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Ron DeSantis’s boosters have frequently invoked McCain’s come-from-behind, early-primary-state-targeting, momentum-slingshotting strategy as their new lodestar after his national polling faltered.
WASHINGTON July 26, 2023
News and notes on the political erogenous zones of the modern right: Is Jeff Roe or Generra Peck to blame for the DeSantis slump? And Is Kevin McCarthy really going after the president?
At the outset of his campaign, Ron DeSantis made a conscious decision to bring as much of his political apparatus in-house as possible, avoiding vendors and other third parties.
WASHINGTON July 20, 2023
Amid the recent reckoning over expenses and cutbacks, some close to DeSantis wonder if he and Casey can get past their paranoia and let the political pros do their jobs—so that the candidate can do his.
Capitol Hill has been consumed by the internecine drama surrounding the status of MAGA darling Marjorie Taylor Greene.
WASHINGTON July 13, 2023
M.T.G.’s ouster from the House Freedom Caucus over the Boebert spat, among other things, has become a telling reflection of the G.O.P. (and the MAGAplex) during the Trump interregnum.
Kevin McCarthy presides over a paper-thin G.O.P. majority, which is continually under threat of falling apart.
WASHINGTON July 6, 2023
Notes on McCarthy’s dilemma as the Capitol returns from recess: Freedom Caucus infighting, a new shutdown showdown, the Greene-Boebert spat, the impeachment vote count, and the swing members to watch.


Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
WASHINGTON June 29, 2023
House Republicans are coming to the realization that in order to appease the base, heads will have to roll on the floor. And while a Biden impeachment is ludicrously far-fetched for members, Garland has become a real sweet spot.
WASHINGTON June 22, 2023
Dueling claims to a quarter-baked impeachment push, quickly shunted off into committees, spotlights an escalating MAGA food fight. Plus notes on Tucker Carlson’s legal battle with Fox News.
WASHINGTON June 15, 2023
The Meatball once again finds himself in an unenviable dilemma: his ascent in the G.O.P. requires capitalizing on Trump’s legal jeopardy while presumably convincing voters he’d offer the guy a pardon. How to navigate such verbal jujitsu. Where is Jeff Roe when you need him!?
WASHINGTON June 8, 2023
After losing out on their defining opportunity to hold Kevin McCarthy over a barrel—the global economy and America’s credit rating, be damned—the House conservatives are pissed… at everyone: the speaker, the Democrats, and themselves, too.


Last week, Ron DeSantis used the word “woke” so many times that it became a punchline in the media.
WASHINGTON June 5, 2023
Thoughts, reflections, and fresh reporting on a couple right wing media scandals.
WASHINGTON June 1, 2023
Sure, the right-wing House insurgency was pissed that their Speaker backed off some of his promises and (quelle horreur!) cut a deal with the Democrats to save the economy. But they decided not to defenestrate him. At least not yet.
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