Today in Washington – June 23, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 10:00 AM  | 

Tea Party Activists are likely to have another ally in Washington this Fall — Mike Lee, the Republican nominee for Senate from Utah.  Lee will join Republican nominee from Kentucky Rand Paul and the Republican nominee from Nevada Sharron Angle as non-establishment Tea Party activist candidates for Senate.  If these candidates are sworn into office, expect the Republican establishment to sound more conservative next year. The Senate | Read More »

Staffing news comes in threes.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 22nd at 07:46 AM  | 

So, in the last forty-eight hours or so, we’ve learned: Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is either leaving his job, or being shoved out of it, in the very near future; White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is going to be likewise leaving his job… not that anybody can tell the difference, given that WE DON’T ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS | Read More »