by Dave Patterson | Mar 30, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Does the US president need the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation to retain troops in the Middle East, particularly Iraq, to keep Iran in check? Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell thought so. In the wake of deadly missile attacks...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 15, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) the most unpopular Republican in the GOP? The senator has been involved in US politics since 1968 and has held elected office since 1977. A fixture on Capitol Hill, he has maintained the image of a moderate in a time of...
by Graham J Noble | Jan 28, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Ronna McDaniel managed to avoid the fallout from the Republican Party’s less-than-inspiring performance in the 2022 midterm elections as she secured a fourth consecutive term as Republican National Committee (RNC) chair on Friday, Jan. 27. McDaniel secured the votes...
by Joe Schaeffer | Dec 21, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the head of party establishment forces in Washington, DC, came right out and said it: We get to decide which GOP candidates run for office, not the voters. Grassroots Republicans lamenting the fizzling out of the...
by Graham J Noble | Nov 14, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Within the Republican Party, the battle is on to assign blame for a dismal showing in the 2022 midterm elections. A lot of fingers are being pointed – mostly at former President Donald Trump, or so it seems. How justified are the accusations, though? Trump wasn’t on...