Bill Straub: ‘The era of bipartisanship is over,’ McConnell declared; he should know since he killed it
What is a great nation to do when one of its top elected leaders overtly declares “the era of bipartisanship…
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Bill Straub: Dr. Fauci is fall-back target for Republican ire, since they can’t sink Biden’s approval rating
Unable thus far to chip into President Biden’s popularity – the RealClear Politics composite places his approval at just short…
Bill Straub: While celebrating our war dead, let us not forget that they were defending the right to vote
Memorial Day is a curious sort of holiday. On one hand it celebrates the glorious onset of summer, featuring trips…
Bill Straub: Masks, social distancing, vaccines work; it’s just amazing how much Paul, Massie get wrong
Two quick questions: 1. How many Americans have died as a result of the facemask recommendation issued by the Centers…
Bill Straub: We can’t have bipartisanship when McConnell says his job is to stop the administration
You can be forgiven if you viewed President Biden’s decision this week to meet with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell…
Bill Straub: If you wonder what’s up, it’s that Mitch McConnell, GOP are ready to ‘Defend White People’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is notorious for playing things close to the vest. This is the man who, after…
Bill Straub: Musings by the drunk at the end of the bar — and his untethered rants on this and that
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul is the political equivalent of the drunk sitting by himself at the far end of…
Bill Straub: Bipartisan commission on Supreme Court should perhaps consider term limits
Now that Republicans have made hash out of the supposedly non-political U.S. Supreme Court with a series of underhanded maneuvers,…
Bill Straub: Sing it to ‘Which Side Are You On’ and call it the ballad of Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul
The gossip sheets and the tabloids are constantly filled with reports about individuals who work closely together for years but…
Bill Straub: Al Smith was a character in every sense of the word — and made a big mark on Kentucky
The story goes that Charles de Gaulle, president of France, was riding in the backseat of his limousine with one…
Bill Straub: Where oh where is McConnell’s infrastructure plan to fix all the bridges and roads?
It would be redundant to note that the term “infrastructure week,” invoked during the administration of erstwhile President Donald J….
Bill Straub: Suddenly Republicans have discovered the national debt they built up, and don’t like it
We’re approaching the Spring after an election that saw Republicans lose both the White House and the Senate so, just…
Bill Straub: Go figure Mitch McConnell’s turnabout, forevermore putting party over country
Calling on any public figure to resign, retire, hit the road or however you might want to put it is…
Bill Straub: McConnell put his energies into court appointments (not much avail); Biden can do better
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, as benevolent as ever, has graciously decided to forgive U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland…
Bill Straub: The Republican Party is trying to find itself — a ‘house divided against itself cannot stand’
It was Lincoln, the pre-eminent member of a political organization formerly known as the Republican Party, who cited the synoptic…
Bill Straub: Some things you can count on, and Rand Paul is proceeding in his true, maskless form
You can always count on the sun to rise in the east and set in the west. You can always…
Bill Straub: Leadership AWOL, ghost of Lincoln looms, future of Republican Party hangs in balance
Reports about the impending death of the Republican Party are, as Twain once remarked about his own alleged demise, an…
Bill Straub: There are lies, real lies, silent lies, hallucinations and fabrications — and Rand Paul
It is obvious that the Republican Party has been stricken with a strange and exotic disease that leads to hallucinations…
Bill Straub: Yes, the flag is still there — and church bells should ring from sea to shining sea
There came a poignant moment during the inauguration ceremony for the new president of the United States of America, Joseph…
Bill Straub: Impeachment of Trump, as McConnell surprises with apparent approval and maneuvering
Now that President Donald J. Trump, aka Loser, has been impeached for an unprecedented second time – not the sort…
Bill Straub: So it has come to mob rule, terrorism, vandalism of Capitol, encouraged by sitting President
A little more than 85 years ago, during an era of rising fascism in Europe, Sinclair Lewis, who authored such…
Bill Straub: Count reasons for McConnell’s disdain for $2,000 stimulus checks; maybe 30 million of them
There’s been considerable talk recently on the subject of Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell and how he has somehow…