So, what’s going to happen with DACA? I’ve read a number of articles on the right recently that mull over what Trump will do—will he preserve it or won’t he?—and a bunch more about the pernicious Republicans in Congress wanting … Continue reading →
Commenter “Brian E” writes that Obamacare repeal “was not part of [Trump’s] campaign platform,” and offers a series of ways in which Trump suggested that Obamacare be tweaked. He certainly made such suggestions. But not only did he never say … Continue reading →
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I think that Trump’s chances of winning the presidency—never very good in the first place—are now vanishingly small. Here’s someone who agrees, and has this observation to make: When a man whose … Continue reading →
…in something more than a landslide (avalanche? tsunami?): 84 to 16 percent. The reason? People in his district like him, they really really like him.
Continue reading →I never intended for this blog to become Paul Ryan headquarters. Nor do I intend that to happen now. In fact, most of what I’ve written about him here has been in the context of his 2012 run as Vice … Continue reading →
In the debate about Paul Ryan’s supposed threat to sue Donald Trump if Trump were to issue an executive order banning Muslim immigration, let’s start with what Ryan said—not what we imagine he said based on our pre-existing opinion of … Continue reading →
This piece by Ezra Klein may describe the way the power of Congress used to work. But it certainly isn’t the way it’s worked during the Obama administration. How is Klein wrong? Let me count the ways. One: The real … Continue reading →
…and his devious weasel ways can be found here. I’ve previously discussed Obama’s excuse for insulting Paul Ryan to his face: ‘ Obama seems to like to dress people down publicly; humiliating someone and watching him/her squirm (or try to … Continue reading →
I don’t get this Stanley Kurtz column at NRO. It seems to me he’s making an awful lot of assumptions without illustrating them, and assuming we share them. He says that those who dismiss the Democratic convention as “relatively meaningless” … Continue reading →
Paul Ryan has flummoxed the left. They know he’s evil, and yet he seems like such a nice guy. Therefore he’s doubly evil, because his smiling facade houses a soul so dark. Witness Maureen Dowd’s latest column on the man, … Continue reading →
…of Paul Ryan? I think they’re at least perturbed by him, not only because he’s smart and articulate, but because he’s got an incredibly likeable demeanor. That goes against the narrative about Republicans. It’s hard to pin the “callous, cold” … Continue reading →
Ever since Romney picked Paul Ryan as his VP, there’s been an awful lot of even-stranger-than-usual stuff coming from the mouths/pens/computers of Democrats. One of the oddest is a column by Maureen Dowd, which basically says that Ryan shouldn’t look … Continue reading →