given how far to the right Ken Cuccinelli is, it’s really kind of hard to believe that Republican voters in Virginia actually managed to put someone on the ticket with him who is even worse. So now Cuccinelli is having to support E.W. Jackson’s nomination while also trying to distance himself from some of the …
Category Archive: Politics
May 20 2013
The Convenience of Political Scandal
As the media and politicians explore three stories — Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservative groups, and the DOJ’s seizure of AP phone records — Ryan Lizza points out something very important, that these scandals really only have two results: a media feeding frenzy and convenient political posturing. Actual solutions have no part to play …
May 17 2013
The Koch Brothers Boogeyman
This post is undoubtedly going to irritate some of my longtime readers, but as I often like to say it has the great virtue of being true. I mostly agree with Michael Moynihan that the Koch brothers have too often been used as a cartoon bad guy by liberals painting with too broad a brush …
May 09 2013
Elite Santorum Raves Against Elites
Is there anything more ridiculous than a conservative figure who holds enormous power, wealth and influence talking about those terrible “elites” who are allegedly standing in the way of everything that is good and right and true? Rick Santorum is the latest to do it:
May 08 2013
NOM: GOP Wouldn’t Survive Marriage Equality Shift
With Republican Party consultants and power brokers increasingly recognizing that the party must become more inclusive, the religious right is frantically trying to preserve its influence over the party platform. Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage gave an interview with USA Today in which he said that if the GOP accepted marriage equality, …
May 08 2013
What Happened to That Stock Market Crash?
You may remember that before the election, many on the right — Fox News in particular — were pushing the idea that if Obama were to win reelection, the stock market would crash. Where are those folks now that the stock market has gone over 15,000 for the first time? Here’s some video of those …
May 07 2013
No Steve King in Iowa Senate Race
Rep. Steve King, the prom king of Wingnuttia High School (Michele Bachmann is prom queen, of course) has announced that he will not run for Sen. Tom Harkin’s open seat in 2014. And of course, he’s doing it purely for noble reasons, as he announced on Twitter:
May 06 2013
FDA Changes Rule on Plan B Contraception
A few weeks ago a federal judge ruled that the Obama administration had acted in a manner that was “arbitrary and capricious” in not allowing Plan B contraception — the morning after pill — to be sold to girls under 17 without a prescription. The FDA has now approved it for sale to those 15 …
May 05 2013
Push Polling in South Carolina. Again.
South Carolina is legendary for dirty politics and push polling specifically. Now a mysterious group called SSI Polling is doing one of the most blatant push polls you’ll ever see in the race between Elizabeth Colbert-Busch and Mark Sanford. Here are some of the questions:
May 03 2013
The GOP’s Immigration Problem
Here’s another example of the major problems the Republican Party has in trying to reach out to new constituencies while simultaneously holding on to old ones. In addition to gay rights, they have a similar problem on immigration, where they can’t appeal to Hispanic voters and to the right wing at the same time:
May 02 2013
Biden Wants Torture Report Released
The Senate Intelligence Committee put out a massive and comprehensive report on the use of torture by the government, but no one outside the government has ever seen it because the CIA is afraid it will reveal too much. Vice President Joe Biden says he thinks it should be released:
May 02 2013
Bipartisan Push to Buy Tanks Army Doesn’t Need
If you want a perfect microcosm of what is broken about our political system, look no further than this story about a push in Congress to continue funding the production of a tank that the military says it doesn’t want or need. Why? Because it brings jobs to a key swing state.
May 01 2013
Gun Rights Advocate Promotes Background Check Bill
Just how extreme are Republicans in Congress who voted to reject the Manchin-Toomey bill to extend background checks to private gun sellers? So extreme that even the guy who brought the lawsuit in Washington, DC that overturned the ban on handguns there thinks they’ve gone too far. Robert Levy, chairman of the board of the …
May 01 2013
Rove: Bush ‘Got the Big Things Right’
With the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library last week, there is a concerted effort underway to resurrect the reputation of Bush as a leader. Good luck with that. In fact, his presidency was a disaster in almost every conceivable way. But Karl Rove, who more than anyone else is responsible for getting …
Apr 29 2013
GOP Freshmen Demand Pointless Vote
One of the dirty little secrets that most people don’t understand about politics is that a lot of votes taken in Congress have nothing to do with actually changing policy. Instead, those votes take place solely so that they can be used during the next campaign. Here’s a perfect example:
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