Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journals editorial page. Later. Would you say that all of this now can be attributed to the decisions made in washington by the president . I think whats fair to say is that as they move along and move further away from the obama administration, were more than 18 months in, its harder to democrats to make that case. At this point, you see how democrats have talked a lot about other issues, talking a lot about health care, thats their main issue right now, especially as they chug toward the Brett Cavanaugh confirmation. The democrats are talking about health care, talking about russia, talking about issues that arent the economy. Thats something that the republicans have in their back pockest. As long as the economy is moving
now. this was a whirled win whirl wie week. just up until wednesday they were hell bent on forcing a contempts vote. why did mo meadows back down by giving the doj and fbi one more chance. he claims because his strategy worked. i want to point out a few factors that affect the strategy so that viewers understand why he pulled this quote, unquote nuclear option. in the house, a privileged resolution means you have to vote on it within two days. for contempt, the entire house judiciary committee needs to do so but for impeachment, only a single member can. basically, that automatically becomes a privileged resolution. basically he is a single member, moved for this, it forced the hand of the other committee and house republicans. some in the middle are saying that negotiating was working or simply if the doj and fbi would