“Trump is a Republican problem and a Republican cancer that they need to cut out of their party,” said Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.). “But that’s their problem.”
What Chris Matthews Learned in Washington
“This Country,” a new memoir from the host of “Hardball,” speaks volumes about the state of political punditry.
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Former
MSNBC host Chris Matthews has made a career out of a certain image of American
politics. It’s a nostalgic vision of the heyday of bare-knuckled ward bosses in
and around city halls and orotund lords of patronage on Capitol Hill, of brash
Irish-American presidents and speakers of the house lofting insults at one
another in the press before adjourning for fraternal meals and drinks long into
the D.C. evening. It’s a brand of political combat as glorified stag-bonding, at
State Sen. Mark Moores discusses his campaign plans on Fox & Friends First.
After suffering an electoral setback a month ago in a congressional special election in Texas and defending their razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats are taking no chances this time around in neighboring New Mexico in the showdown for a safe House seat the party’s held for a dozen years.
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in a special election in the state’s 1st Congressional District in the race to succeed Deb Haaland, who stepped down from her seat earlier this year after she was confirmed as interior secretary in President Biden’s Cabinet.
Rotunda Rumblings A cup of Joe: President Joe Biden touted the coronavirus relief packages that have passed thus far, but called for even bigger investments moving forward during a Thursday speech in Cleveland, Seth Richardson reports. During his visit part of his trip through politically advantageous states to promote his proposals Biden also had kind words to say about Gov. Mike DeWine’s .