After going back to verify their Menendez story, the Daily Caller says they found some “troubling elements” in the story.
Retiring Sen. Carl Levin says he has no regrets about blocking filibuster reform.
Jeb Bush watchers had been amazed and scratching their heads last week when Jeb came forward and placed himself squarely on the right of the immigration reform debate, outlining a flat no to a so-called ‘path to citizenship’.
Was he cleverly outmaneuvering the likes of Marco Rubio? Was this an ingenius bid to stomp into the 2016 presidential race? None of it seemed to make sense since Bush is or was a pro-immigration reform guy from a pro-reform political dynasty. Read More
Stung from last week’s embarrassment, Bob Woodward is back on the attack. Now saying Rahm Emanuel helped ruin Washington and make it ‘hyper-partisan’ and with ‘little focus on what’s real.’ Read More
Bill Clinton says it’s time for the Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, notwithstanding the fact that he was the one who signed it into law.
After wining and dining a group of GOP senators whom he hopes to recruit for a budget a “grand bargain,” President Obama turned right around and invited Paul Ryan over to the White House for lunch.
GOP senators, sure. A lot of them have expressed a willingness to trade new taxes for entitlement cuts, including Lindsey Graham, who organized the affair. But where does Paul Ryan, the grand bargain’s very own Grim Reaper, fit into the picture? Read More
Rand Paul-style filibusters are rare enough occurrences in the Senate that many of the people watching his unfold yesterday were unaware they still happened at all.
But it’s even more uncommon for an effort like that to succeed. And yet, Paul’s did.
I want to address why. Read More