Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Mixing the Message on Purpose
Posted on September 14, 2010
John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, mixed his message on the tax battle on purpose this weekend. I, for one, think it was a pretty clever move. Bob Schieffer, the...
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Fine Print World
Posted on September 10, 2010
We live in a fine print world. The devil is in the details, as the saying goes, and boy, the devil is having a field day these days. You leave...
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Plan Colombia
Posted on September 9, 2010
The Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco held a reception in honor of my old boss, former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. Barco was effusive in her praise of Denny, who in...
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The Mayor’s Departure and What It Means for the Rest of Us
Posted on September 7, 2010
When Mayor Daley announced that he was resigning, it made Washington liberals very happy. It should have also put a smile on Republican Presidential candidates too. Let me explain. For...
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Obama’s Cruelest Month
Posted on September 7, 2010
“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” – T.S. Eliot–The Wasteland Had T.S. Elliot just...
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