Via email from Newt at American Solutions for Winning the Future Today, the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, or “Card Check” was introduced in the U.S. Congress. This bill would effectively eliminate our right to vote by private ballot when deciding whether to join a union, and underm...

Just back a few days ago from a wonderful trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras--caught mucho mucho throws (that's a N.O euphemism for beads, flashing lights things and stuffed velveteen crawfish, etc.) One Mardi Gras highlight was the Zulu Crewe's floats and I even managed to capture the elusive cocon...

Did you know that shameful loser ex-congressman Newt Gingrich is the future of the GOP? It's true! We read it in a Matt Bai piece, so surely Newt will be as successful as Mark Warner. Newt used to be the Speaker of the House, and he engineered the Republican Revolution in 1994 and by 1998 he'd resig...

David Frum thinks that Republicans, especially activist conservative Republicans, are in the throes of a very powerful myth: The myth is the myth of the Goldwater triumph of 1964. It goes approximately as follows: In 1964, after years of watered down politics, Republicans turned to a true conservati...

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Quotations about Perseverance When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~Author Unknown Perseverance is the hard work you do afte r you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.  Newt Gingrich Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Â...

. TERM "REPUBLICAN" IS NO LONGER IN USE 150-YEAR-OLD PARTY LABEL CHANGED FOR THE FIRST TIME Webster Editor Says "It's A Sign Of The Times" In recognition of the increasing use of the term "assholes" to describe members of the G.O.P., the world's most popular dictionary has dropped the definition of ...

The New York Times seems to think there was no such thing as partisanship in Washington, D.C. until conservative Republicans came around in the 1990s to invent it. White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg's front-page Sunday Week in Review story, "Cutting the President Slack Is So Old School,&q...

As I tweet away throughout the day, often with plenty of partisan gusto, I wonder: too harsh? Today I tweeted that the Washington Post has outed former LBJ confidant and current lefty-crank Bill Moyers as a homophobe. But it seems that most people I follow do not tweet their views so directly. They ...

My colleague Satyam Khanna notes some of the broader context for the revelation that Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) is explicitly modeling his tactics on Newt Gingrich’s obstructionism in 1993-94. In Washington, coverage of politics is dominated by politics rather than the policy consequenc...