A bit more on this important event. It will be interesting to see the landscape 4 years hence. ================= WSJ 2/9/2017 By Daniel Henninger The extraordinary battle over Betsy De Vos’s nomination to be secretary of education is the defining event of the Trump presidency’s early days. As presented, the DeVos confirmation appeared to be a standard partisan conflict between Democrats... Read more
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The DeVos Apocalypse
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Henninger, The LeftThe Real Democratic Party
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Party Politics, The Left, Unions===== WSJ 2/8/2017 The Senate made history Tuesday when Mike Pence became the first Vice President to cast the deciding vote for a cabinet nominee. The nominee is now Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The vote came after an allnight Senate debate in a futile effort by Democrats to turn the third Republican vote they needed to scuttle the nomination on claims that... Read more
Chuck Schumer vs. the ‘Resistance’
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party PoliticsTalk about a tough job. ============== WSJ By William A. Galston 2/8/2017 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has the toughest job in Washington, and nothing on the horizon is likely to make it any easier. By Election Day the tactics and tone of the Trump campaign had already rubbed Democrats’ nerves raw. The massive turnout for the Women’s March the day after the... Read more
The Non-Silence of Elizabeth Warren
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party Politics, The LeftThe Democrat Party wants to live by separate rules. And yet they wonder why Donald Trump was elected. It was their “President Obama” who said, many times over: Elections have consequences. But God forbid a non-Democrat to think the same?! Is this really where they want to take this country? If the answer is yes, I hope they are ready. ====== WSJ Feb. 8,... Read more
Who’s ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump Now?
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The LeftThe protesters’ words and actions don’t need my interpretation. =================== By WILLIAM MCGURN WSJ Updated Feb. 6, 2017 7:21 p.m. ET Quick: What do “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” US Weekly and former President Barack Obama have in common? All have been accused of the high crime of “normalizing” Donald Trump. The idea is that anyone... Read more
Sharp Left Turn Ahead
February 6 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, The LeftTalk about religious fervor. -===== By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN WSK Feb. 5, 2017 6:11 p.m. ET Chuck Schumer practically lives in the Senate, but these days there’s a lot going on at the house. Leftist throngs have been gathering outside Mr. Schumer’s residence in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding that the Senate minority leader “get a spine” and oppose President Trump on everything. That probably isn’t his... Read more
