Congress · 117th Congress
‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia
That’s broken pledge No. 1. “Pariah.” That’s what candidate Biden vowed to treat the Saudi Arabian government as.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden’s presidency is out of gas
In this case, head off to the Middle East, leaving behind a White House and Democratic Party in turmoil as he desperately seeks a solution to the country’s No. 1 problem: inflation.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The Biden effect is real
In a survey done by The Winston Group for the S Corporation Association, we found the brand image of the federal government at an unbelievable low, with almost 2-to-1 negatives — 33 percent favorable
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden talks inflation: Another swing and a miss
And independents were skeptical by more than 2 to 1 (21 percent to 55 percent).
Opinion · 117th Congress
The worst pandemic in a century has outlasted our attention span
This is the month when the death toll from the coronavirus in America is estimated to have hit the 1 million mark.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The Democratic message from Utah — of all places
And the event was the Democratic convention in a state that routinely elects Republican senators by a better than 2-to-1 margin.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden: Crisis of credibility
Claim on deficit reduction:“This year we’re on track to cut the deficit by more than 1 trillion, 300 billion dollars. One trillion three hundred billion dollars.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The era of laissez-faire COVID-19 prevention
Only amid the crazed partisanship of the moment would anyone consider filibustering a modest appropriation to deal with a deadly virus that has killed almost 1 million Americans in just two years.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden always behind the curve
In this week’s new Gallup Poll, taken Feb. 1-17, Biden’s job approval came in at 41 percent approve to 55 percent disapprove.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The sad but true limits of American power
In a sense, the chilling uncertainty is reminiscent of the days leading up to the Nazi invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Everyone knew that war was coming — the only question was when.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Independents will decide when Biden’s honeymoon is over
[jwp-video n=”1″] Still hopeful So Wednesday’s address to Congress has a lot riding on it, but Biden can take some comfort that, at this stage of a presidency, people are still willing to listen
Opinion · 117th Congress
Freedom: A force to be reckoned with
House Democrats’ HR 1 would demand public financing of political campaigns, costing American taxpayers billions of dollars and forcing the public to donate to candidates they may or may not support
Opinion · 116th Congress
To my Republican friends in Washington
[jwp-video n=”1″] Reed Galen is an independent political strategist and co-founder of The Lincoln Project. Follow him on Twitter @reedgalen.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
It’s only June. The defining event of the 2020 election may not have even happened yet
[jwp-video n=”1″] Competing with COVID-19 But if I forced myself to think of events that could compete with COVID-19 and the George Floyd killing and scramble the election, I might think of
Opinion · 116th Congress
Oversight scares Trump as much as COVID-19
Recently, by a 2-1 vote, a three-judge federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., sided with Trump, ruling that Congress didn’t even have the right to ask a court to enforce its subpoena.
Opinion · 116th Congress
U.S. production controls and tariffs are not the way to help the domestic oil industry
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Senators try to punt their way out of trouble and Trump’s line of fire
[jwp-video n=”1″] That would make a little bit of sense if there were some guarantee that the president would be chastened enough to cease and desist his efforts to game the 2020 election by
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Bolton bombshell and the moral lessons of Watergate
[jwp-video n=”1″] A Nixon ‘Plumber’ As a young White House lawyer, Egil Krogh arranged the odd-couple Oval Office meeting between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley as part of the president’s ineffectual
Opinion · 116th Congress
Think impeachment has been a self-defeating crusade for Democrats? Think again
By a lopsided 7-to-1 margin, Iowa voters said that it was wrong. Even 59 percent of Republicans and 56 percent of Trump voters viewed such behavior as morally suspect.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Senate got its man in last impeachment trial
[jwp-video n=”1″] What to watch for I reached out to Turley to ask him what lessons he took away from the Porteous experience that the rest of us could learn from going forward.