This morning NPR’s “On Point” had one of the most remarkable hours of radio we have ever heard. Host Tom Ashbrook had on Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discussing military spending. It is hard to imagine an odder pair than the openly gay Uber-liberal Frank and the sometimes odd Libertarian Paul ever agreeing on anything.
Reid and Rockefeller may get their wish with a speedy appointment but not like what they get
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Democratic colleagues are breathing again
For no apparent reason other than he could, Sen. Jeff Sessions has invoked senatorial privilege.
On Monday, the New England 3 of Senators, Collins and Snowe of Maine and Brown of Massachusetts all have firmly jumped on board the Financial Reform bill.
This should be a good week for Democrats.
Right now they could lose the house, the car and the summer vacation timeshare.
By Rod Pennington
In Hollywood the old saying goes once a villain, always a villain. Every since the Gulf spill began nearly three months ago, British Petroleum has been the bad guy in everyone’s book. And rightly so. It appears they may have cut corners on safety, seem more interested in getting the best lawyers than [...]
Former Speaker of the House Tipp O’Neill used to say, “all politics is local.” But how quickly Governor Joe Manchin III of West Virginia moves to fill the seat of the dearly departed Sen. Robert Byrd (D-RIP) has huge national implications. With the seat empty, the Democrats only have 58 of the 60 votes needed in the Senate to move legislation forward. What had been a tough task of finding a single Republican vote to break a filibuster now requires two. This puts the entire Democratic agenda of passing “sweeping” legislation they can campaign on in November in jeopardy.
Until the governor makes his move, Washington may grind to a halt.