Good news for Democrats? It’s all relative

Good news for Democrats? It’s all relative

Democrats got some good news from the ABC News-Washington Post poll yesterday. Mind you, good news is relative. The poll indicates that the political environment is no longer deteriorating for the party in power, not that they’re in any great shape as we head into the...
Grifters and leaders

Grifters and leaders

The Republican establishment is finally fighting back. The ferocity with which Senator Thom Tillis is going after Madison Cawthorn is impressive. Tillis is leveling a no-holds barred attack on the Congressman from the 11th district using a SuperPAC to attack him and...
Above the law

Above the law

Madison Cawthorn has learned one lesson of the Trump era well: Republican politicians are above the law. He was stopped earlier this week for carrying a handgun in the Charlotte airport for the second time since he’s been in Congress. I doubt it was an accident. He...
The accountability gap

The accountability gap

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lied…and lied…and lied. After the release of a book that claims McCarthy told people he would call on Trump to resign during the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, McCarthy denied that ever happened. And he denied it...
The corrupt and the incompetent

The corrupt and the incompetent

“If this isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what is.” Mitch McConnell in the wake of January 6. McConnell, of course, voted against impeachment just a few days later. He lost his spine, just like House Minority Kevin McCarthy who told colleagues he would call on Trump to...