Republicans are coming up short on the Iran deal. And they might be okay with that. @byamberphillips http://t.co/KPTLAmB7eV
— Scott Clement (@sfcpoll) August 25, 2015
This is a) likely correct; and b) likely the source of the #IranDeal opposition's ire over the past month. https://t.co/qmns9Jru8Q
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) August 25, 2015
Sept. 8 | The nuclear deal w #Iran & implications: A speech by frmr VP Cheney #CheneyatAEI http://t.co/72I44CocIh pic.twitter.com/mM0ufTV5Yw
— AEI (@AEI) August 25, 2015
Translation: They’ve given up on blocking in Congress, now laying groundwork to blame every bad future event on deal https://t.co/FfQVF6YVdy
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) August 25, 2015
@dandrezner I think the AEI/Cheney speech signals a shift in approach: https://t.co/rjJfYWORCy
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) August 25, 2015
@dandrezner That, or "I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile & stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.”
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) August 25, 2015
There was an old anti-Communist trope when I was growing up during the Cold War: A Russian factory hand tells a foreign correspondent, They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work. The current GOP is re-writing it: We pretend we’re actually interested in legislating, and the media pretends they believe us.
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