The consequences of squandering it on a pork-barrel spending spree start to hit.
Author Archives: robertrobb
Thinking through Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
Paradoxically, where the case for U.S. action is the strongest, Ukraine, domestic political support is the weakest.
Virtually entire Arizona Commerce Authority is an anti-subsidy clause violation
Entertaining corporate prospects is one of the few things the ACA does that doesn’t confer an unconstitutional competitive advantage.
The Political Notebook 10.6.23
Biggs, Crane join Democrats to oust McCarthy. Who’s the RINO now? Moving the Hastert rule goalposts. Why be sheriff when a judge actually runs the place?
Hobbs’ confirmation bypass creates legal minefield
GOP Senate did her wrong, but this wasn’t the best of bad options.
Budget dysfunctions are the wages of excessive partisanship
George Washington warned us about this.
Pence’s speech didn’t fully express the extent of the GOP’s decrepitude
Trump’s GOP leaves Reaganesque conservatives politically homeless. What to do about it?
DeSantis should drop out of the prez race
He can’t out Trump Trump. By staying in the race, he blocks the opportunity for a true rival and competitor to emerge.
Shouldn’t matter if Trump believed his election fraud claims
There’s no such thing as a good-faith attempted coup.
Hobbs’ misleading voucher memo
The focus should be on testing and eliminating the tuition tax credits, not capping or curtailing voucher enrollment.