MAGA Republicans dismiss a rare opportunity to improve order at the border. Biden throws a wild pitch with a log-rolling supplemental.
Category Archives: International and national
The Political Notebook 1.12.2024
Hobbs throws Biden under the bus over immigration. Caution about swing state polls. Reform the sunset review reform. Restore the old recount threshold.
What if the U.S. cannot effectively control low-skilled immigration
A thought experiment based upon an unsatisfactory premise.
The law and Trump’s behavior
Judges have a dense legal thicket to negotiate.
National security starts with a credible nuclear deterrent and missile defense
A congressional commission co-led by Jon Kyl points to vulnerabilities.
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?