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Trump Survival Guide
Posted on April 5, 2017
This originally appeared in the website Political Storm. Although Republicans have a bigger majority in the House than the Senate, the conventional wisdom holds that the GOP is in more...
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Donald Trump’s first 100 days: there is time to right ship
Posted on April 4, 2017
(Also published in The Hill) “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” Bluto didn’t have his history right in his iconic speech in the famous movie “Animal House”...
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A New Health Care Strategy For the GOP
Posted on March 29, 2017
I thought Republicans didn’t like big omnibus bills. It seems to me that the effort to repeal and then replace Obamacare was too big, too complicated, too hasty, and ultimately...
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Freedom Caucus follies
Posted on March 28, 2017
Published in The Hill. Ah, the Freedom Caucus. As former President Barack Obama might have said, this was a teachable moment for President Trump. I am tempted to ask the...
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Get to the Meat of the Trump Agenda
Posted on March 27, 2017
Replacing Obamacare is the broccoli of the Trump legislative agenda. It’s not the red meat that will make America great again. George H.W. Bush once said about the leafy vegetable,...
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