John Boehner, Speaker at Law: I don’t legislate … I litigate! CONT. Brian McFadden, The Strip, New York Times Read more »
Republicans deliver another self-inflicted wound
Republicans may yet win the elections in November. They may end up in control of both houses of Congress come January. But in the final week before a lengthy August recess, they have shown a remarkable capacity to complicate their path to victory. The latest blow came Thursday in what […] Read more »
CNN/ORC Poll: Majority say no to impeachment and lawsuit
There’s not a lot of public appetite for a Republican push to sue President Barack Obama, or for calls by some conservatives to impeach him, according to a new national survey. A CNN/ORC International poll released Friday morning also indicates that a small majority of Americans do not believe that […] Read more »
What’s the American political landscape looking like?
The dog days of summer are upon us, and, with it, an extended slowdown in politics — as Americans spend their time working on their tans rather than studying up on the latest fights in the nation’s capital. Things won’t pick up in earnest again until after Labor Day, when […] Read more »
Tea Party Stands Alone on Key Issues
As House Republicans pick new leaders in the wake of Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat last week, our new NBC/WSJ poll finds that the Tea Party is in a VERY different place on key issues — than both non-Tea Party Republicans and the general population. It’s a stunning contrast. … […] Read more »
GOP actions on immigration reform key to their future
New polling of Latino voters conducted by Latino Decisions for the Center for American Progress Action Fund finds Latino voters unequivocally want immigration reform to happen before the 2014 midterm elections. … With 49 percent of Latino voters indicating they have voted for Republican candidates in the past, there is […] Read more »