I was hoping that would happen, and it will (at least, that’s the announced plan at the moment). Mitch McConnell is canceling all but a week of the Senate’s traditional August recess, hoping to keep vulnerable Democrats off the campaign … Continue reading →
Together again. Will the show of unity last? Will they manage to pass any important legislation? Or will the split GOP, with its barely-there, small, shaky majority, end up deadlocked again? Just to repeat: A fifty-two vote majority isn’t much … Continue reading →
I want to call your attention to this article by Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard on how McConnell twisted arms to get the Gorsuch nomination. Some of the usual suspects—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Bob Corker were extremely hesitant … Continue reading →
As expected, by refusing to vote for cloture, the Democrats shot down McConnell’s latest attempt to get a vote against the Iran deal. Also as expected, McConnell has so far refused to exercise the nuclear option, which would merely get … Continue reading →
The House doesn’t have to contend with cloture or the filibuster, so it’s easier for that chamber to pass legislation by a simple majority. Not so the Senate. The news that the Republican House would like the Republican Senate to … Continue reading →
The only part of the ad I’d quarrel with is the use of the “law is irrelevant” quote, which I think is taken out of context and was not meant in the way it sounds. It doesn’t really add all … Continue reading →
Jonathan S. Tobin has a piece in Commentary entitled, “The Media Can’t Bury McConnellgate”: Is it ever okay to bug an opponent’s political headquarters? Even those who are too young to remember what happened when officials connected with Richard Nixon’s … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal explains Mitch McConnell’s strategy in saying Republicans should let Obama raise the debt limit himself: Mr. McConnell would then let the President propose three debt-limit increases adding up to $2.5 trillion over the coming months. Senate … Continue reading →
I spent the evening with a friend, trying to take my mind off things. Sometimes you just need to take a break. But now I’m back. And I started to wonder what’s being said about the Trump conviction – not … Continue reading →
The right loves to criticize Republicans. And it’s not as though it’s hard to do; there’s plenty about the GOP with which to find fault. But please stick to the facts and do your homework. There’s a particular sort of … Continue reading →
Speaker Johnson of the House says “no” to the new “bipartisan” border bill sent by the Senate: … Speaker Johnson said, “I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending the border … Continue reading →
I kid you not. I kid you not. From the horse’s mouth: Only now that the sheer numbers of illegal aliens causing mayhem and busting budgets in Democratic cities like New York have become an electoral liability has Biden had … Continue reading →