Okay, back to Karl Rove and Steven Law’s Conservative Victory Project and their effort to shut down the Tea Party Senate candidates who threaten again to deny Republicans the Senate majority they probably should have won in 2010 and 2012. We thought of doing a post this morning about all the conservatives who are now claiming that Rove is actually no conservative at all. But while this was happening, a whole new part of the drama broke out. Read More
According to a new study coauthored by Brown University political scientist Rose McDermott, a fearful people are likely to have conservative attitudes to so-called ‘out-groups’. And that heavily affects attitudes on hot button issues like immigration, war, segregation, and racial and sexual difference. Read More
Pretty amazed by this. Sen. Levin appears to have consented to Sen. Cruz’s demand for an open-ended investigation into every speech Hagel gave in the last four years and what “foreign governments and foreign agents” may have influenced him.
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL): “If Rove wants a fight for the soul of the Republican Party, bring it on.”
Set aside your work for a moment and meditate on these. You’ll be glad you did.
Fox News’ Steve Doocy: What I meant was Hillary Clinton’s website got a facelift, sheesh.
The Virginia state Senate’s surprise redistricting plan – pushed through by a one-vote margin when a lone Democrat was in Washington for the inauguration – has now died in the state House.
This is an amazing development. Only a day and a half ago it seemed that Sen. Hagel’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense was basically a done deal. But now a new gambit by Sen. Cruz — the one who went full McCarthy on Hagel at the hearings — looks like it has a chance of derailing or seriously delaying the nomination. And Sen. Levin might be inclined to let him get away with it. Read More
Guilty plea in the shooting at the DC headquarters of the Family Research Council.