McConnell ultimatum letter issued only after betrayal of conservatives

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 10:55 AM  | 

Take no comfort in the letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) signed by all 42 current members of the Republican caucus in the U.S. Senate promising to filibuster all legislation brought to the floor by the Democratic majority: “…until the Senate has acted to fund the government and we have prevented the tax increase that is currently awaiting all American taxpayers.” The letter is a lie. | Read More »

No branch Office of the President-Elect in Georgia

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  November 27th at 07:06 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries by Erick. Michael Barone reports: Democrats hope for a disproportionately large turnout of young and black voters, but Barack Obama, busy building an administration with an eye to bipartisan acceptability, seems so far unwilling to deploy the one political asset—personal campaigning by the president-elect—that seems most likely to spark such turnout. Democrats hope, but Obama’s non-change Clinton cabinet doesn’t extend to | Read More »