As National Journal’s Ron Brownstein writes, “the Republican Party now finds itself in the same position that Democrats were in after 1988: searching for a way to broaden the party’s appeal and message. (Or as former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour puts it, the GOP is in need of “a very...
President Obama’s first presser following his reelection made clear that he has no time to savor his victory and that he’s not going to make exaggerated claims of electoral mandates. NO HONEYMOON FOR OBAMA President Obama acknowledged, “I'm more than familiar with all the literature about presidential overreach in second...
President Barack Obama kicked off face-to-face fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders Friday with a meeting at the White House pledging to finally make the progress that’s been promised for months.
There’s a new gang of senators who ran their campaigns as unabashed progressives and won. Several of them will replace more moderate predecessors, led by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a hero of the left who reclaimed the seat of the original liberal lion: Sen. Ted Kennedy. Warren, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chris...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is expected to take the helm of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) will chair the Senate Budget Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Democratic caucus won’t likely finalize committee chairmanships until after the Thanksgiving break or as late as January....
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has a message for his GOP colleagues: The NDAA is not a vehicle for grandstanding. He is urging members of his own party to limit their amendments to the bill — and to not use it as an...
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