Read about how the other side thinks. We have collected political writing from around the web and across ideologies. |
From the Right |
Newt Gingrich in Fox News |
"The real opponents of conservative goals are liberal Democrats. Yet the current conservative anger (including the president's anger) is targeted at Republicans, rather than Democrats." |
Mr. Gingrich suggests that the infighting in the Republican Party is wasting a "limited amount of time and energy." The president's Twitter attacks on congressional Republicans are the greatest examples of this. He points out that 10 Democratic senators are up for re-election in states that President Trump carried in 2016 and that "every one of these 10 senators is vulnerable." He would prefer for the president and his party to focus their attention on those races so that "2018 could become a very good year." Read more » |
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From the Left |
Brian Beutler in the New Republic |
"Trump gains no more leverage taking his own government hostage than he would robbing a bank with a gun held to his own head. But it does allow him to inflict vast collateral damage out of spite." |
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Mr. Beutler sees a path to success for the Republican Party independent of the actions of the administration by "surrendering considerable power to Democrats so that must-pass bills clear Congress with veto-proof majorities." The alternatives — defaulting on the national debt or enduring an indefinite government shutdown — would be "horrific" and even "immoral," Mr. Beutler contends. Read more » |
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