The best technique for executing a political flip-flop is to perform it so slowly that no single movement is particularly significant or dramatic. A series of barely perceptible shifts is usually enough to buffalo reporters and sneak it by distracted voters.
That’s exactly what Republicans leaders are doing right now on health care reform. Faced with the real possibility of the Supreme Court striking down the ACA within weeks and of taking back the White House and/or Senate this fall, Republicans are having to face the prospect of owning an unreformed health care mess and all that goes with it.
Suddenly they’re having to rethink the repeal strategy — or at least grapple with, what then? As one GOP aide with a health care portfolio told us, “I do think some Republicans are finally starting to realize they could be the dog that caught the car.”
They’re not sneaking this shift by our Sahil Kapur, who has been following it very closely over the past couple of weeks. Here’s his latest report.
A treasure trove of photos on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the British throne.
Not even The Muppets could save cable news from itself:
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George Zimmerman has been ordered back to jail after his bond was revoked.
I saw a story today saying that this last week was the worst of the campaign so far for Elizabeth Warren because of continuing revelations about her purported Cherokee heritage. And yet if you look at the actual poll numbers her favorability ratings are unaffected. And she remains in the same deadlocked race she’s been in for the last couple months.
It’s the kind of mocking, credibility-impugning story I too would have thought would hurt her.
And yet abundant poll data, from multiple pollsters, shows it’s had no effect at all. No change in net favorability, no change in the horse race number and very few voters saying they even care.
Photos of the 60 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign — from Charlie Chaplin to Ronald Reagan to … flame-throwing robots.
Scientists find one more reason to get excited about graphene.