The media has hyper-obsessed over the Kansas tax hike this year and has sold this as a repudiation of “supply side economics.” But the real story in the states has been the catastrophic effects of “tax and spend” fiscal policy in Illinois. Last week Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner continued his three-year standoff with House Speaker […]
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RealClearPolitics: Trump Mixes Up the Parties, Raises Questions
By David Shribman June 18, 2017 Donald J. Trump may project the notion that he is a man with all the answers, but in truth he may go down in history as the man who posed many of the important questions. No public official in modern times has challenged so many of the broad assumptions […]
Business News: Why the Stock Market Keeps Going Up, Up, Up
by Charles Gasparino All news is good news, apparently — at least if you judge by the stock market. US economic growth is sluggish, consumer confidence is down and President Trump’s tax reform is stalled. And yet, the market isn’t spooked — it has climbed to historic highs. The question is why. After all, the […]
Washington Post: Do we really want the Supreme Court to decide how partisan is too partisan?
By Charles Lane Opinion writer June 21 On Dec. 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended the recount of Florida’s votes in that year’s presidential election, effectively awarding 25 electoral votes to Republican George W. Bush and making him president. The decision was 5 to 4, with the most conservative Republican-appointed justices in favor of Bush. […]
Michael Barone: The Outlook After the Special Elections
By Michael Barone June 23, 2017 The victory of Republican Karen Handel in the special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday has discouraged Democrats and encouraged Republicans. Democrat Jon Ossoff won 48.1 percent in the special election’s first round April 18, and Democrats had high hopes that they could take this House seat […]
KONDRACKE: A Call to Revive America’s Political Center
Commentary By Morton Kondracke June 22, 2017 Before our savagely polarized country rips itself apart with violent language and violent deeds, it’s time for the nation’s adult leaders to rally and fortify the political center. I’m not talking about national Republican and Democratic leaders. They’re hopeless. They’re momentarily talking up bipartisan unity after the near-massacre […]
REALCLEARPOLITICS: Women’s Congressional Softball Game Shows Best Side of Sports
By Cory Gunkel June 21, 2017 Republicans, Democrats, and members of the media posed for pictures together, laughing and telling stories to one another as a packed crowd at Watkins Recreation Center Tuesday night looked on in excitement. It wasn’t a utopian fantasy or a clip from “The West Wing,” but the scene of the […]
PODCAST: Mackinac Island Extravaganza/Bernstein for Governor/Epstein for Senate/Re-elect Mayor Duggan?
Is Mark Bernstein really running for governor? Lena Epstein announces for U.S. Senate, will Detroiters re-elect Mayor Mike Duggan, and what should we expect from the Detroit Regional Chamber’s conference next week–we interviewed WJR’s own Ken Rogulski and asked. Sponsored by www.DeadlineDetroit.com. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/mackinac-island-extravaganzabernstein-for-governorepstein-for-senatere-elect-mayor-duggan/s-Jg7RE
Reformers Stuck in Neutral on Michigan Redistricting
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 22 decision on a North Carolina Congressional/legislative redistricting case (Cooper v. Harris), let’s revisit where efforts stand to ‘reform’ Michigan’s method of dealing with this long-festering issue. During the past five months, the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and Bridge magazine have all published articles dealing […]
Trouble May Lie Ahead for Democrats on Redistricting
We can’t be sure yet, but the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the North Carolina redistricting case known as Cooper v. Harris should not be the cause for celebration among Democrats, liberals, and voting rights advocates as has been depicted by the befuddled MainStream Media (MSM). The somewhat perplexing decision, by a […]