Tough Numbers for Franken

Jim Geraghty

Happy Busiest Travel Day of the Year! Making the click-through worthwhile today: some wretched polling numbers for Senator Al Franken, some easily-overlooked signs that the U.S. border is getting more secure and the problem of illegal immigration is being gradually resolved, and a look back at the ill-considered cinematic mess that was Batman vs. Superman.

Yeesh! Only 22 Percent of Minnesotans Say Al Franken Should Stay in Office

Senator Al Franken’s not up for reelection until 2020, and there’s a lot of time between now and then. But his future suddenly looks a lot cloudier:

In less than a week since sexual harassment allegations were leveled against Minnesota Senator Al Franken, his approval rating has plummeted and many Minnesotans say he should resign, according to an exclusive KSTP/SurveyUSA poll.

In a poll conducted Monday night after allegations from a second woman were made public, only 22 percent of 600 Minnesotans surveyed said he should remain in office. ...

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The Supreme Court Is a Dangerous Conservative Obsession

David French

Late last week Alabama governor Kay Ivey said out loud what I’ve been hearing from friends and acquaintances across the conservative movement. Even if Roy Moore’s accusers are telling the truth,...

Void the Non-Disclosure Agreements That Conceal Congressional Misconduct

Andrew C. McCarthy

Void the Non-Disclosure Agreements That Conceal Congressional Misconduct

Democrats Revert to ‘It’s Okay When Our Guy Does It’ in Defending Franken

Kyle Smith

The Senate sex-and-power calculus has come to this: Roy Moore fans say, “Al Franken isn’t dropping out. Why should our guy?” Al Franken fans say, “Roy Moore isn’t dropping out. Why should our...

A Modest Proposal: Character Counts, Starting in 2018

Jim Geraghty

Partisan passions are driving many Americans to become extremely tolerant of bad behavior by their preferred leaders. Many critics of the religious Right are relishing the perceived hypocrisy...

Let the Guilty Rich Soak Themselves

Deroy Murdock

No American should be forced to endure a tax cut that he does not want. Thus, Congress should adopt my idea: The Higher-rate Optional Tax (H.O.T. tax) would shield tax lovers from the...

Neil Gorsuch’s First Chance to Undermine the Administrative State

Ilya Shapiro

When Neil Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court, pundits focused on two aspects of his judicial record: his dedication to textualism in statutory interpretation and his skepticism of the...

March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 1

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

'The Red Wheel is a sprawling and fascinating mix of philosophical and moral discernment, literary inventiveness, and historical insight that sometimes strains the novelistic form, but is also one of the great works of moral and political instruction of the twentieth century.'
- Daniel J. Mahoney, co-editor, The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings

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