The biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful U.S. Senate committee last week, but there is a strong chance that Republicans in the House of Representatives will end up killing it. The problem: House Republicans are far from convinced by arguments from party leaders that passage of […]Continue Reading
Daniel Doherty Mud-slinging, character assassination, and below-the-belt cheap shots are staples of American politics; after all, just look at what’s happening in Massachusetts these days: As outside groups begin to mobilize in the Massachusetts Senate race, the animosity between the Republican Gabriel Gomez and his Democratic opponent, Rep. Ed Markey, is reaching a fevered pitch. […]Continue Reading
Maine’s governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt” and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he’ll work out of the governor’s mansion because of a dispute over a television screen. Republican Gov. […]Continue Reading
by Philip Hodges Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, gave his weekly rant about global warming on the Senate floor and blamed “deniers” and “anti-science” members of the Republican Party for wildfires, storms, tornados, and other weather patterns. His office clarified yesterday that his references to Oklahoma tornados were completely coincidental, and that […]Continue Reading
MADISON, Wis. — Another year, another campaign. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But the Republican’s courting of out-of-state donors and conservatives, his plans to visit Iowa this week and his refusal to say whether he would serve out another full term if elected […]Continue Reading
Photo: Gage Skidmore. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has called for an independent investigation into the IRS and its politically motivated harassment of Tea Party and patriot groups. During a fundraiser in New Hampshire, Paul characterized the IRS targeting as “un-American” and said the Inspector General’s report “makes it sound as if there was some sort […]Continue Reading
That the Tea Party has been under attack is not exactly news to Tea Partiers, though we are grateful that the rest of the country has finally taken notice. Much ado was made of the fact that the Tea Party seemed to wield a smaller political footprint in 2012 than in 2010, but nobody ever […]Continue Reading
If you have cable television, you’re probably familiar with the idea of bundling — channels are grouped together in packages to give you more channels at a certain price point. It also restricts you from watching certain channels and forces you to pay for channels you never will watch, making a low three figure cable, […]Continue Reading
The IRS scandal has shocked decent Americans, of every political stripe, to their core. Did the President know about this specific wrongdoing? Hopefully, we’ll soon find out. But Kimberly Strassel is right when she says that the IRS officials — now disgraced before their fellow citizens — were actually only following the orders that came, […]Continue Reading
John Ransom Stuart95 wrote: Is it possible that strong, persistent stands against abortion and homosexuality will hurt, rather than help, the Republican Party? Is it possible that a winning margin’s worth of swing and independent voters either don’t care about those two issues, or believe the government should not be involved? – The Broken President’s […]Continue Reading
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it’s unclear whether they will. The Internal Revenue Service […]Continue Reading
The Lonely Conservative Jay Carney and Nancy Pelosi are trying to outdo each other in passing off the scandals the Obama administration is under fire for as just controversies concocted by Republicans. Pelosi said it’s because Obama is just such “visionary” and a “great president,” who the Republicans fear so they exploit these little issues that come […]Continue Reading