(Recorded April 1, 2019) This Week: (1) McConnell & absolute opposition; (2) Tea Party; (3) Budget wars and (4) Trump as the anti-Obama.

This Week’s Links:

Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.

McConnell & absolute opposition

• GOP leader’s top goal: Make Obama 1-term president – politics – Decision 2010 | NBC News
• The GOP’s no-compromise pledge – POLITICO
• The Victory of ‘No’ – POLITICO Magazine

Tea Party

• Rick Santelli calls for Tea party on Floor of Chicago Board of Trade – YouTube
• Rick Santelli: Tea Party Time – The New York Times
• The Movement | The New Yorker
• What Happened to the Tea Party?
• Final Proof The Tea Party Was Founded As A Bogus AstroTurf Movement
• How Southern racism found a home in the Tea Party – Vox
• Tea Party Supporters: Who They Are and What They Believe

Budget wars

• How Eric Cantor Gave Us an Endless Series of Fiscal Crises – The Atlantic
• Boehner’s ‘grand bargain’ – with GOP – POLITICO
• How Eric Cantor Got Burned by the Tea Party – Rolling Stone
• Showdown scars: How the $4 trillion ‘grand bargain’ collapsed | TheHill
• Lift ‘Threats,’ Obama Insists, Spurning Talks – The New York Times
• Showdown Nears on Debt as Obama Warns of ‘Crisis’ – The New York Times

Trump as the anti-Obama

• Obama faces sharp repudiation and a legacy nightmare – CNNPolitics
• How Trump’s Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’ – The New York Times
• Donald Trump Is the First White President – The Atlantic

Image Credits: Barack Obama

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