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Black voters 'abandoned' by Democrats warm to Donald Trump

In this Aug. 25, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a roundtable meeting with the Republican Leadership Initiative in his offices at Trump Tower in New York. Dr. Ben Carson is seated next to Trump at center. ... more > By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Monday, December 23, 2019 Former NFL player Jack Brewer once raised campaign money for President Barack Obama, but now he’s among the increasing number of black voters who support President Trump. “There is an awakening going on right now in the country,” Mr. Brewer said of black voters who traditionally support Democrats. “I’m going to take the guy who’s actually putting in the policies that are going to make life better for my young black son and my young black daughter, versus somebody who gives me lip service — like, unfortunately, the Democrats have done for our community for years.”

Is Big Government Making a Big Comeback?

Please verify your request* Advertisement With the passage of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, the federal government has now provided more than $5 trillion in relief and stimulus spending in response to the Covid-19 pandemic over the last year, leading some to wonder if we are witnessing the start of a new era of big government. Gallup’s Frank Newport tackles that issue Friday, noting that the “new legislation once again brings into sharp focus conflicting opinions on the appropriate role of the federal government in Americans' daily lives — at the center of controversy and dispute since the drafting of the U.S. Constitution 230 years ago.”

Krugman: Will stagnation follow the Biden boom?

Krugman: Will stagnation follow the Biden boom? March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail President Joe Biden meets with lawmakers in February to discuss infrastructure. One way to keep economic momentum going? Invest in infrastructure. But would Republicans join the Biden administration on this?Evan Vucci /Associated Press It’s morning in America! People are getting vaccinated at the rate of 2 million a day and rising, suggesting that the pandemic may be largely behind us in a few months (unless premature reopening or variants mostly immune to the current vaccines set off another wave). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already declared that vaccinated adults can safely mingle with one another, their children and their grandchildren.

Will stagnation follow the Biden boom?

Paul Krugman: Will stagnation follow the Biden boom?

Paul Krugman writes that Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan will definitely boost the economy. For awhile. After that a big infrastructure plan is necessary.

The stimulus is temporary, and so will be the boom that follows

Which makes the economic case for an ambitious, but politically difficult, infrastructure plan.

Opinion | Will Stagnation Follow the Biden Boom?

The Challenge of Going It Alone

The last time we had a Senate divided at 50/50 was back in 2001. It only stayed that way until May of 2001 when Vermont Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords switched parties, giving Democrats 51 seats. 

The Challenge of Going It Alone

The last time we had a Senate divided at 50/50 was back in 2001. It only stayed that way until May of 2001 when Vermont Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords switched parties, giving Democrats 51 seats.  But, the make-up of the Senate was much less polarized than it is today. In 2001, 30 senators — 10 Republicans and 20 Democrats — represented a state that voted for the other party's presidential nominee. There were blue-state Republicans like Senators Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois, and red-state Democrats like Senators Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina. Today, just six senators — three Republican and three Democrats — sit in a state where their party's nominee for president did not win. In other words, 20 years ago, many more senators had a political incentive to work with the opposite party.  In fact, when President Bush passed the 2001 tax bill through reconciliation, 12 Democrats voted for it and two Republicans voted against it. Today, reconciliation means it passes only with a party-line vote.  

Jordan Candler: Alas, the Paris Accord Is Restored — The Patriot Post

Just over a month ago, we discussed a strategy that President Donald Trump unfortunately never utilized before vacating the White House: Sending the Paris Climate Accord to the Senate for rejection. After all, Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution stipulates, “[The president] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.” Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, the man responsible for this reckless pipe dream, slyly abrogated his constitutional responsibility by not sending the accord to the Senate for ratification — with the help of a few Republicans, we might add. In fact, Matt Margolis of PJ Media points out, “Obama, who fancied himself a constitutional scholar, never even attempted to go to the Senate for ratification. Instead, he avoided referring to the agreement as a treaty publicly, in order to argue that Senate ratification wasn’t constitutionally mandated.”