Old guy covering a Hill. Current: The Washington Sun. Formerly: WashPost, Roll Call. Forever: Philly sports, Springsteen and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.
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Joined December 2012
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I had fun yesterday with @ChrisStirewalt on his Sunday show & we geeked out over measuring "the wave". Sorry for so much math, but people need to calm down.
A +15 Dem night matches 1994/Newt "revolution" & +20 matches Pelosi/2018.
(Sorry for math.)
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This is the most natural, best pairing for a political/policy newsletter from the Hill. @ReporterOriana @igorbobic are the absolute best.
Sign up here:
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Introducing “The Stakeout,” a new afternoon newsletter helmed by Sun congressional reporters @igorbobic and @ReporterOriana.
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Here’s a full release laying out how these 2 are leading this & how they’ll lean on the rest of us on the Hill team:
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ICYMI: An unpublished federal document obtained by @nicolebelcastro of @washingtonsun sheds light of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s personal finances — including her debts.
Here’s what we discovered: washingtonsun.com/influence/…
I wrote this 3 years ago today, when Rs picked a guy so little known that a Google search of his name yielded a retired NHL player, a Toyota car dealer in NC, a country music steel guitarist. But not @SpeakerJohnson …
He’s covered “over” bet on how long he’d last in job …
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In a year when Democratic candidates arguing for new generation of progressives to take the reins two older Democrats in Ohio argue for "fighting blood" not "new blood" from @pkcapitol washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
The people that hold Congress together are the Laura Lytle’s of the world. Not high profiles but doing critically important jobs so rest of us can function. Here’s a tribute to her as told through her good friend Joe Keenan. Full interview here:
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Dems have two old-timers running in Ohio when the public mood is yet again change. But Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur have been doing the new change thing — blue-collar populism — since Reagan had two more years in his term. @pkcapitol takes a look. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
No one has walked the walk on worker issues like @SherrodBrown @Marcy_Kaptur - Dems are rushing to embrace their ethos.
Yet their legitimacy (more than 75 years in Congress pushing agenda) could be their kryptonite.
My @washingtonsun column ...
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Supporters in OH told me age & tenure in Washington doesn't matter.
Their mantra: "We need fighting blood", not "new blood."
Brown & Kaptur have fought that fight. Now the issue is whether Rs unyielding ads about how old they are will turn voters away.
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Dick Durbin is one of the GOATs. @pkcapitol profiles the retiring Senator. washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Retiring after 44 year career on the Hill Sen Durbin tells @pkcapitol he wants to walk out front door instead of being carried out the back - also talks about early battle he won to ban smoking on planes - washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
If you’re not into reading, you can watch the full Durbin podcast exit interview here. It’s an interesting ride.
washingtonsun.com/podcast
Read @pkcapitol on Durbin, the longest serving party whip in Senate history, who wanted to end his career walking out the front door "rather than be carried out the back.”
On Harry Reid going nuclear:
“He was warned ahead of time there would be retribution. It all occurred and we’re still suffering from that."
And on why Dems shouldn't follow McConnell rule on SCOTUS: washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Scoop - House Majority PAC begging donors for more cash, per private memo, as it looks to expand the map.
Memo has polling from 13 districts that Trump won by 8 to 21 percentage points in 2024.
All races within MOE, Ds up in half.
On the map shifts:
washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
