Yesterday the news was that Ted Cruz had essentially rolled the GOP House leadership and gotten them to get behind his quixotic and colonic effort to shutdown the government over Obamacare. But that was yesterday. They say revolutions eat their children. But this is more the children eating the children. Or something. DC Republicans are in some sort of infinite regression or feedback loop in which no Big Cheese can ascend the hill without people turning on him as not a real conservative and deserving of destruction. Now House Tea Partiers have decided that Cruz himself may not really be gung-ho enough to kill Obamacare. Read More
GOP congressman reportedly complains about being “stuck” in Congress making only $172,000 a year.
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade summed up the day best: “Real simple – if you have a gun, go to Dunkin Donuts.”
I wanted to give everyone an update on the site issues we were having this morning. Joing me after the jump. Read More
Mayor Bloomberg says those devastating gun control recall loses in Colorado last week were actually a loss for the NRA.
Michigan Attorney General says a state ban on gay marriage is necessary to ‘regulate sexual relationships.’
House GOP leaders roll out their new plan to defund Obamacare or shutdown the government, and House Democrats call it “fantasy politics with real world consequences.”
Here’s an almost comical story about an earlier time DC Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis got in trouble with a gun. Back in 2004, after he shot out the tires of neighbors who were ‘disrespecting’ him, Seattle authorities simply misplaced his casefile and so he was never charged with a crime. Some great original reporting and quotes from local officials in Seattle.
I’ve been reading through your responses to my question below about whether the country is prepared for a full-on government shutdown or is at all aware it might be coming. Lots of fascinating answers. But TPM Reader PJ’s email caught my attention because in addition to addressing that question I think he captures some of the present — dare I say it — malaise of the moment, at least for a large cross-section of the political nation …
I think the dominant reaction is going to be a straining on the part of people to understand the issue, yielding to eventual frustration with the GOP as the parameters of the governing crisis become clear, yielding no lasting outcome on the system because of gerrymandering and the distance in months from the next Congressional election.
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