Editorial cartoon: Election 2016
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Payne: McCotter McBurnout
“Better to burn out than to fade away,” goes the great rock lyric. And like one of the hedonistic rockers that Thad McCotter loved to quote on the House floor , the guitar-wielding Michigan rep imploded in career-ending self-destruction this weekend when he abruptly resigned from Congress – leaving his fans puzzled and his Republican … Continue Reading →
Payne: The McCotter Politics Conference
The Mackinac Policy Conference? Call it the McCotter Politics Conference. GOP Rep. Thad McCotter’s ballot blunder dominates discussion among this year’s Republican-friendly conference of business and political movers and shakers. There is general confusion on how McCotter’s campaign could have screwed up the most basic task in politics – getting 2,000 signatures to qualify for … Continue Reading →
Payne: McCotter McToast?
Thad McCotter is toast. That’s the word from one longtime Republican Party insider who says on condition of anonymity that McCotter’s “bizarre” inability to do his most basic electoral duty – get his name on the GOP primary ballot – calls into question whether he should be in charge of anything, much less a Congressional … Continue Reading →
Taiwan: The Unmentioned Question
In Taipei, the unmentioned question haunted our U.S. Congressional Delegation’s formal meetings with Taiwanese officials, including President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice President Wu Den-yih, Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng of the governing Kuomintang Party (KMT), and the major opposition leader Tsai Ying-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Like once heated lovers in a cooling affair, … Continue Reading →