A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations. The poll found 92 percent of Republicans who don’t believe the allegations against Moore say […] Read more »
‘This is class warfare’: Tax vote sparks political brawl over populism that will carry into 2018 elections
The Senate Republicans’ chaotic late-night vote Friday to overhaul the tax system widened the country’s partisan divisions Saturday — sparking a political grudge match that lawmakers vowed to carry into next year’s midterm elections. … Democrats see an opening for an attack on President Trump and Republicans as allies of […] Read more »
How the Republicans Broke Congress
… Congress no longer works the way it’s supposed to. But we’ve said that before. Eleven years ago, we published a book called “The Broken Branch,” which we subtitled “How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track.” Embedded in that subtitle were two assumptions: first, […] Read more »
The GOP doesn’t care if you like their tax plan. Here’s why
Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill on Nov. 28, 2017. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite David C. Barker, American University School of International Service Congressional Republicans’ collective sigh of relief after passing tax legislation may seem confusing. Won’t voters hold them accountable in 2018 for passing such an […] Read more »
Alabama race is neck and neck, with voters divided over Roy Moore allegations, poll finds
Alabama’s closely watched U.S. Senate race is a neck-and-neck contest as voter concerns about personal moral conduct weigh on the candidacy of Republican Roy Moore, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll. … The survey shows that allegations of improper sexual behavior against Moore, a former Alabama chief justice, […] Read more »
GOP Tax Cuts Are Driven by Politics, Not Economics
Congressional Republicans have convinced themselves that they need to pass a tax bill ASAP. Having failed to repeal and replace Obamacare and made little if any progress on either a border wall or a major infrastructure program—President Trump’s two other stated objectives for the year—they don’t want to head into […] Read more »