GOP prepared to punish corporations that curtailed PAC donations
The message from these Republicans is not subtle: access and influence is for sale, and Corporate America should start writing checks accordingly.
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Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
Growing number of Republicans decide to walk away from the GOP
As a lifelong Republican and former fundraiser for Bush and McCain put it, "Enough. I'm out."
Former House GOP leader urges party to shift back toward reality
When even Eric Cantor thinks the Republican Party is spiraling toward a chaotic fantasyland, the GOP ought to realize it's arrived at a dangerous place.
The Democrats' preoccupation in 2021: learning lessons from 2009
Democrats spent months in 2009 weakening their own plans in the hopes of getting GOP votes that didn't materialize. Dems are preoccupied with the lessons.
As impeachment trial nears, Trump loses, replaces his legal team
The circumstances surrounding Trump's legal defense are increasingly farcical, but with an eye toward the Senate, the farce soon turns to tragedy.
The problem with the Republicans' 'offer' on a COVID relief package
Republicans apparently expect people to believe legislation should be assessed, not on its merits, but in its capacity to make the GOP minority happy.
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Republicans outraged by Dems' willingness to govern without them
Republicans genuinely seem to believe Biden has a responsibility to give the GOP the power to veto his own COVID relief bill.
Why it matters that McCarthy went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring
Earlier this month, several Republican leaders started imagining in earnest a post-Trump GOP. That's over now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's space-laser talk offers GOP new opportunity
Greene's anti-Semitic ideas about fire-causing space lasers should be enough to cause widespread unease among her fellow congressional Republicans.
Thursday's Mini-Report, 1.28.21
Today's edition of quick hits.
Republicans eye voting restrictions, despite smooth 2020 cycle
The fact that the 2020 elections were administered smoothly won't stop the Republican crusade for new voting restrictions.
On the filibuster's future, many Dems giving reforms a fresh look
The more Mitch McConnell and his members refuse to work constructively on public policy, the more he pushes Democrats to rethink their earlier positions.
New Republican congressman prioritizes punditry over policy
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has built his congressional team with communications, not governing, in mind. It's exactly what Mike Pence recommended.
Unemployment claims show improvement, but remain painfully high
While any improvement is encouraging, this new report points to unemployment claims higher than the totals from October and nearly all of November.
GOP's Greene faces backlash over radical new revelations
Each new revelation about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) seems worse than the last. A backlash was inevitable.
Wednesday's Mini-Report, 1.27.21
Today's edition of quick hits.
Tuesday's Mini-Report, 1.26.21
Today's edition of quick hits.
Why the Senate vote on Rand Paul's impeachment trial plan matters
Rand Paul's gambit to declare Trump's impeachment trial unconstitutional didn't work, but today's vote told us quite a bit about what's going to happen.
Trump wouldn't really create a new 'Patriot Party,' would he?
Trump appears less interested in creating a new party and more interested in controlling his old one.
Tuesday's Campaign Round-Up, 1.26.21
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
What if Joe Biden declared a climate emergency?
Marco Rubio warned two years ago, "If today, the national emergency is border security ... tomorrow the national emergency might be climate change." Yep.