Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2023

Jamaal Bowman Finds His Voice. Some Republicans Don't Like the Sound

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Interesting. At NYT , " The Democratic congressman has made a habit of brashly confronting Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene, oft...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Americans Pessimistic on Congress

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A new USA Today /Ipsos poll, " What's going to happen in Washington over the next 2 years? Americans don't expect much: An excl...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

House Passes Rules Package as Republicans Regroup After Speaker Fight

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At the Wall Street Journal , " Procedures are set for new Congress, clearing way for GOP to pursue legislation ."

Representative Katie Porter Announces U.S. Senate Bid (VIDEO)

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She's nasty. I never paid her that much attention, even though she's my congresswoman. But recent news stories have highlighted how ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

'Your Government at Work'

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Here's Kim Strassel, on Twitter, slamming the $1.7 billion * bipartisan * "Omnibus" legislation coming out of Congress today ....

A Diminished Trump Meets a Damning Narrative

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At the New York Times , " Former President Donald Trump’s current woes extend beyond the report by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the ...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Control of Congress Comes Down to California

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Basically.  At the Los Angeles Times , " ‘It will absolutely come down to California’: Control of the House hinges on 9 state races .&q...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker

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At the New York Times , " Interviews with more than 70 current and former officials show the outside forces — and miscalculations and i...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Trumpism Is Toxic

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From Tim Alberta, at the Atlantic, " And three other lessons of the midterm elections ": The Republican Party swaggered into Tues...

With House Majority in Play, a New Class Takes Shape

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It's just a matter of getting all the ballots counted. When it's done, the GOP majority will take over in the House, possibly with s...
Monday, November 7, 2022

Larry Sabato's Final Forecast for Election 2022

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Sabato's Crystal Ball ate crow in 2020.  These guys are good, but obviously not that good. My sense is they're a little gun shy on t...
Friday, November 4, 2022

In California, Republicans Hope to Flip These Biden-Leaning Districts

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It's going to be extremely embarrassing iIf some of the districts flip to the G.O.P.  At the Los Angeles Times , " These California...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Signs of a Red Wave

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A good piece, from Erick Erickson, " Forget the Polls. Here Are the Signs of the Red Wave ."
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Voters Overwhelmingly believe American Democracy is Under Threat, But No One Wants to Lift a Finger to Save It

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You gotta love this country, especially all the gullible lambs being led to the slaughter. Oh, the country's on the brink? Who cares?!! ...
Sunday, October 9, 2022

Lauren Boebert: 'Two Words'

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Yesterday she posted "Two Words: Let’s Go Brandon!" Obviously the two words were "fuck you" to Joe Biden (or just Joe Bi...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Republicans Intensify Attacks on Crime as Democrats Push Back

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 At the New York Times , " With images of lawlessness, G.O.P. candidates are pressing the issue in places where worries about public sa...
Monday, August 22, 2022

Conservatives Obsessed With Mar-a-Lago Raid Got Rolled on Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act

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Oops!  At Politico , " ‘We got rolled’: How the conservative grassroots lost the fight with Biden because it was focused on Trump "...
Monday, August 15, 2022

In Wyoming, Likely End of Cheney Dynasty Will Close a Political Era (VIDEO)

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Stick a fork in her. She's done. At the New York Times , " If Representative Liz Cheney loses her primary on Tuesday, as is widely ...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

In Debate, Democrat Congressman Jerry Nadler Refuses to Say That Biden Should Run For President; Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Says She Doesn't Believe He Is Running for President

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At AoSHQ, " If you recall, New York Democrats had long kept these two in their own separate protected fiefdoms by aggressive gerrymande...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Can the Biden Presidency Be Saved?

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From Andrew Sullivan, " If he can sustain the deal-making, why not? ": Now we’re talking. The entire promise and rationale of a B...