Uniting to Oppose McConnell

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 19th at 06:31 AM  | 

I have joined FreedomWorks, American Majority Action, Let Freedom Ring, and the Club For Growth in drafting a letter to Republicans in Congress opposing the McConnell Plan. Of particular note, considering who all is on board this letter, is this paragraph: We will refrain from backing any Member of Congress or candidate for federal office, or a leadership position in a Republican Caucus, who supports the McConnell—Reid—Pelosi “Cut, Run, and Hide” plan, to the extent that our various legal structures  and rules allow. I | Read More »

Now We See It All. Mitch McConnell’s Pontius Pilate Act Is Cover for Tax Increases

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 18th at 09:42 AM  | 

Well, well, well. As Monday’s news cycle gets into full gear, we’re starting to see exactly what Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi are cooking up for the American public — pretend spending cuts and very real tax increases. It is like the GOP learned nothing from No Child Left Behind. In NCLB, the GOP let liberals like Teddy Kennedy write the legislation and | Read More »

The Rise of the Third Party

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 18th at 05:00 AM  | 

I have long criticized the calls of many disaffected conservatives for a third party and I maintain that position. The closest I have come to calling for a third party is to encourage tea party activists to take over the GOP from within. External third parties are not, in my mind, a solution to anything, but a great enabler of Democrats. Notwithstanding my opinion, I | Read More »

Moody’s Rejects McConnell’s ‘Pontius Pilate Act’

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 13th at 06:45 PM  | 

Moody’s Investor Services is sending out a pretty clear rejection of Mitch McConnell‘s “Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011.” Republicans and Democrats who are spinning it in favor of folding like a cheap suit and just raising the debt ceiling should pay attention. According to Moody’s, “the outlook assigned at that time to the government bond rating would very likely be changed to | Read More »

Nancy Pelosi Congratulates Mitch McConnell on His ‘Pontius Pilate Act’. Seriously.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 13th at 09:37 AM  | 

If it weren’t bad enough that Harry Reid is trying to make Mitch McConnell‘s ‘Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011″ acceptable to Republicans, you might want to consider that Nancy Pelosi congratulated Mitch McConnell on a job well done. Not kidding. Stephen F. Hayes, who my wife says is the best looking guy on Bret Baier’s panel other than Bret (yeah, I have | Read More »

Harry Reid Tries to Make Mitch McConnell’s ‘Pontius Pilate Act’ More Appealing to Republicans

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 13th at 09:19 AM  | 

Just how pathetic is Mitch McConnell‘s ‘Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011,’ his proposal to let the President automatically raise the debt ceiling by $2 trillion without any cuts so long as the GOP doesn’t get blamed? Harry Reid is intervening to make it more palatable to Republicans. Publicly, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) left the door open to the idea. | Read More »