Official Washington's reaction to Bob Woodward's book is exactly what you'd expect in Kabuki theater: People are shocked, shocked to learn that "the adults" in the White House have been…
Oratory is Joe Biden's trademark as a politician, and he displays it best at funerals. His eulogy for John McCain was so good it prompted some pundits to muse about…
This is what they mean when they say "the institutions are working," apparently: The Washington Post has a copy of Bob Woodward's new book, in which former administration officials confess…
I'm gonna have to go with dogs. Not all dogs, mind you. A lot breeds will do exactly as they're told, just like Republicans. But the smartest breeds, especially herders…
Given how permissive Democrats have been about white-collar Wall Street crime, punishing no bankers for their law-breaking around the Great Recession, how can they ever convince Republicans in Congress that…
It was a heckuva week for funerals. Aretha Franklin's, in Detroit, employed stirring eulogies, heartfelt performances, and more than 100 pink Cadillacs in a 10-hour celebration of her life and…
I'm starting to understand why Republicans aren't eager to replace Trump with Mike Pence: He's not only a dick, he's a kind of stupid one. He promised Wisconsin voters that…
New polls show Trump entering Dick Cheney levels of unpopularity, as his unfavorable rating rose to 60%, a level familiar only to the architect of the Iraq War. Andrew Gillum's…
Give Donald Trump credit: He has inspired thousands of people to run for office who never considered it before. Among Democrats, that has meant a wave of female and minority…
While mainstream Democratic leaders timidly fail to oppose Trump's judicial nominees, a Massachusetts candidate for Congress shows how it should be done: Barbara L'Italien, the same woman who punked Fox…
Florida voters in both parties rejected the more centrist candidates in yesterday's primaries, and within hours GOP winner Ron DeSantis, a Trump favorite, was warning voters not to "monkey up"…
I'm old enough to remember the mockery when President GHW Bush was photographed looking baffled by the then-newfangled grocery store laser scanners. That sprang to mind this morning after Trump…
The Republican Party should ditch the elephant and replace him with a frog in a pot of water. Axios released the argument for that in the form of a spreadsheet…