Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes a perverse pleasure in trolling the voters who elected her to office as a Democrat. This is not normal or healthy behavior for a senator. The Washington Post reports, Sinema, McConnell engage in mutual admiration — and some Democrats seethe: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Monday engaged in a mutual admiration … Read more
Apparently, small ball is just as prevalent in Washington D.C. as it is in baseball. While the big headline bills of Build Back Better, increased voting rights, immigration reform, and justice reform languish (for now,) other less “controversial” (to Republicans) and vitally important bills are garnering widespread support. According to reporting by NBC News, Congress … Read more
In the Seinfeld TV series, Jerry’s nemesis and sworn enemy is his neighbor, the mailman Newman. Jerry’s trademark greeting for Newman is to say “Hello, Newman” in a snide and condescending tone. This is how I have come to view Sen. Joe Manchin. Every time I see his name in the news I reflexively say “Manchin” … Read more
Told ya so! The Gang of Twenty’s fictitious “bipartisan” infrastructure bill appears to be falling apart today after Republican negotiators had promised they would have the bill ready by Monday. There was never any good faith in these negotiations, despite what Joe Biden would like to believe, it was always Mitch McConnell’s rope-a-dope strategy to … Read more
Remember when Barack Obama negotiated in good faith, ad nauseam, with Republicans to address their objections in an effort to come to a bipartisan agreement on health care reform? This was the Mitch McConnell “rope-a-dope” strategy. Republicans did not negotiate in good faith, their plan was always to run out the clock on the Obama … Read more