Posts Tagged ‘Denny Hastert’
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Can Ted Cruz Win? (Probably Not)
Posted on March 24, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) I was listening to Rush Limbaugh when I heard the advertisement. The voice blaring over the radio belonged to the junior senator from Texas,...
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Hillary’s First Bout With the Media in 2016 Campaign
Posted on March 11, 2015
On January 20, 1993, I shook Bill Clinton’s hand. It was a big, soft paw, and the setting was more than a bit surreal. I had the job of escorting...
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AUMF
Posted on February 12, 2015
Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries. Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....
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Obama’s Opportunity
Posted on January 20, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Ronald Reagan called on a Democratic Congress to give him a line-item veto and to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution in 1987. Bill...
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Time to take charge
Posted on January 13, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Jay Leno is expected to give remarks to a joint meeting of House and Senate Republicans in Hershey, Pa., later this week. There is some...
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