So Many Bad Deals
Harry Reid and the rest of the Democratic leadership thought themselves so very clever. A deal for Sen. Ben Nelson. Another for Big Labor. Some Gator-Aid to help Bill Nelson. And presto: they’d have...
View ArticleThe Health-Care Tipping Point
It is an irony worthy of a Greek drama that the moment ObamaCare appeared to overcome one of the final hurdles to passage may have been the one that sealed its rejection a few days later in...
View ArticleDid Democrats Get the Message?
The Wall Street Journal editors note: In their seven stages of national health-care grief, Democrats are still hovering somewhere between shock and denial. The strategy seems to be to hold off for a...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
The latest Rasmussen poll provides a warning for incumbent Democratic lawmakers: “Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say the size of the federal budget deficit is due more to the unwillingness of...
View ArticleFire the Health-Care Contractors
E.J. Dionne eggs on the Democrats to finish the job on health-care reform. He chides them: But if Democrats are that intimidated by Republicans, they should just give up their majority. And this fear...
View ArticleObama Labor Nominee Draws Democratic Opposition
It seems that the nomination of Harold Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board may finally be kaput. Republicans are uniformly opposed to the nominee, who is the SEIU and AFL-CIO’s lawyer...
View ArticleBreaking the Cynicism Meter
Republicans have long suspected that the Obama health-care summit is a setup. After all, the first ground rule seems to be: “I get ObamaCare.” But sometimes even the Democrats outdo themselves in the...
View ArticleThe Reconciliation Dodge
House Democrats should be wary, says Sen. Judd Gregg, who smells a set-up on “reconciliation.” He explains: “If you’re in the House and you’re saying, ‘Well, I’m going to vote for this because I’m...
View ArticleRadical Move for a Radical Bill
Does she have the votes? Can she get them? That’s what everyone is wondering. “She” is Nancy Pelosi, and the votes will decide not only the fate of ObamaCare but also of Obama’s presidency. Michael...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
The problem for Senate Democrats: likely voters prefer Republicans this year. “Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey holds six-point lead over Senator Arlen Specter thanks to his strength with...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Harry Reid has even managed to stiffen Olympia Snowe’s spine: “For a second day in row, Democrats failed to open debate on a Wall Street reform bill after Senate Republicans held ranks to block it. The...
View ArticleDemocrats Balk at Raising Taxes in a Recession
It might have something to do with Obama’s falling poll numbers. Maybe they simply can’t bring themselves to defend the lunacy of raising taxes when the prospect of a double-dip recession is looming....
View ArticleLending the GOP a Helping Hand
It’s becoming apparent that Obama’s latest economic plan has not won over even his own party. The latest Democrat to ditch the president is Sen. Ben Nelson, who is hinting he’d join a filibuster: “It...
View ArticleGoing-Out-of-Business Sale in the Senate
Despite their tendency to make life more difficult for themselves, Republicans will enjoy greater numbers in the U.S. Senate after November. So Obama and Harry Reid are in essence having a...
View ArticleSenate Shifts
Fred Barnes makes a key observation: Ten Democrats whose seats are up in 2012 come from right-leaning states or saw their states scoot to the right this week: Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Bill Nelson of...
View ArticleRE: Senate Shifts
As I noted yesterday, the new Senate will have more Republicans and, just as important, many more nervous Democrats. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is thinking along the same lines: “I think the...
View ArticleManchin to Fight Obama — or Switch?
A report suggests that Senate Republicans are trying to lure Joe Manchin to switch parties: Aside from his pick of committee assignments (likely the Energy and Natural Resources Committee), Manchin...
View ArticleThanks, but I’d Rather Not
Not surprisingly, they aren’t lining up around the block to take the job — as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, that is: There don’t appear to be any real good options to replace...
View ArticleThe 2010 Midterm Election in Perspective
In shifting through the fine analysis that emerged in the aftermath of last week’s midterm elections, a few data points are particularly noteworthy: Republicans picked up more House seats than in any...
View ArticleCould 2012 Be Worse?
As we’ve noted, 2012 may be another perilous outing for Democratic incumbent congressmen and senators. The number of Democratic senators on the ballot in the next cycle (23, including the two...
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