(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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