Passive Republicans

Robert Novak says the attacks on John Bolton are driven by the left's desire to normalize relations with Cuba and his strong opposition to doing so. While they are savaging Bolton and anybody who dares defend him, Novak writes, "Uncomprehending Republicans are passive."

If this is how Republicans handle power, why bother to vote for them? For a Republican Senator to worry about comity above all and to fall for the phoney "tradition" argument for the filibuster after the years upon years of judicial overreaching is unconscionable. This isn't about the Senate's traditions, it's about redressing the balance between the executive and legislative branches and the states with the Courts. Courts should be far more reluctant than they have been lately to throw out democratically enacted laws and replace them with policies fashioned by unelected judges.