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Experience Doesn’t Seem to Matter (But Maybe It Should)
Posted on February 4, 2016
It used to be that voters would pick Governors over Senators in Presidential races. Governors had executive experience, went the theory. That practical experience made them better leaders, more rational...
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Moon Shots and the Unacknowledged Hard Work of the Congress
Posted on February 3, 2016
While the President announced his “moon shot” to cure cancer from the Speaker’s Rostrum overlooking the United States House of Representatives, he might as well been speaking from an alternative...
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7 lessons from 2016
Posted on February 2, 2016
(Originally published on The Hill.) I should have listened to my mother. Mom has been warning me about this election for a year now. People are fed up, she says....
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Why Are Republicans So Angry, and 4 Other Questions for the Iowa Debate
Posted on January 29, 2016
(Originally posted in the WSJ) With Donald Trump planning not to take the stage in Iowa, perhaps the other Republican candidates will have a more substantive debate. As I’ve done...
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The Beginning of Trump’s Long, Steep Decline (He Said Hopefully)
Posted on January 27, 2016
Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox Debate and avoid tough questions from Megyn Kelly will prove to be his undoing. That’s my hope and my prediction. Trump is getting...
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