Jim Himes is Scared

We think Mr. Himes is particularly vulnerable this election. His party has been ineffective on domestic and foreign policy and Himes has voted with his party 93% of the time.

He seems to be struggling recently.

Mr. Himes bravely voted against the Obama budget (after six years of voting for essentially the very same budget) because he wants to bring fiscal discipline to Washington.

Mr. Himes was against the Patriot Act, until he was against the Amash Amendment that would have emasculated the Patriot Act, until he was for the FREEDOM Act that would replace parts of the Patriot Act.

It's good he is scared. We think he is at risk.

Why Does Jim Himes Support Warrantless NSA Searches?

In what’s being billed as a momentum boost for anti-surveillance advocates, the US House of Representative on Thursday approved an amendment that significantly reigns in warrantless searches on Americans’ communication records.

By a vote of 293 to 123, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted to ban the National Security Agency from conducting “backdoor searches” on United States citizens, a process that allowed the intelligence community to collect data on Americans without a warrant as long as the official target was a foreigner. The program was first revealed by the Guardian, through documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

Jim Himes was against the Patriot Act, until he was against the Amash Amendment that would have emasculated the Patriot Act, until he was for the FREEDOM Act that would have replaced parts of the Patriot Act, until he was against the Massie Amendment which is the subject of the story above.

Can Jim Himes tell us where he stands on the Fourth Amendment? Then stick to it?

Chris Murphy: Meet Walter Mondale

Chris Murphy is channeling Walter Mondale:

Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday unveiled the first bipartisan Senate proposal to raise the gas tax, broaching a dangerous political issue that lawmakers have avoided for years.

The Murphy-Corker plan would raise the gas tax by 12 cents over the next two years, raising $164 billion over the next decade and covering the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.

We only hope Mr. Murphy meets the same fate in 2018 as Mr. Mondale did in 1984.