Bill Scher
Politics Editor at Washington Monthly
Politics Editor for the Washington @Monthly. Also, contributor @politico @realclearnews, @DMZShow, When America Worked podcast. (Avi by @Jess_Sassenach.)
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1 week ago |
washingtonmonthly.com | Bill Scher
Last week, during a town hall in Marietta, Georgia, Senator Jon Ossoff told a constituent supportive of impeaching and removing President Donald Trump, “There is no doubt that this president’s conduct has already exceeded any prior standard for impeachment by the United States House of Representatives,” and “the only way to achieve what you want to achieve is to have a majority in the United States House of Representatives and … believe me, I’m working on it every single day.” Conservative...
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2 weeks ago |
mattklewis.substack.com | Matt Lewis |Bill Scher
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my Substack LIVE today with Bill Scher from The Washington Monthly. We kicked things off by asking the question no democracy should have to ask: Could Donald Trump’s chaos and incompetence actually protect us from his authoritarian streak? Spoiler: Maybe. But don’t get too comfortable. From there, we dove into Bill’s latest column, “Budget Reconciliation Could Be the Beginning of the End of the Republican Party.”His thesis?
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonmonthly.com | Bill Scher
“Presidential campaigns are like MRIs for the soul,” said David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s former campaign strategist. I believe a corollary is that the budget reconciliation process is like an MRI for the soul of a political party. The filibuster-proof process often begins with assumptions of party unity on major issues members and activists, only to discover fissures festering under the surface.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonmonthly.com | Bill Scher
“Policy experts and advocates of boosting the birthrate have been meeting with White House aides, sometimes handing over written proposals on ways to help or convince women to have more babies,” reported The New York Times.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonmonthly.com | Bill Scher
Pragmatism is a worthy principle in politics. If parties can’t win elections, they can’t shape policy. To win elections, parties need to build coalitions of base voters plus swing voters. Since issues that motivate base voters don’t always move swing voters, sometimes politicians need to emphasize issue positions with broad resonance and downplay those with narrower ideological appeal.
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"The Congressional Budget Office Still Works" -- my @monthly look at the refreshing news that CBO is still producing honest numbers even if they don't help Trump pass his Big Beautiful Bill https://t.co/POPUjdjSup
"Lame Duck Watch: Congressional Leaders Snub Trump on Drug Prices" -- my latest for the Washington @monthly https://t.co/TDlMy6MsMc
“This Republican Just Cracked the Doors Open to Higher Taxes on the Wealthy (Or Did He?)” — my latest for @monthly https://t.co/SnTAwBqVI2