Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, jumps into the McConnell tape maelstrom, calling on all things left-leaning, whether animate or inanimate, to pinkie swear that they had nothing to do with it: “I am calling upon the Democratic National Committee, the DSCC, Kentucky Democratic State Party and left-leaning 501(C)(3) and (4) organizations like Mother Jones, Think Progress, American Bridge, Organizing For Action, and any other relevant political organizations to state for the record that they had nothing to do with these illegal acts, denounce them, and make clear they have no place in our political debate.”
TPM Reader AD says Jindal may not be done pushing his own private Ryan Plan …
As a Louisiana resident, I’m appreciative that TPM is drawing attention to the failed policies of the Jindal administration. While it may look right now like the governor has made a critical error, there still may be disastrous consequences from these tax proposals.
I just want to make one more quick observation about Benjy Sarlin’s piece (and Josh’s related thoughts) on Bobby Jindal’s downward spiral in Louisiana.
One of the arguments we’ve been propounding since the election is that Republicans made a strategic error by not shaking up their economic policy tenets in the wake of Obama’s re-election. Yes, they’re casting about awkwardly for immigrant and minority voters on the choppy waters of social policy and communications “outreach.” But they closed their eyes to the possibility that their poor showing among Hispanics, and other Democratic-leaning demographics might have had anything to do with economic and fiscal policy. Read More
If you didn’t already read this piece by Benjy Sarlin about Bobby Jindal’s political collapse, do so all means. But I wanted to flag a more general point about what happened. Jindal’s gambit was something like a Louisiana-based ‘Ryan Plan’ designed among other things to be the centerpiece of a possible 2016 campaign for President. And had he been able to get it passed it would have been quite a calling card in the GOP primaries, at least among the economic conservative wing of the party. Read More
4 year old grabs loaded gun at family cookout, accidentally shoots and kills wife of gun’s owner.
Reminds me a little of the moment I described here.
Rubio doubles down hard on who let Jay-Z and Beyonce go to Cuba.
Listen to the McConnell team discuss using Ashley Judd’s mental health against her in a possible Senate campaign.