Opinion · 116th Congress
The mock bravery of the Senate Eye Roll Club
John Cornyn offered a more realistic — albeit highly cynical — assessment of Trump late last week in an endorsement interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
The Heedless Horseman Republicans and their COVID denial
Questioning Republicans in the halls of Congress about Trump’s latest outrage was the equivalent of conducting an interview in Urdu while wearing a mask inside a Hazmat suit.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
The Chris Wallace interview of Donald Trump on Fox News offered so many low points that you would think it was conducted in Death Valley rather than on a steamy White House patio.
Opinion · 116th Congress
A mercurial Trump foils Charlotte’s best-laid RNC plans, probably
As usual, the catalyst for the acrimony was Trump himself.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
As attacks go, calling Sen. Chris Coons ‘Christian hating’ is a doozy
“@ChrisCoons is the co-chair of the National Prayer Breakfast. He’s failed to protect Christians during the shutdown.
Opinion · 116th Congress
He voted for a massive stimulus and lost his seat. He says he’d do it all again
In the South Carolina Republican’s case, it was the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the $787 billion rescue package that passed in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Could a short-term Bloomberg solution doom Democrats in the long term?
And while she repeated his pledge to unite at the end of a raucous primary, Turner told me in an interview, “If in fact there is a concerted effort by the moderates and the elites in the Democratic Party
Opinion · 116th Congress
Will Democrats end up with a platform or a plank?
That is not the view of the Democratic Party.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Senators try to punt their way out of trouble and Trump’s line of fire
But with the Super Bowl not a week in the rearview mirror, it would be impossible to ignore the concept of the punt — getting out of a tough situation by moving the ball as far as possible toward the opponent
Opinion · 116th Congress
Yes, Virginia, there is hope for the country
This is my last column for the year and what a year it has been. There’s much to celebrate — the economy and the Nats— and seemingly, just as much to commiserate about — impeachment and the Redskins.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The most important document you may ever read
The slim, 85-page report reads like a Russian spy novel crossed with a sequel to Orwell’s most dystopian version of the future — right down to an interview with a paid Russian troll who said his experience
Opinion · 116th Congress
The women trying to impeach Trump — and the men making it so damn hard
“Congressman Nadler has really botched his role in holding Trump accountable,” Boylan told me in an interview last week. “We didn’t have to wait until this moment.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Writing a speech for the boss?
OPINION — Most job interviews for Capitol Hill speechwriters go something like this: “The senator needs remarks for tomorrow. You need to write the remarks.” No interview. No preparation.
Opinion · 116th Congress
2020 Democrats may dream big now, but reality will bite them later
Questioned about his proposal to wipe away $81 billion in personal medical debt in a New Hampshire interview, the Vermont socialist told the Concord Monitor and NHTalkRadio.com: “I don’t believe we
Opinion · 116th Congress
Working with the enemy?
Cory Booker, one of just three African Americans in the Senate, took significant and understandable offense at Biden’s har-har retelling of the old yarn with the word “boy,” which was only the least awful
Opinion · 116th Congress
Bill de Blasio is wrong about New York City’s schools
Yet what has been the focus of media coverage of New York’s schools over the past year? Not the dismal state of public schools.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Running for re-election the Trump way — with half the country against you
And have I told you that Trump Steaks are the best in the world?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Biden’s path to 2020 is strewn with cautionary tales
Don’t fight the last war In “The Boys on the Bus,” which remains the best account of the weird psyches of the men and woman who cover politics, David Broder of The Washington Post told author Timothy
Opinion · 116th Congress
She miscarried 8 times. Today she’s telling Lindsey Graham why abortion should remain legal
were willing to have it as the legislature prepared to pass one of the strictest abortion laws in the country.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s latest self-inflicted wound: Medicare cuts
His vicious temperament when crossed produces the torrent of below-the-belt Twitter attacks.