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The Five Rules of Leadership Elections
Posted on November 13, 2018
This week, House Republicans will hold their leadership elections and Democrats will elect their leadership the week after Thanksgiving. Running for leadership positions in the Congress is much different than...
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Learning from the Midterms
Posted on November 13, 2018
In retrospect, it wasn’t a very good election for Republicans. Sure, it was nice to win the Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota Senate seats, but those were states that should...
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The Upside of the Downside
Posted on November 8, 2018
I was not in favor of the Democrats taking control of the House. I even deluded myself into believing that the GOP could keep control, post-Kavanaugh. The economy was strong,...
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Steve Stiver’s Sister Souljah Moment
Posted on October 31, 2018
Following the Rodney King riots in 1992, Lisa Williamson, better known to history as Sister Souljah was quoted saying, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have...
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Blame the Perps, Not the Politicians
Posted on October 29, 2018
Donald Trump was not to blame for the terrible bombing of the Alfred Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Neither was Bill Clinton. He wasn’t to blame for the...
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