Tag: Commentary

The "Late Show" comic absolutely savaged Republicans. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Stephen Colbert’s monologue about the GOP’s Obamacare failure was rude, crude, and right

Philip Wegmann · July 19, 2017 3:50 pm

So long as liberals can justify and rationalize their contempt for cultural conservatives who own guns and worship at evangelical churches and drive pickup trucks and watch lowbrow sitcoms and are uncomfortable with transgenderism, the Democratic Party will not reconnect with those voters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Liberals can’t convincingly pretend they don’t have contempt for the working class

Emily Jashinsky · July 19, 2017 3:50 pm

There's lots of blame to share for the current collapse of efforts to replace Obamacare. But nobody comes close to deserving as much blame as Trump. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s malpractice botched Obamacare’s much-needed surgery

Quin Hillyer · July 19, 2017 3:39 pm

A Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday found 23 percent of registered voters listed healthcare as the top set of issues on their mind when casting ballots in federal elections. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

If Obamacare survives, does the GOP majority die?

Emily Jashinsky · July 19, 2017 2:12 pm

Natural gas is putting more money back into the pockets of millions of American households, accounting for an average savings of $900 annually on energy costs. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

Clearing the air on natural gas

Pierce Norton · July 19, 2017 12:00 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubtless been inspired to escalate his nuclear ambitions in part because of the failures of the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

The other North Korean threat

Sean Durns · July 19, 2017 4:01 am

The past few years have been littered with stories of colleges and administrators adhering to political correctness at the expense of free speech. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)

Beltway Confidential

It’s not crazy for Republicans to question whether colleges have a positive impact

Chandler Thornton · July 19, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is one of the moderate GOP senators who offered big talk about repealing Obamacare until a repeal actually became feasible.

GOP moderates who ran on Obamacare repeal oppose Obamacare repeal

Timothy P. Carney · July 19, 2017 3:39 am

Social Security is on track to be bankrupt by 2034. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Millennials to Congress: Fix Social Security now to save our financial future

David Barnes · July 19, 2017 12:00 am

This is not a war. It is a campaign with many fronts. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Keeping illegal drugs from flowing into the US must be a multilateral effort

Washington Examiner · July 18, 2017 11:00 pm

The House Budget Committee will vote on the proposal Wednesday, and Black hopes the blueprint will advance for a floor vote before Congress breaks for its August recess. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Budget Chair Diane Black wishes Freedom Caucus would get ‘excited’ about budget blueprint

Philip Wegmann · July 18, 2017 10:02 pm

We look forward to taking the case for these policies to the people, and to continuing our work to secure America's future economy. (Wikipedia Commons)

Reps. Mark Walker and Tom McClintock: Republican Study Committee budget secures our economic future

Rep. Mark Walker, Rep Tom McClintock · July 18, 2017 10:00 pm