By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post Writing in The Washington Post recently, columnist Dana Milbank made the point: “It’s time for Democrats to be the grownups.” But on matters large and small, it appears that they cannot escape their own shallowness and they are stuck in early adolescence. We are only in the […]
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Voices of the Democratic Party have nothing new to say
By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, are making an effort to lay out their priorities ahead of the 116th Congress. Given that Sanders is a top contender for the presidential nomination in 2020, and Ocasio-Cortez is the party’s star for the 2018 election […]
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Is anything different for President Trump this time?
By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post More times than I can remember, I have thought, “Well, President Trump has done it now.” Or I have thought circumstances swirling around Trump would potentially endanger his presidency. I have always been wrong. But with the Paul Manafort convictions and the Michael Cohen plea, is anything […]
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Trump hurts himself in fight with Koch network
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post The president has another opportunity to be magnanimous, show himself to be the bigger man and to take a pass on fueling a fight with fellow Republicans. OK, that won’t happen. But it doesn’t mean the Trump-Koch dispute that flared in recent days should be ignored. I […]
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Bolton the best man to tackle North Korea
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post There is no doubt that John Bolton deserves his fair share of criticism. But Democrats and their allies in the media appear to be going off the rails. Some of their criticism of the national security adviser-designate is forced at best. Bolton is an accomplished diplomat; despite […]
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Republican Party will outlast Donald Trump
By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post What President Donald Trump said about how he would have run into the Parkland, Florida, high school is wrong on so many levels. It is offensive and even grotesque. Right? Of course. It was wildly egotistical, self-serving and inconsistent with what we know about Trump’s general approach […]
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Democrats don’t have much of anything to say
If Democrats do well in the 2018 midterm elections, it won’t be because of the Trump tax cuts. Democrats’ hyperbole notwithstanding, voters are not going to vote against Republicans for putting more money in their pockets. There may be other reasons to vote against Republicans, but if President Trump can somehow keep from making himself […]
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Trump-Russia collusion stories lack any evidence
By Ed Rogers The Washington Post In case you haven’t noticed, there has been no shortage of stories concerning President Donald Trump’s Russia connections. They are still on the front page, and they have the air of some urgency. But they seem to contain nothing about the Trump campaign colluding with Russia. Ever. The fact […]
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Democrats search for 'smoking gun' to no avail
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post What has really happened since Donald Trump Jr. released his email chain setting up a meeting last June with a Russian lawyer? Are Democrats and their allies in the media any closer to having their high crime or misdemeanor? Answer: No. As Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz […]
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Budget compromise a win for Republicans
By Ed Rogers The Washington Post When congressional negotiators reached a budget agreement late Sunday night, the breaking news was followed by predictably tiresome complaints, whining and hand-wringing from so-called fiscally conservative Republicans. They are criticizing the president and GOP leadership, saying mainstream Republicans gave up on their pledge to cut this program and that […]