There’s been so much news lately about intra-Republican wars in Congress between the GOP regulars and the conservatives (such as McConnell and Ted Cruz, respectively) that it’s hard to sort out. In fact, I spent several hours last night reading … Continue reading →
In the impeachment thread, commenter “Matt_SE” had an idea that sounds good: There are two types of victories to be had: legislative and political. If you can’t get the former, then go for the latter. That USED to be the … Continue reading →
Commenter “RickZ” wrote the following today: We gave the RINOs the Senate in 2014, only to be told from the get-go that ”˜impeachment is off the table’. That was bad enough, but to give everything Choom Boy wanted was beyond … Continue reading →
… otherwise known as Obamatrade, I trust Jeff Sessions far more than I would trust Ryan. Sessions claims: If, as promoters amazingly suggest, the President had more powers without fast-track, he would veto it. The authority granted in “Trade Promotion … Continue reading →
It isn’t often you see a majority of this magnitude: The vote on cloture on the Corker-Menendez bill was 93-6; the final vote on the merits, 98-1. With that, the Senate rebuked the White House’s plan to avoid Congress entirely … Continue reading →
Well, one can hope. It’s a fairly small and circumscribed game of hardball, but I applaud it: Ms. Lynch’s vote to become attorney general is on hold for precisely one reason: Democrats won’t play ball on a bill to combat … Continue reading →
Yesterday at Loretta Lynch’s AG nomination hearing, she answered a question from Sen. Jeff Sessions this way: “Senator, I believe the right and the obligation to work is one that is shared by everyone in this country, regardless of how … Continue reading →
Jonah Goldberg posits that the real reason for Obama’s immigration edict is that he’s trolling Republicans: The real goal is twofold: Cement Latinos into the Democratic coalition, and force Republicans to overreact. He can’t achieve the first if he doesn’t … Continue reading →
The US and China have signed an emissions agreement that, as far as I can tell, is a lot of hot air. It’s about what each would really like to do—actually, what they’d like their successors to do: Today, the … Continue reading →
Here’s an article that attempts to give the inside scoop on yesterday’s meeting between Obama and leaders of Congress. It as not a happy time: The Republicans’ approach, three days after they resoundingly won control of the Senate in midterm … Continue reading →
Annotated by yours truly, that is. Here’s Axelrod’s statement (my translations of Axelrod’s words and speculative interpretations of his more candid thoughts are in brackets): DAVID AXELROD: Well, some of us were concerned about this election [we were all sweating … Continue reading →
Krauthammar gets it. Don’t forget that he’s a psychiatrist, too. Here he was last night, speaking on Obama: Not sure I agree with him about impeachment, but he makes some good points on that, too. And I agree with just … Continue reading →