A.B. Stoddard

As a record three scandals engulf Barack Obama’s presidency at once, the three-pronged effect of their damage

If the mere idea of ObamaCare fueled an historic GOP victory in 2010, just wait until reality sets in next year.

Life is what happens when we make other plans, and the Boston bombings happened right as immigration reform proponents concluded their bill was ready to go public. No matter how hard supporters and the Gang of Eight members who wrote the legislation try to deny or mitigate it, the terror attacks have slowed reform’s momentum considerably and may have indeed blown it up entirely. 

After more than 11 years, the fear is fresh but familiar: a shocking new attack has reminded us that no matter where we gather, someone somewhere wants to tell us we truly are not free. On a spring day at the Boston marathon — warmed by the big-ness of strangers cheering strangers, of endurance and of triumph — a small act shattered lives with explosions designed to kill, or at least to destroy the legs that had enabled people to travel great distances in body and in soul. 

Several 2016 presidential campaigns are already up and running

No matter what gun control bill passes the Senate, and it is highly unlikely one will, the National Rifle Association has already won this round. An assault weapons ban is off the table. There is no hope for restricting high-capacity magazines. Now even the once bipartisan idea of expanding background checks is nearly dead.

Democrats and advocates of new gun restrictions are clinging to the hope that Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) could step into the fray to rescue their efforts. They shouldn’t hold their breath.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz against Arizona Sen. John McCain; McCain against Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin against GOP strategist Karl Rove; Rove against Iowa Rep. Steve King; former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele against current RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) against the Republican consultant class; conservatives against popular Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bob McDonnell of Virginia — instead of uniting and broadening the tent, many Republicans are back to drinking their different brews of Kool-Aid, breaking into public fights and making the tent ever tighter and even more unwelcoming. 

Last week, it was bipartisan fine dining, optimism and hope for change. This week, forget about it. 

Something happened last week that was political, gratuitous and embarrassing for our country — and it actually can’t be blamed on the sequester. 

Why keep calling it the Republican reboot when its actually looking more like an implosion? 

As the party continues its wound-licking after the 2012 election, there is more disagreement about what went wrong, and more public feuding, with each passing week.