Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category
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A Hard Turn to the Left
Posted on July 14, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Jim Webb had it about right when he said that the Democrats have moved way, way to the left and that the former Virginia...
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Donald Trump and a Conversation on Immigration
Posted on July 9, 2015
Donald Trump has gotten a lot of political mileage by bashing Mexican immigrants, calling the lot of them rapists. His comments have sparked a backlash against his business interests. The...
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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...
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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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Jim Wright: Leaving a Mark
Posted on May 7, 2015
Jim Wright left a mark. I came to Washington to work for House Republican Leader Bob Michel in September of 1989, about four months after the Texas Democrat stepped down...
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