Politics Archive
Archives for October 2015
Democrats are right that the panel is a partisan political operation masquerading as a serious investigative body, and that it has abused its power. But there’s a different strategic imperative for Republicans to shut it down.
Spokesperson says congressional inaction on guns is a “source of frustration” for President Obama.
As California showed us in the past decade, sometimes the only way to pass a budget is to sacrifice a legislator or two.
“When your enemy is in the process of making a mistake, do not interrupt him.”
A devastating story.
Authenticity is a term that tells us almost nothing about candidates. But it tells us a lot about how we perceive the presidency.
“I can understand where people would say that arrows went in different directions,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT).
The very basics: why this is happening, what it means for Syria (and for the US), and what it will change.
4 million people have fled Syria, and 7 million remain internally displaced.
“We will be facing a huge Fox-generated media storm led by Palin et al.”
He’s closed the gap on Hillary Clinton in national polling and in fundraising, but he’s clinging to the hope that he can win without going negative on her. At least for now.
The war on drugs hasn’t worked. The Senate bill tacitly acknowledges that.
Donald Trump’s rise and eventual fall as a candidate is not that different from that of outsider candidates in past years. Yet as the voting gets closer, their support always withers.
It’s an incredibly unpopular policy, but there’s a good reason economists love it.
“Some information that he might find embarrassing needs to get out,” an assistant director of the Secret Service wrote.