Tag: Commentary

Moore says religious conservatives should take up racial and social reconciliation. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Beltway Confidential

Russell Moore throws down gauntlet to Religious Right

Daniel Allott · December 15, 2016 11:00 am

It was President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who were repeatedly outplayed and embarrassed by Putin on Ukraine, Syria and the Baltics. At the very least, Russian President Vladimir Putin's preference would seem debatable. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

The real reasons for Russian electoral meddling

Rep. Chris Stewart · December 15, 2016 5:04 am

The Yucca Mountain repository is just a $15 billion hole in the ground, thanks mostly to ferocious opposition from the retiring Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Perry, make Yucca Mountain great again

Washington Examiner · December 15, 2016 5:01 am

Residents and businesses have been voting with their feet in favor of economic freedom. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Federal government should follow states’ example on economic freedom

Dean Stansel · December 15, 2016 12:01 am

Private financing methods, along with conventional tolls, are also an option for funding road improvements. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)

Beltway Confidential

The road Trump should take to better infrastructure

Gabriel Roth · December 15, 2016 12:00 am

More than petty, the snub could be his biggest gaffe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Twitter snub puts president-elect’s messaging at risk

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2016 11:59 pm

His moves look like a good cop, bad cop routine. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What’s Trump up to on foreign policy?

Michael Barone · December 14, 2016 11:55 pm

Fundraising email describes Obama as eclipsing the residents of Mount Rushmore. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

DCCC: Obama ‘the best president ever’

Keith Koffler · December 14, 2016 11:11 pm

Romney has certainly made his share of mistakes, but in refusing to renounce his moral reservations about Trump as though he had been misleading people with some kind of political hyperbole, he showed that there was a limit to how far he'd go in the quest for power. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Romney didn’t grovel; neither should Senate Republicans

David Freddoso · December 14, 2016 9:26 pm

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White has notified Congress that she will keep issuing new rules until the last minute of Obama's term. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s SEC chair defies congressional Republicans and American electorate

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2016 8:58 pm

The strategists at Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn headquarters, led by the millennial wunderkind Robby Mook, failed to change their strategy in Michigan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Who’s to blame for the Clinton campaign’s blunders?

Michael Barone · December 14, 2016 8:44 pm

Sen. Harry Reid told BuzzFeed Tuesday night that Mitt Romney got it right on Russia in 2012. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Reid won’t apologize for smearing Romney but admits he was right on Russia

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2016 6:17 pm