SALON
By Brian Beutler
“Christie’s Sopranos-style mess: Why more and more stink will engulf the bridge scandal”
SALON
By Brian Beutler
Day: February 4, 2014
“At 17,” live by Janis Ian
“Bridget Kelly pleads the 5th”
“Is the Gop giving up tea?”
WASHINGTON POST/OPINION
- E.J. Dionne Jr.
- Opinion Writer
The botched rollout of the health-care law has called forth some good news: Republicans are so confident they can ride anti-Obamacare sentiment to electoral victory that they’re growing ever-more impatient with the tea party’s fanaticism. Immigration reform may be the result.
The GOP is looking like a person emerging from a long binge and asking, “Why did I do that?” The moment of realization came when last fall’s government shutdown cratered the party’s polling numbers. Staring into the abyss can be instructive. For the first time since 2010, the middle of the House Republican caucus — roughly 100 of its 233 members — began worrying less about primaries from right-wing foes and more about losing their majority status altogether.
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY
ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION
PSALM 18:1-2
[ The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress ] [ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: ] I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
