by Dave Johnson | Mar 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
A Supreme Court justice has died. Normally (and according to the Constitution) the process is that the president nominates a successor, the Senate holds hearings, and there is a vote on whether to confirm that nominee. According to the Constitution, that's their job,...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Thursday night’s tenth GOP presidential debate was, ironically, best summed up by CNN’s closed captioner for the hearing impaired. Last night’s Republican presidential debate was many things, but you only need to watch about 30 seconds to get the gist of it....
by Bill Scher | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
A Donald Trump nomination means several elements of the Republican Party will sit out the election, vote third-party or even vote Democrat. The seams of the GOP coalition are tearing apart in front of our eyes. After Donald Trump's South Carolina victory, conservative...
by Robert Reich | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]https://youtu.be/6W5e7AwqksU[/fve] 1. Cruz is more fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 19, 2016 | Conservatism, Democracy
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death has detonated a political furor over the nomination of his successor. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared total obstruction, announcing that the nomination of a new justice should await election...
by Bill Scher | Feb 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
For a moment, after he underperformed his poll numbers in Iowa, it seemed like our Donald Trump nightmare was over. But then Trump sightly overperformed in New Hampshire, despite lacking a traditional get-out-the-vote effort. And Trump's poll numbers in South Carolina...
