Mitch McConnell

georgia

Can the GOP win by losing Georgia?

14 December 2020 11:34 pm

Not long ago I attended a gathering of young White House and congressional Republican staffers. Conversation turned, as you might…

democrats

A Trump loss will overshadow a catastrophic election for the Democrats

6 November 2020 9:42 am

​Joe Biden looks to be on his way to the White House. There will be recounts, and legal challenges and…

barrett faustian

The GOP’s Faustian bargain with Trump pays off

14 October 2020 2:57 am

I don’t know who is going to win the election. I write this on the fourth anniversary of the Billy Bush Access…

hypocrisy

Democrats must face their own SCOTUS hypocrisy

23 September 2020 7:09 am

‘Oh the hypocrisy!’ cried the Democrats after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would bring President Trump’s new Supreme…

seat

Fill the seat

20 September 2020 4:23 am

When you have power in Washington DC, use it. That saying is true for both parties. There has been much…

old men gerontocracy

A country for old men

20 August 2020 5:01 am

When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…

stimulus

Stimulus squabble marks a return to politics as usual

17 May 2020 5:36 am

Who is the proposed new $3 trillion stimulus package designed to help? If enacted, the bill — which narrowly passed…

joe biden

How delaying the DNC helps Biden

3 April 2020 9:01 am

Joe Biden keeps getting more unconventional. It started when he delivered short speeches and one-word answers like ‘yes’ or ‘no’.…

sea change

The impeachment ‘sea change’ shows Trump can beat anyone in 2020

1 February 2020 4:51 am

I address you, Dear Reader, from some 36,000 feet above the fruited plain. But since, before embarking, news that Sen.…

lamar alexander

Lamar Alexander clears the way for an unbound Trump

1 February 2020 4:14 am

Lamar Alexander said that Donald Trump engaged in ‘inappropriate’ behavior as though he had yelled at a guest at a…

trial

The Senate impeachment trial is all about November

21 January 2020 9:25 am

The single most important thing to understand about the Senate impeachment trial is that it is all for show, meant…

impeachment process

The impeachment process we deserve

22 December 2019 5:54 am

Like a bona fide member of Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has opted to seize defeat from the jaws of victory.…

Can anyone lay a glove on Donald Trump?

14 December 2019 9:23 am

Donald Trump just got another spot of good news. The Supreme Court has cut him a break by taking up…

The real winner at the US mid-terms: Hillary Clinton

8 November 2014 9:00 am

Taking control of both houses of Congress may hand the presidency to Hillary Clinton in 2016