Plus: Parental Rebellion Pays Off: Conservatives Win School Board Seats
November 15 2022
Good morning from Washington, which President Biden left behind to attend the G-20 summit in Indonesia. China promptly scored at America’s expense, Michael Cunningham writes. Parental pushback on woke policies made for school board wins, Jarrett Stepman finds. On the podcast, a look at GOP leadership elections in the House and Senate. Plus: a challenge for the House’s top Republican; Florida gives hope to the GOP; how Ohio’s incoming senator sees the political landscape; and conservatives come to grips with voting by mail. On this date in 1965, at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, Californian Craig Breedlove, 28, sets a new land-speed record of 600.6 mph in his car, the Spirit of America, powered by a surplus engine from a Navy jet.
If President Biden wants to set the U.S.-China relationship on a more favorable track, he must engage Beijing from a position of strength. That’s not what happened Monday.
Registered Republicans now outnumber registered Democrats in Florida by over 300,000, a shift of nearly 600,000 since Ron DeSantis’ minuscule 2018 victory over Andrew Gillum.
In light of recent election results, Republicans and conservatives are debating whether to beat or join the mail-in ballot rush that Democrats have excelled at in most states.
