Over the weekend, due to a rather kooky party-nomination system, Utah Republicans dumped three-term senator Bob Bennett and cancelled his prospects at re-election. The reaction among the political class to Bennett’s ouster has been entertaining in its conformity with expectations.... (Continue reading)
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The breathtaking expanse of the Obamacare bill being hammered out in Washington has generated a great deal of discussion in recent days about the constitutional limits of federal power to engage in such an intense management of a major sector... (Continue reading)
It’s going to fail. Here’s why it’s going to fail…... (Continue reading)
Politics as usual is nothing but a game. It’s a game that the electorate has clearly tired of, but that hasn’t stopped the elected from continuing to play it. Just today we’ve heard of David Vitter and Mary Landrieu taunting... (Continue reading)
Several items from around the web… 1. The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan is alternately infuriating and brilliant. Today she’s the latter, with a spot-on piece about catastrophic victories for the Democrats and Republicans. Noonan suggests that a victory on... (Continue reading)