Showing posts with label Erickson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erickson. Show all posts
Monday, November 7, 2016

Anti-Trump conservatives

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I've been neglecting this story for too long. Some conservatives, and not the usual suspects, have been clearly against Trump. Eric Eric...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The old appropriation two-step

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The choreography we get from Congress at the yearly appropriation deadline is getting as familiar as the Christmas Rockettes show. Plenty of...
Monday, July 14, 2014

The Tea Party gears up to strike out, yet again

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The Tea Party really, REALLY wants to crucify Obama, but they'll settle for impeachment. Boehner is trying to buy them off with a pansy-...
Monday, October 7, 2013

The GOP wants negotiations, eh?

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"...aversion to any kind of deal." This is from Robert Costa, the National Review reporter who has the best inside informatio...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Day2 roundup: GOP plan, maybe. Tea Party plan, no.

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So two days into the government shutdown, where are we? The GOP still seems to be scrambling around for a plan, but perhaps there are glimme...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Roundup: Still no Tea Party Plan

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So the House surprised watchers by sending a hopeless funding bill to certain dismemberment in the Senate. The Senate even has a timetable f...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

The temptation to blow up government

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The talk (or blather) from the Tea Party crowd is that the Republicans in the House and Senate should shut down the budget process unless th...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Short: Guns and mental health

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Finally, someone else is talking about tighter restrictions on gun purchases for those with mental health problems. Senators Toomey and Manc...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Short: The Chuck Hagel Theater Company

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So the Senate didn't get to vote on the Chuck Hagel nomination for Defense secretary because of a filibuster by Republicans. But there...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Seeking new conservative voices

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With the failure of the conservative message in the 2012 election, I wondered who was going to rise in the GOP/conservative circles. Of cour...
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