How the GOP forced Obama´s hand

◼ The White House entered the sequester debate in January hoping to replicate the playbook of the $620 billion fiscal cliff deal: warn of a looming threat, highlight the damage to regular Americans, push a politically popular solution, hammer Republicans as protectors of the wealthy, watch their poll numbers crumble, wait for them to splinter and capitalize on the divisions. This approach forced Republicans to accept tax rate hikes for the first time in a generation. But with the sequester, it didn’t work. - Politico
◼ The simple power of saying, "no." - Discussion at Lucianne

◼ The new GOP generation stands up - New York Post

...in sharp contradistinction to Sens. McCain and Graham, I find it nigh impossible to imagine a situation in which it is wrong for Rand Paul to press the president on a constitutional question. The Republican Party is lucky to have someone prepared to do so.