A congressional commission co-led by Jon Kyl points to vulnerabilities.
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The Political Notebook 11.3.23
The country owes Pence a lot, but he deserves his political pariah status. Haley seems the only candidate with a shot, however long, to make the GOP more than a Trump vanity project.
Thinking through Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
Paradoxically, where the case for U.S. action is the strongest, Ukraine, domestic political support is the weakest.
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?
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.
Continued confusion about the Constitution and race
Why is race a forbidden consideration in college admissions but permitted, indeed required, in redistricting?
Richer’s lawsuit leaves Lake no place to hide
It shouldn’t be so easy for politicians to lie, or be lied about.