Having a conservative track record isn’t everything in the Republican Party. Just ask Donald Trump, who doesn’t have one. Or Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who does. McCarthy decided today not to run for speaker of the House after supposedly having the edge. He faced opposition from the Freedom Caucus, a group […] Read more »
The GOP sinks deeper into chaos. Can it still function as a party?
Less than a year after a sweeping electoral triumph, Republicans are on the verge of ceasing to function as a national political party. The most powerful and crippling force at work in the once-hierarchical GOP is anger, directed as much at its own leaders as anywhere else. … The forces […] Read more »
Can Republicans Regain Control of Their Party?
The state of the Republican Party is summed up by a quote from the late cartoonist Walt Kelly: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” At both the presidential-campaign and congressional levels, the problems are self-induced. The party fostered unrealistic expectations, and the failure to meet them emboldened […] Read more »
McCarthy’s comments on Benghazi probe may be a political gift to Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s upcoming appearance before the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi was supposed to be a crucible: a chance for Republicans to prosecute the former secretary of state for her handling of the 2012 terrorist attacks that killed four Americans as well as for her use of private […] Read more »
Kevin McCarthy puts political spin on Benghazi and Hillary Clinton
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, is under fire for comments he made that linked the House Select Benghazi Committee to Hillary Clinton’s falling poll numbers. … “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?” McCarthy said. “But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her […] Read more »