November 13, 2018
The Five Rules of Leadership Elections
This week, House Republicans will hold their leadership elections and Democrats will elect their leadership the week after Thanksgiving. Running for leadership positions in the Congress is much different than running for Congress itself. It requires a whole different skill...
November 13, 2018
Learning from the Midterms
In retrospect, it wasn’t a very good election for Republicans. Sure, it was nice to win the Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota Senate seats, but those were states that should never have gone over to the Democrats anyway and were...
November 8, 2018
The Upside of the Downside
I was not in favor of the Democrats taking control of the House. I even deluded myself into believing that the GOP could keep control, post-Kavanaugh. The economy was strong, the President had several victories under his belt, and the...
October 31, 2018
Steve Stiver’s Sister Souljah Moment
Following the Rodney King riots in 1992, Lisa Williamson, better known to history as Sister Souljah was quoted saying, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” The comments didn’t get...