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Is Ted Cruz Running For President...In 2008?
Monday, December 15, 2014
Yes, we know the 2008 presidential election is years in the past and will not come around again. The question is, does Sen. Ted Cruz know this?
The question arises because the junior senator from Texas, in hot pursuit of the presidency, has chosen a trail blazed by Barack Obama ...
Should We Rue Rob Portman's Decision Not To Run For President?
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
This just in: At least one Republican in Washington has decided he doesn't want to be president.
OK, that's not exactly what Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio said. He said he wasn't running for president. Obviously, there is a difference. Nothing is more common in politics than a would-be mayor/governor/president ...
House Committees Find No Wrongdoing In 2012 Benghazi Attack
Monday, November 24, 2014
Who's Dreaming Now? Obama Opponents Do A Weapons Check On Immigration
Friday, November 21, 2014
Even before President Obama actually announced his new deferred deportation policy for millions of people in the country illegally, Republicans were everywhere denouncing it and threatening retaliation.
"If President Obama acts in defiance of the people and imposes his will on the country, Congress will act," said Mitch McConnell, ...
Obama's Immigration Action Has Roots In Reagan Policy
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Get Ready To Watch This Lame-Duck Congress Sprint
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Maybe this duck won't be so lame after all.
Judging by what we've seen so far, the "zombie Congress" that returned to town this week (the reelected and the not-so-lucky) will do more business in the weeks following the election than it did in many months preceding.
Consider these trains ...
When Legislative Leaders Fail In Other Countries, They Lose Their Jobs
Friday, November 14, 2014
Last week, you may have heard, the Democrats took a historic drubbing in the midterm elections for Congress. They lost their majority in the Senate and saw their numbers in the House fall to their lowest point in nearly seven decades.
Yet they could hardly wait ...
The Color Of Politics: How Did Red And Blue States Come To Be?
Thursday, November 13, 2014
We Need A New Word For The Latest Republican Wave
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
In 2010, President Obama lost six seats in the Senate and 63 in the House and called it "a shellacking." Four years before that, President George W. Bush lost six seats in the Senate and 30 in the House and called it a "thumpin'. "
We need a ...
With Necessary Victories, Republicans Take Over U.S. Senate
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
The Most Reliable Guide To Campaign 2014? History
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Indian Supreme Court Says Ban On Female Makeup Artists Is Discrimination
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
The world's largest film industry, by the number of movies produced, has barred women from working as makeup artists for nearly six decades. But that may be changing.
The country's Supreme Court said Monday that it wouldn't allow this "constitutionally impermissible discrimination" to go on.
The Indian Express newspaper ...
Runoffs Could Delay Answer Of Senate Control After Election
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
N.H. Senate Race Becomes Focal Point For Both Parties
Monday, October 20, 2014
36 States To Elect Governors Next Month
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
Did The Supreme Court Just Legalize Gay Marriage?
Monday, October 06, 2014
Technically, the Supreme Court Monday did not establish a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. It merely declined an opportunity to rule definitely one way or the other on the question.
But in the not-too-long run, the consequences may well be the same. Because the situation the court created ...
The White House Could Be Made A Fortress, But Should It Be?
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
It turns out the Secret Service isn't too good at protecting the White House, and maybe one reason is that we don't want it to be.
Secret Service agents are famously willing to sacrifice their own lives to protect the president and his family. They are also trained to take ...
Why We Won't See The Likes Of Eric Holder Again
Friday, September 26, 2014
When President Woodrow Wilson was casting about for an attorney general in 1919, his private secretary Joseph Tumulty wrote that the office "had great power politically ... we should not trust it to anyone who is not heart and soul with us."
Eric Holder's great qualification for the job he ...
War Votes Bring Back Complex Risks for Members of Congress
Friday, September 19, 2014
This week's war vote in the U.S. Senate presented each senator with a personal puzzle of competing political considerations.
In deciding whether to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight against the group called the Islamic State (or ISIS or ISIL), senators had to judge the issue on its merits, ...
War Votes Bring Back Complex Risks For Members Of Congress
Friday, September 19, 2014
This week's war vote in the U.S. Senate presented each senator with a personal puzzle of competing political considerations.
In deciding whether to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight against the group called the Islamic State (or ISIS or ISIL), senators had to judge the issue on its merits, ...