Norman Ornstein

1 month ago | contrarian.substack.com | Norman Ornstein

Not long after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer engineered enough of his party’s votes to smooth passage of the partisan Republican “Continuing Resolution” to avoid a government shutdown, he made sure that his rationale made it into a sympathetic piece in the New York Times. According to Schumer, his maneuvers were adroit, leaving him to take the heat while giving leeway to many of his colleagues to vote “No” without it leading to a shutdown.

1 month ago | rsn.org | Norman Ornstein

Some counsel the Democrats to just wait and let the GOP immolate itself. This is horrible advice. Here are some better ideas. Democrats are in the middle of an internal battle over how to react to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their depredations. That Democrats are divided is nothing new. But the stakes are higher than ever.

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Norman Ornstein

Democrats are in the middle of an internal battle over how to react to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their depredations. That Democrats are divided is nothing new. But the stakes are higher than ever. On the one side, we have old bulls like James Carville and David Axelrod, with allies inside Congress like Virginia Senator Mark Warner, cautioning Democrats not to confront Republicans.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Norman Ornstein

Democrats are in the middle of an internal battle over how to react to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their depredations. That Democrats are divided is nothing new. But the stakes are higher than ever. On the one side, we have old bulls like James Carville and David Axelrod, with allies inside Congress like Virginia Senator Mark Warner, cautioning Democrats not to confront Republicans.

2 months ago | contrarian.substack.com | Norman Ornstein

You don’t have to be a Washingtonian to love the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—but it helps. As one who has long loved its varied programming, from symphonies and ballet to Broadway productions and cutting edge plays, concerts, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Mark Twain Prize and more, I was stunned by the Trump putsch, ousting its core leadership and a swath of its board, making himself the chair, and appointing an unqualified and radical interim leader in Ric Grenell.