A dictionary of American politics — Part I (GOP Speak)David RothkopfForeign Policy
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is the highest it has been in 45 months, and Republicans have taken note. In Ohio, Sen. Rob Portman is running an ad boasting of his work with the Democratic commander in chief “to break the grip of heroin addiction.” In California, Rep. Darrel...
It’s not that culture wars and tax revolts are about to be displaced in GOP presidential politics by an abstract discussion on what ails Uncle Sam. Rather, the very issues that have typically energized GOP primary voters — such as abortion, faith, gay marriage, debt, military power — ...
a super PAC that’s backing Trump in the 2020 election. His position is posted on the PAC’s most recent annual report, which was filed in March. The committee has spent $1.9 million backing Trump this cycle, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. ...
Still others foresee a civil war in the GOP as it struggles to come to grips with a new demographic reality in which its commitment to race baiting, retro-grade sexual politics, anti-science conspira-cy theory and immigrant bashing will never again permit it to secure the Presidency.For our...
Mitch McConnell had long prided himself in maintaining GOP unity during his 17-year tenure as Senate GOP leader.
Even in states where abortion access is not under threat, purple districts could turn blue because the right is so out of step with American voters.
(1) the recovery was not as robust as he thought it should be and (2) that additional fiscal policy stimulus measures were unlikely to be enacted in the current politics-of-obstruction political environment. As the minutes of its August meeting, which werereleased today, confirmed, Bernanke ...
“America’s global leadership is essential to preserving the shining city on a hill that Ronald Reagan discussed,” McConnell said in his speech. “As long as I’m drawing breath on this Earth, I will defend American exceptionalism.” ...
“The people who are going to increasingly define American politics going forward are the ones who find Donald Trump most toxic.” “They no longer have a governing philosophy. Their philosophy is whatever Trump says goes,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich. “No matter what it is, no ...