John Stoehr
John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. He writes the daily edition. Find him @johnastoehr.
I’d given Joe Biden enough attention over the last week. But today I find I must use his latest remarks to make a point about an ongoing problem in Democratic politics. That problem is this: too many Democrats—especially elite Democratic donors—are far too willing to keep giving the Republican Party the benefit of the doubt.…
He’s pretending the Republicans respect democracy.
I’m going to offer a thesis that’s familiar and (perhaps) unfamiliar. The familiar part: that anti-abortionists do not seek to protect the rights of “the unborn.” They seek control women and what they choose to do with their own bodies. Now the second, perhaps unfamiliar part: that seeking control women and what they choose to do…
Bans on it are “the most vivid sign of the erosion of liberal democracy.”
The House wants to see documents and hear testimony. Trump has said no can do. When a president says no can do, the Congress has options. It must, because a president who says no can do in the extreme is one saying he will not be held accountable to the people. Since the Congress most…
The House has power—if it uses it.
It won’t sink him any more than previous flubs did.
Argue well and for good reasons. The public will come around.
No compromise with people equating democracy with suicide.
All that matters is looking tough on immigrants.