Sen. Levin says the Cruz/GOP demands on Hagel are unprecedented.
Interesting additional context revealed today on recent U.S. policy toward Syria. From the New York Times: Read More
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Sen. Burr (R-NC) cracks waterboarding joke at CIA confirmation hearings. Watch.
Not much noticed, this is the big story of the day — the one that shows immigration reform is going to be much tougher than people think.
On the latest Rove-instigated GOP convulsions: “Since the origins of the modern conservative movement in the mid-1950s, purists and pragmatists have been battling for dominance in the GOP.”
When I first saw the news of Karl Rove’s Conservative Victory Project and its effort to smack down the 2014 crop of Senate Tea Party candidates I thought it was a fun but not terribly consequential story — or rather a knock off version of a fight we’d see for real months or maybe even years in the future. But now I think this is for real, like this is the battle actually being joined. Read More
Dick Morris says he’s the guy to help moderate the GOP and make it viable in national elections. “I showed Democrats how to move center,” Morris said. “Now, I want to help do the same thing with the Republican party.”
The Movement guys must love that.