In The Weekly Standard: Ed Royce’s Bipartisan Coup Against a Bipartisan Failure
If President Obama ends up signing a North Korea sanctions bill in the next 30 days — and at this point, I don’t know what interest he has in vetoing one — it will effect the biggest change in our North Korea policy since the 1994 Agreed Framework. That, in turn, will have been due to years of principled dissent and patient, bi-partisan coalition building by Ed Royce, the California Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
A certain, too-prevalent type of Republican who sees all Democrats as enemies could learn a few things about winning policy arguments from a man who defied his own party for conservative principle, and yet had the strategic sense to see Democrats, including some very liberal ones, as allies to be won over.
You are obvioiusly right about those who consider all their political opponents to be “enemies.”
But wait… didn’t I hear someone boastfully and publicly use the term “enemies” to refer to her GOP opponents just a few months ago?
And I don’t mean a candidate for the city council in Boise, Idaho!
I seem to recall it was a presidential candidate, no?
You are obvioiusly right about those who consider all their political opponents to be “enemies.”
But wait… didn’t I hear someone boastfully and publicly use the term “enemies” to refer to her GOP opponents just a few months ago?
And I don’t mean a candidate for the city council in Boise, Idaho!
I seem to recall it was a presidential candidate, no?