David Trott’s victory in Michigan’s District 11 Republican House primary marks the first time this year a Republican Establishment candidate has upset a Tea Party Incumbent.
For a party that says its not interested in impeachment, the GOP sure keeps bringing it up.
The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.
Once again, the Tea Party has gotten the best of House GOP Leadership.
The usual suspects are blocking any action at all on the border crisis.
Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.
The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.
Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.
Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.
We federal civil servants are apparently in for a backdoor pay raise.
The people with the biggest voices in the GOP seem to be leading it to positions that most Americans disagree with.
The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.
Did sending some of its workforce home without pay impact the work environment at the Defense Department? Duh.
An unknown Tea Party candidate unexpectedly beat the House Leader in today’s GOP primary.
Some old fashioned political arm twisting has up-ended the apple cart in Richmond.
An award for breaking a campaign promise.
The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.
Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus
Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.
As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.
Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”
Some good news, but also plenty of reason to worry about the future.
Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.
A surprisingly disappointing jobs report for December.
There are more self-identified Independents in the country than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. And it’s mostly at the expense of the GOP.
There are some signs that there may be room to strike a deal on the extension of unemployment benefits, but it’s likely to require some drama on Capitol Hill before it happens.
Has Speaker Boehner breathed new life into immigration reform in the House? Maybe.
Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle
So far at least, the 2014 elections do not appear likely to be a political earthquake on the scale of 2006, 2008, or 2010.
Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.
Last night, Speaker John Boehner showed that he can beat the Tea Party wing of the Caucus he heads. That has important consequences for the future.
A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.
Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.
3.6% GDP growth in the 3rd Quarter, but the devil is in the details.
The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.
