National I Didn’t Leave the GOP, the GOP Left Me: Despite ostensibly retiring to “spend more time with his family,” the subtext of Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Janesville) retirement suggests a man once deemed the future of the party has been cast aside. The Economist summed it up … [Read more...] about Political Roundup for April 18th, 2018…Ryan and the Grand Ole’ Party?…RRH Elections…
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Barbara Bush, Wife of the 41st President and Mother of the 43rd, Dies at 92
...from the NY Times.... Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died Tuesday evening at her home in Houston. She was 92. Jim McGrath, a family spokesman, announced the death in a statement posted to Twitter. On … [Read more...] about Barbara Bush, Wife of the 41st President and Mother of the 43rd, Dies at 92
James Comey get’s no love from the Clinton camp…..
The former Hillary Clinton may like the fact that James Comey is making Donald Trump twist in the wind.... But? They STILL feel that Comey help screw them out of a Clinton Presidency... Nick Merrill, who worked under Clinton at the State Department and on her 2008 … [Read more...] about James Comey get’s no love from the Clinton camp…..
About those National Guard Troops at the US/Mexican Border?
The Trump White House has released the mission's the troops are performing... As for President's Bush and Obama? They are performing SUPPORT actions... Not going on DIRECT interdiction missions.... They are prohibited from actually joining Border Cops in going … [Read more...] about About those National Guard Troops at the US/Mexican Border?
Tax Cuts turn sour for Republicans….
Donald Trump and his Republican lawmaking cohorts swore that Americans would rejoice at the tax cuts they where gonna get!.... It would be the Republican selling point!.... NOT! The tax cut law that they have rammed thru in the waining hours of last year isn't a tax cut … [Read more...] about Tax Cuts turn sour for Republicans….
Unionizing campaign workers?
Yup.... This IS a Democratic story of course right now ..... But if successful? Could turn to the Republicans.... Campaign workers as organized labor..... The campaign staffer handing out those yard signs, however, is almost certainly not part of a union. They … [Read more...] about Unionizing campaign workers?
With a Democratic House ‘wave’ coming….How about the Senate?
The folks over at FiveThirtyEight thinks that Democrats might do better than previously thought on the Senate side of Congress come election day in November.... Democratic prospects are looking better in Tennessee, Arizona and Texas. There is one race, though, where the … [Read more...] about With a Democratic House ‘wave’ coming….How about the Senate?
What House Speaker Ryan do we get until the end of the year?
Does he spend the next 9 months doing what he has been doing? Or does he go back to what he said he do as a good Republicans soldier ? Ryan’s decision against seeking an 11th term while staying at the House’s helm until year’s end, announced Wednesday, holds the … [Read more...] about What House Speaker Ryan do we get until the end of the year?