Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
-
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...
Read Story -
Nobody is Playing it Straight On Trade
Posted on June 12, 2015
The President asked Congressional Democrats to play it straight on trade. But in this debate, it’s hard to find anybody who is playing it straight. Mr. Obama was asking Democrats...
Read Story -
Why Trade Promotion Bill Is So Hard to Pass Through Congress
Posted on June 11, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The Drudge Report calls it Obamatrade. That’s the right-leaning website’s way to attack and belittle congressional efforts to give President...
Read Story -
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...
Read Story -
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...
Read Story