Rooting for Failure By Kyle Kondik
It’s been nearly a week since the Republican plan to dramatically alter the Affordable Care Act died without a vote in the House of Representatives. It’s 84 weeks until the next national election, the 2018 midterm.
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March 30, 2017
March 29, 2017
Benjamin Crump: TV's Rising Fake News Star By Michelle Malkin
He's the new Al Sharpton on steroids -- and he's coming to a TV near you.
March 29, 2017
Trumpcare Failure a Sign of Real Change in Congress by Charles Hurt
It sure ain’t pretty, but this is what “post-partisan” politics looks like. And despite all the caterwauling you hear from the political press here in Washington, that is a good thing.
“Ryancare” or “Trumpcare,” or whatever the hell you want to call it, is dead.
March 29, 2017
Free Market Care by John Stossel
The law mandates benefits and offers subsidies to more people. Insurers must cover things like:
March 28, 2017
The Ryancare Rout -- Winning by Losing? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Did the Freedom Caucus just pull the Republican Party back off the ledge, before it jumped to its death? A case can be made for that.
March 24, 2017
The Obama Plot to Sabotage Trump by Patrick J. Buchanan
Devin Nunes just set the cat down among the pigeons.
March 24, 2017
The Base's Rage Ill Serves the Democratic Party By Michael Barone
In a week chock-full of news, the party that on the night of Nov. 8 found itself, much to its surprise, very much out of power has been having difficulty finding a way to return.
March 23, 2017
Another Look Back at 2016 by Geoffrey Skelley
On election night in November, exit polls provided the first insight into how different demographic groups voted. But months later, other richer data sets are being released, and they provide researchers with new information about the election and the voters that participated in it. One such tool is the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, which is a large-sample national survey. The preliminary 2016 post-election version of the CCES study came out in early March, and it provides a treasure trove of information.
March 22, 2017
Bring Assata Back ASAP By Michelle Malkin
If FBI agents have time to track down Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jerseys, why can't they bring back AWOL convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur?
March 22, 2017
Trump-obsessed Media Pay No Attention to the Man Holding the Political Puppet Strings By Charles Hurt
For a guy who claims to be above or beneath or beside grubby politics in America, FBI chief James Comey sure does manage to insert himself into the seamiest corners of politics and seize the spotlight at the most fraught moments possible. In this past election, Jim Comey was the “Where’s Waldo?” of American politics.
March 22, 2017
Kindest Cuts by John Stossel
"Devastating!" shouts Chuck Schumer. Even Republicans are unhappy. Big spending "conservative" congressman Hal Rogers calls President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts "draconian, careless and counterproductive."
March 21, 2017
Will Russiagate Backfire on the Left? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The big losers of the Russian hacking scandal may yet be those who invested all their capital in a script that turned out to based on a fairy tale.
March 20, 2017
Judge Gorsuch and The Corpse Flower by Charles Hurt
Every few years, the botanical garden down on the National Mall proudly boasts its prized “corpse flower.” In years when our federal swamp gets hot and icky enough, the foul-smelling plant turns a throbbing purple and blooms.
March 17, 2017
The Splitting Up Of The Democratic Party by Ted Rall
Before the election, some pundits were predicting that a Trump defeat would cause the Republican Party to split into at least two discrete new parties -- one representing the old GOP's business establishment, the other for the populist firebrands of the Tea Party. As the fight over gutting Obamacare reveals, those factions are in an uncomfortable marriage. But a full-fledged rupture doesn't appear imminent.
March 17, 2017
Perceptions Are That Trump's Policies Are Working By Michael Barone
Perceptions matter. People make decisions, even life-altering decisions, based on what they perceive as likely to happen. To the extent that public policy affects such decisions, the perception of likely policy change can affect behavior even before the change happens -- even if it ends up never happening.
March 17, 2017
Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for Vladimir Putin ... and I do not say that lightly."
What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin?
March 16, 2017
Initial 2018 House Ratings By Kyle Kondik
Democrats have a path to winning a House majority next year, but that possibility is highly dependent on variables over which they have effectively no control. That’s the takeaway from our initial ratings of 2018’s House races, a list that is heavy on Republicans who start this cycle only mildly endangered.
March 15, 2017
To Make the AHCA Better, the GOP Has to Practice Bipartisanship Within Itself by Lawrence Kudlow
The good should never be the evil of the perfect. House Speaker Paul Ryan's health care bill is a very good first step. Massive repeal of Obamacare tax hikes will be great for the economy. Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act mandates will be great for health care. Private-sector competition and choice are always better than government-run anything. The Republican Party has to practice bipartisanship within itself.
March 15, 2017
The Dirty Dem Dogs of Disruption by Michelle Malkin
Here come the hyperpartisan hounds.
March 15, 2017
Democrats Need to Help Fix the Disastercare They Created By Charles Hurt
Remember how for years after President Obama first got elected we had to hear all about how Republicans destroyed the economy?
