Ever since the mid-1990s, the House of Representatives have operated under an informal governing principle known as the Hastert Rule, a rule that required a “majority of the majority” in order to pass legislation. Simply put, the rule meant that…
Category: Republicans
Jeb Bush: Compassionate Conservative 2.0
TSA and the Republican-led Congress: a picture of ineptitude
George Pataki: Social conservatives are a “distraction”
Former NY governor George Pataki is about to announce his intention to add his name to the list of Republicans seeking to be the GOP nominee for president in 2016. Just as you would expect from an East Coast Republican,…
General Patton would hate Mitch McConnell
Chris Christie: NSA spying fears are “baloney”
Obamacare study confirms Obama’s economic failures
A few days ago, I shared how Obama likes to massage data to make it look like his economic policies are working. Unemployment rate goes down? It’s not because people are finding jobs. Instead, it’s because their unemployment benefits have…