Philip Klein

12 articles 2012–2018

Abortion views in all 50 states: Map

July 25, 2018 · News, Abortion, Roe v. Wade

Public views of abortion in all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia) would take on an added importance if Roe v. Wade were overturned.

Looks like Rex Tillerson tricked Trump into keeping the Iran deal forever

July 27, 2017 · Philip Klein, Rex Tillerson, Iran

During a week in which all signs point to Republicans enshrining President Obama's top domestic achievement into law, it's now looking like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has tricked President Trump into keeping the main pillar of Obama's foreign policy legacy in place indefinitely: the…

5 takeaways from CBO report on House Republicans' Obamacare repeal and replacement

March 13, 2017 · 100 Days Healthcare, Barack Obama, Minusextra

The Congressional Budget Office on Monday dropped its highly-anticipated analysis of the House Republicans' healthcare plan, arming all sides with results that can back up their favorite talking points on healthcare. The CBO report, on the one hand, says that millions more people will be uninsured…

GOP will fail on Obamacare if they can't admit a simple truth

January 6, 2017 · Philip Klein, Magazine, Politics

Nearly seven years ago, moments before President Obama signed the national healthcare legislation into law, he declared, "When I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform."

Ted Cruz exposed the lie at the heart of this Republican convention

July 21, 2016 · Philip Klein, Republican Convention, Donald Trump

CLEVELAND — As Mike Pence accepted the Republican Party's nomination for vice president, I witnessed a supporter of Donald Trump and a Ted Cruz backer in a nearly chest-to-chest shouting match in the back of the convention floor, fighting over Cruz's non-endorsement.

John Kasich should be punished for expanding Obamacare

April 24, 2015 · OpinionDigest, Philip Klein, John Kasich

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has made clear that he's seriously considering running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. If he formally announces, it will be important for conservative voters to punish him for his expansion of President Obama's healthcare law in his state.

DWS attacks Examiner for ‘deliberately’ misquoting her, but here’s the audio

September 4, 2012 · Philip Klein, Politics, Politics Digest

CHARLOTTE – Earlier this evening, in an appearance on Fox News, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused the Washington Examiner of “deliberately” misquoting her comments claiming that Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren stated that Republicans were “dangerous for Israel.”