foundation of … Continue reading →