Posts Tagged ‘GOP’
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Jeb Bush and The Pope
Posted on June 24, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Jeb Bush is the Pope Francis of the Republican field. Like Francis, Bush represents the establishment. For the 2016 hopeful, it’s the Republican establishment,...
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Trumping Trump?
Posted on June 16, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Donald Trump is a brilliant marketer, a peerless self-promoter, a smart businessman–and a political disaster. His presidential campaign might be...
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Who Will Take The Crown
Posted on June 9, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Who is the Republican version of American Pharoah? It’s been 37 years since the last Triple Crown winner. It’s hard to find a horse...
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Old Hickory and the GOP
Posted on June 9, 2015
Andrew Jackson has long been credited with starting the Democratic Party. He brought the Western frontier to Thomas Jefferson’s anti-federalist (and anti-Wall Street) sect and created the party of the...
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Avoiding Another Omnibus
Posted on June 4, 2015
President Barack Obama worked closely with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass trade promotion authority, also known as fast track, before the Memorial Day recess in the Senate. And...
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