Archive for October, 2015
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Paul Ryan Should Take the Speaker’s Gavel
Posted on October 19, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor.) As somebody who worked for 15 years in the House GOP Leadership, including 6 years as a spokesman to the longest serving Republican Speaker...
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Big Decisions for Ryan And Biden
Posted on October 16, 2015
Was it only three years ago that they were both Vice Presidential candidates? How strange it is that Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are playing central roles in the political...
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Who is Your Biggest Enemy?
Posted on October 14, 2015
A friend of mine posed the question on Facebook asked at last night’s debate: Who is your biggest enemy? Unlike the Democratic candidates on stage, who tended to see enemies...
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Majority of the Majority Needs to Stick with the Next Speaker
Posted on October 13, 2015
The Hastert Rule was never a rule. It was a guideline to future Speakers, a warning really about how to manage a fractious group of Members of the majority, no...
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Columbus Day and the Garbage man
Posted on October 12, 2015
In my neighborhood, the garbage man comes on Mondays to pick up the trash, unless of course, it’s a holiday. I woke up early, in a panic, because I hadn’t...
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