It really is the most important election in our lifetime.
This midterm isn’t a candidate or policy election. It’s a referendum on the foundational institutions and beliefs of the nation.
Tagged: Republicans
America in need of therapy.
A very large proportion of the people who vote are engaged in rationalization on a massive scale.
Republicans have become single-issue losers.
The last great night for Republicans was election night 2016 when Donald Trump scored a huge upset over Hillary Clinton.
The Elites v. the Folks
Somewhere back there, the political contest quietly shifted from Democrats vs. Republicans to Elites vs. the Folks. It’s almost as if new political parties got formed.
Civil discourse.
For as much as civility is a nominal good thing, of what use is it if it’s not reciprocal?
A heads-up comparison.
So, there it was, on the same night. Rocking, pulsating, electric energy in Milwaukee. Sleepy, predictable leftist policy pabulum in Des Moines.
A (partial) win for Dems. But no Blue Wave.
By any objective analysis, as compared to historical norms, Democrats significantly underperformed Tuesday.
The Elites v. the Normals
Suddenly the Elites of both Left and Right find themselves totally naked and exposed.
Dems vs. the 1978 New York Yankees.
The Yankees of 1978 won the pennant by winning on the margins. Similar success on the margins by Republicans should scare the hell out of Democrats.
It’s time for Republicans to get on board.
For reasons that are becoming harder to understand with each passing week, the GOP majorities in both houses of Congress can’t bring themselves to act like the majority.
Replace Obamacare with what?
All of the apologies for Obamacare notwithstanding, Obamacare at its core is little other than a welfare program.
Rolling Stone gets it wrong – again.
I’m thankful for Rolling Stone for making the never-ending task of coming up with material for these commentaries unbelievably easy.
Why do the Dems get a pass on the “shutdown?”
If journalism were functioning in America, the reporting would go beyond the ‘gotcha’ politics of the moment and would drill down into the actual substance of what separates the parties.
You’ll never hear them say it.
You will not hear anyone in the mainstream media say that making a policy demand as government funding is about to run out is a perfectly legitimate prerogative of elected legislators.
Lose big enough and one day you won’t matter at all.
Republicans are in many ways replicating the experience of the Southwest Conference and its once prestigious Cotton Bowl game. Largely through fecklessness and self-inflicted injury, Republicans are forfeiting their standing as a governing party.
Memo to GOP: Become the high-growth party.
It is always a mistake to underestimate the problem-solving capacity of a robustly growing American economy. Yet Republicans argue with Democrats as if our current sluggish economy is the best we can do. It’s not.
It’s time to shut ‘er down.
Republicans may wish to avoid a fight with Democrats that results in a government shutdown. But wishing not to fight and refusing to fight are two different things. It’s time to fight.
Can they stand the heat?
How closely are you watching what’s going on in Wisconsin with Governor Scott Brown and his standoff with the public employee unions? How closely are you following the battle in Congress regarding the Republicans’ demand to immediately cut spending as a condition of keeping the government funded beyond Friday? I still go work and show up at my daughter’s soccer games and otherwise live my life, but I’m nonetheless following the stories very closely. And...
One last shot.
Three days after Christmas in 1975 the Dallas Cowboys were faced with ending their season by losing the NFC Divisional Playoff Game.