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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.
DeSantis is blowing his opportunity … and perhaps ours
Ignoring Trump, or treating him with kid gloves, has never worked.
A thank you to Bill Gates
We were very fortunate that Gates and his colleagues were in charge of county government when the Republican Party went mad.