Archive for January, 2013
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Biden His Time
Posted on January 7, 2013
I used to think that Hillary Clinton was the front-running to take the Democratic nomination once Barack Obama stepped aside. Now, I think it is Joe Biden. Clinton’s health problems...
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Coup II
Posted on January 4, 2013
Much like the first coup I witnessed personally, the second coup, the one against House Speaker John Boehner that was launched yesterday, collapsed ignominiously. In July of 1997, several rebels...
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Electing A Speaker
Posted on January 3, 2013
It took two months in the 34th Congress to find somebody who had enough votes to be Speaker. The Whig Party had collapsed a half decade before the Civil War...
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The Clock
Posted on January 2, 2013
Time is slowly but surely running out on the Obama Administration. The small tax agreement passed by the House last night makes it harder for Obama to do other things...
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McConnell Wins
Posted on January 1, 2013
Mitch McConnell is the big winner in the fiscal cliff showdown. After Speaker John Boehner folded his cards last month, McConnell was left as the only deal-maker who could possibly...
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