President Biden returned to Washington from his European trip, facing what could be the defining weeks of his first year in office. After a fast and relatively successful start during his first 100 days, Biden now confronts some of his biggest decisions in the second 100. Three major issues are […] Read more »
Norm Ornstein & Thom Mann – Who Called the GOP a Sham Years Ago!
In 2012 Ornstein & Mann wrote It’s Even Worse Than It Looks. And, man, were they right! The Al Franken Podcast The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
Washington Republicans have just one move
The Republican answer is no. What’s the question? Just about anything important a Democratic president is asking. … Resistance to change is, to be sure, expected from the nation’s conservative political party. An intellectual icon of the modern GOP, William F. Buckley, once described a conservative’s role as to “stand […] Read more »
Dismissed in 2012, this diagnosis of GOP ills has now become undeniable
The essay described congressional extremists, their rejection of truth, a party turning into authoritarians or “an apocalyptic cult.” It bore a striking headline: “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.” It didn’t mention Marjorie Taylor Greene, the deadly January 6 insurrection or Donald Trump’s Big Lie. In fact, […] Read more »
McConnell blasts big business stands
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) diatribe against big business could spawn volumes of analysis. The text tells many tales: the frayed coalition between the board room and the pick-up truck, hypocrisy, and more. What struck me most was the fundamental inaccuracy of nearly every assertion and premise on which […] Read more »
Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade
Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. … Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the defining tone for […] Read more »