Opinion · 116th Congress
Goodbye, Iowa. Hello, Bloomberg
[jwp-video n=”1″] OK, Bloomberg Enter the biggest winner of this week. Not Trump, who seems incapable of just leaving a good news cycle well enough alone.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Reflexive anti-Trumpism, AOC’s shrink-the-tent strategy will cost Democrats in November
[jwp-video n=”1″] Progressive angst Just this week, Rep.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Mitch McConnell should be the Person of the Decade, and not in a good way
OPINION — According to legend, a Broadway producer opened a show to dreadful reviews on Dec. 30 and then ran banner ads on Jan. 1 bragging, “Second Year in New York.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Elizabeth Warren’s big bad idea: Taxing our way to prosperity
[jwp-video n=”1″] The right message So why aren’t Republicans and other pro-growth conservatives speaking out more forcefully today about this record-setting economy?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Rothenberg’s Best & Worst of 2019 Year-End Awards
[jwp-video n=”1″] Most annoying Democratic member of Congress/Faux Democrat The nominees: Sen. Bernie Sanders of VermontRep. Ilhan Omar of MinnesotaSen.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democrats have an anger management problem
[jwp-video n=”1″] Starts with the base If Pelosi and Biden were both steaming mad last week, they weren’t the only ones.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Adam Schiff’s post-hearing review: He got nowhere
On Oct. 1, just days after Speaker Nancy Pelosi handed him the reins of the Democrats’ impeachment investigation, the Real Clear Politics average on the question of whether Trump should be impeached
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Democratic field: middle-class heroes or millionaire hypocrites?
[jwp-video n=”1″] Calling out hypocrisy In a Pittsburgh focus group back during the tax reform debate of 2017, an independent voter zeroed in on millionaire socialist Sanders’ anti-wealth hypocrisy
Opinion · 116th Congress
The befuddling Democratic presidential race
[jwp-video n=”1″] ‘Uncharted waters’ When it comes to handicapping a presidential race as baffling as the 2020 Democratic nomination fight, the proper response is to shrug your shoulders and
Opinion · 116th Congress
McConnell defeats Schumer’s tax cut for the wealthy
[jwp-video n=”1″] High-tax hypocrisy Here’s where the irony comes in, pointed out by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in remarks on the Senate floor.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Startling discovery: Impeachment is not bringing out the best in Trump
In most versions of the Constitution, Article 1, Section 9 bans “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Writing a speech for the boss? Two White House pros show you how to nail it
“I would go in really early to write speeches, open mail from 9 to 11 a.m., write speeches until 1 p.m., and then stay late writing speeches,” Schnure says. “I had no clue what I was doing.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democratic debate moderators haven’t done American voters any favors
[jwp-video n=”1″] In their comfort zones It’s been disappointing to see that the one thing all three debates and the candidates have shared is a seeming aversion to actually discussing economic
Opinion · 116th Congress
2020 Democrats may dream big now, but reality will bite them later
[jwp-video n=”1″] Great expectations?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Joe Biden is old. Who cares?
[jwp-video n=”1″] Leading party icons Top among those is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 86, the beloved “Notorious RBG.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democratic voters just want to beat Trump. Why are their leaders making it so hard?
At least we can be reasonably confident they’ll propose a plan to pay for them, unlike the president’s tax cuts, which, along with a bipartisan agreement to end budget caps, will help blow a $1 trillion
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Democratic field is trying to win over black voters. Cory Booker already knows how
Cory Booker is running for president: Here are some congressional basics [jwp-video n=”1″] The first among them was Herbert Toliver himself, whose barber shop is a must-do stop for Democrats
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Biden still leads the pack despite a bruising debate performance. Thank African American voters
[jwp-video n=”1″] The polls speak While the poll numbers over the past two weeks have varied, they all found Biden losing at least some ground after the debate, with Harris as the biggest beneficiary
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Can Bernie Sanders change his luck in the South?
[jwp-video n=”1″] In 2020, with electability, an elusive and unknowable quality, at the top of many Democrats’ checklist, Sanders in most polls ranks below former Vice President Joe Biden, a