First Wisconsin, now Michigan. In response to a genuine budgetary crisis, state Republicans have passed a new law which would allow the governor to appoint emergency managers to void union contracts and even dissolve local jurisdictions. Here’s our report.
French stock is rising rapidly within the Republican party. John Boehner has just announced that the US should be more like France on nuclear power and Sen. Lindsey Graham says the US should man up and be more like France on no-fly-zones.
Believe it or not, a Draft Michele Bachmann Movement is actually taking shape.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) to FBI Director Robert Mueller: “How is your outreach going with the Baptists or the Catholics?”
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA): “General Petraeus is giving us the Charlie Sheen counter-insurgency strategy, which is to give exclusive interviews to every major network, and to keep saying ‘we’re winning’ and hope the public actually agrees with you.”
Our Evan McMorris-Santoro emails in that pro-union protestors have taken over the lobby of the building of lobbying powerhouse BGR in downtown DC which is hosting a fundraiser for Wisconsin state Republicans.
Evan McMorris-Santoro’s report on last evening’s DC protest against Wisconsin state Republicans.
One of the most significant features of the fight over the Defense of Marriage Act is that all sides basically concede that gay rights is now a winning political issue for Democrats. As Benjy Sarlin reports, that’s a huge change in the political and social landscape.