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Why more Republicans 鈥� even GOP primary voters 鈥� back same-sex marriageThe generational changes that helped widen public acceptance of same-sex marriage are affecting Republicans, too. So is the deepening consensus that聽the debate on same-sex marriage is essentially over.
DHS funding: GOP doesn鈥檛 deserve the blame (but will probably get it)Democrats aren't allowing a Senate debate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security,聽but it's the Republicans who are likely to get blamed, if the result is a shutdown.
Have Republicans gone MAD (mutual assured destruction) on the filibuster?Some Republicans want Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to change the rules of the Senate, so their 聽DHS funding bill can pass, averting a government shutdown. But聽McConnell can鈥檛 go nuclear the filibuster alone.听
Federal judge orders temporary halt to deferred deportation program. Now what?Ultimately, the Supreme Court has emphasized that the federal government has broad discretion in the area of immigration that preempts the powers of the states.
Brian Williams: Fake news, real news, and the state of journalismWhat Brian Williams recounted in his Iraq story was based on actual events, but his misleading coverage of Katrina actually had an impact on how we viewed that tragic event in American history.
'Throwing shade': trash talk about politics takes a turn toward the hipHouse Speaker John Boehner won Internet fame 鈥� or infamy, depending on your perspective 鈥� for appearing to silently 'throw shade' against President Obama during last month鈥檚 State of the Union address.
Will ending the filibuster make government work better? Obama says yes.But don't expect the termination of the filibuster to solve polarization. With no right to filibuster, minority parties will be more isolated; and the Senate, more partisan.听
Alabama standoff over same-sex marriage channels George WallaceThere is no difference between what Chief Justice Roy Moore is advocating and what Gov. George Wallace did in 1963 when stood in a doorway to block integration at the University of Alabama. The federal courts, then as now, will prevail.
Why Democrats may boycott Netanyahu speech to CongressDemocrats need to proceed carefully here because a full-on boycott of Netanyahu鈥檚 speech risks alienating an important constituency group in the Democratic Party.
Why Congress is AWOL on national security policyCongress is ineffective by design and has been rendered much more so by the imposition of a parliamentary style of lockstep partisan voting upon a system that鈥檚 supposed to force cross-cutting compromise.
Is US politics so bizarre that headlines require a label: 'Not the Onion'?'Not The Onion' is a way to flag a political article or assertion considered so unbelievable that it just聽had聽to come from the聽satiric publication.
President Obama's road to nowhere near the US CongressIf you ask anybody in Congress, in either party, how much interaction the president and his team has had with them or their legislative staff, and they will tell you none.
Why Mitt will run in 2016 ... Oh, never mind!Next question: Why didn鈥檛 Mitt run? At this point, I don鈥檛 know. I suspect no one else except Mitt himself does either. But that鈥檚 not going to stop many pundits from saying, 'I told you so.'
Mitt Romney is out: Now, nobody can winAmid all the聽punditry about candidates who are absolutely certain to lose, just remember the similar comments about nearly everyone who has gone on to win.
Mitt Romney to announce 2016 plans today: Is he in?Update: He's out!
Did Congress just make the US-Israeli relationship even more partisan?It鈥檚 hard to see how Prime Minister Netanyahu is helping the long-term interests of his country by becoming involved so openly in a partisan political dispute in Washington.
Hillary Clinton: the case for waiting until summer to enter presidential raceDemocrats are eager to downplay the idea that the 2016 primary race will basically end up being a coronation for Hillary Clinton, but that鈥檚 exactly what it鈥檚 shaping up to be. And as long as it is, she can afford to wait.
Need a dodge for questions you're not ready to answer? Here it is.'I'm focused on' is one of those maxims that鈥檚 difficult for anyone beyond a politician鈥檚 inner circle to disprove. And it helps demonstrate said politician鈥檚 devotion to his or her current duties. Ask Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
A state-run news agency for 'small government' Indiana: Huh?Gov. Mike Pence is about to launch an agency to send out administration press releases and craft 'features' for private news media. It might help a presidential run, but it's not so clear how this is a proper function of government.
Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, unlikely to serve prison timeThe Army is denying that a final determination has been made in Bergdahl's case, but NBC is sticking with its story.听After five years in Taliban captivity, there seems to be little reason to punish Bergdahl more severely.
