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Ryan Express derailed

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Paul Ryan has agreed to be speaker of the House, so long as the members of his own party take a solemn oath that they won’t fire him. There is an interesting dynamic in all of this, leaving this pundit to wonder whether there is any way out, for the Republicans, and, more importantly, any […]

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Lindsay Graham to leave the Senate

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Washington. In an announcement that shocked Washington, Lindsay Graham, (R-SC) announced today that he was resigning from the Senate for health reasons. Several days ago, Graham asked for disaster relief for South Carolina, which has been devastated by Hurricane Joaquin. That led to the following: Let’s just get through this thing, and whatever it costs, […]

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Republicans say the darndest things

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Federal Communications Commission member Michael O’Rielly, a Republican, had this to say recently: [P]eople do a disservice by overstating [the internet’s] relevancy or stature in people’s lives. People can and do live without Internet access, and many lead very successful lives. via Daily Kos This is coming from a man who shares responsibility for regulating […]

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Justice Roberts (and Kennedy too) gives the Republicans a gift

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Today’s Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare subsidies was precisely what most Congressional Republicans wanted, except for the precious few true believers among them. They now have the best of both worlds. They can complain bitterly about the decision, thus pleasing their base, without any risk of electoral fallout at the hands of those who would […]

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A corollary

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Upton Sinclair once said: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Self evidently true. I believe I have discovered an equally obvious corollary to Sinclair’s observation: It is easy to get a man to believe something, when his salary depends on his believing […]

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Word for the day: Sphexishness

Saturday, June 6, 2015

If you’re a Paul Krugman fan, you have no doubt read more than one column or blog post about the fact that the right refuses to learn from experience. I think the latest example he cited is the failure of Sam Brownback’s Kansas “experiment”. That experiment has decidedly failed, but Sam and the rest of […]

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Cal Thomas catches us in the act

Monday, April 6, 2015

Cal Thomas has caught us out. We manipulated the Indiana Republican Party into passing a law encouraging bigotry, and then took advantage of them when they fell into our clever trap: The uproar about Indiana’s law was political theater. It is also a trap set by the Left, which Republicans risk falling into. It works […]

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Don’t play that card!

Monday, February 16, 2015

The Republicans are slow walking the confirmation hearings for Eric Holder's replacement. According to reputed moderate Chuck Grassley, she must show that she is not Eric Holder. This is a curious thing, because if not for the fact that he is Obama's attorney general and/or that he is black, Holder is a guy that ordinarily […]

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Schiavo redux

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

It has been great fun watching Republicans try to deal with the vaccination issue. The natural reaction of a Republican politician is to go with the crazy. If you are perceived as a moderate, like Chris Christie, you may literally embrace the chance to establish your insane bona fides, which is, of course, exactly what […]

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Republican Logic

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

United States Senator (yes, let that sink in) Thom Tillis, believes that we should not have regulations requiring restaurant workers to wash their hands after using the bathroom, but we should have regulations requiring their employers to let the public know that their employees are not required to wash their hands after using the bathroom. […]

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