Christopher Bedford

4 days ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

Republicans are in a fix. Medicaid costs have exploded over the past six years, and the system is rife with waste, fraud, and abuse. Democrats don’t want to do anything meaningful about it, but large majorities of voters support most of the Republicans’ proposed tweaks. Well ... all except one, which pits old-guard Republicans against the populist insurgents. But a solution exists. As a body, the Senate is reliably more than a decade behind the rest of the country, politically.

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

Democrats smell blood in the water. From the threat of a new Middle East war to proposed changes to Medicaid and food stamps, they see dozens of opportunities to regain political ground. But their own dysfunction — infighting, petty rivalries, and a stunning lack of talent — is holding them back. No rising star has emerged. No one seems capable of carrying the flag.

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

President Donald Trump’s broad coalition faces the hardest test of his second administration this week, all depending on what the president commits the country’s armed forces to over the next few days. On one side of the MAGA coalition, Iran hawks, military interventionists, and remaining neoconservatives are excitedly watching for their long-awaited collapse of the ayatollahs’ regime.

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

The Democratic Party is lost at sea. Locked into an increasingly radical ideology, it barrels toward the abyss like Captain Ahab — mad, obsessive, and unwilling to turn back. In this voyage, changing course would mean betrayal. And the loudest voices aboard are still cheering the captain on. That leaves Democrats with one strategy: Provoke confrontation and bait Republicans into overreaction. They want the fight — and they plan to weaponize it.

2 weeks ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

In an age of unprecedented national debt, $9.4 billion is just a drop in a bucket, coming in at about 27 bucks per American. But still — still! — it might not pass the U.S. Senate, where it’s headed after the House of Representatives’ yes vote on Thursday. That's because with just a three-vote majority, even reaching 51 votes is difficult when members are on completely different pages.