Posts Tagged ‘George H.W. Bush’
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Trump and HW
Posted on December 4, 2018
(This originally appeared in The Hill) I never met George H.W. Bush, never got my picture taken with him, never got a nice note from him. Lots of my friends and...
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Liking Ike (And Trump)
Posted on January 18, 2018
“Don’t worry, Jim, if that question comes up, I’ll just confuse them.” So said Dwight Eisenhower to his panicked Press Secretary Jim Hagerty, as he prepared himself to meet the...
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Winning August
Posted on July 25, 2017
That first August can define a presidency. Jimmy Carter made news in August by creating a new Cabinet department, the Department of Energy, and by actively working to give the...
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History and The Path Forward for Paul Ryan if Hillary Clinton Wins the White House
Posted on November 1, 2016
How should Paul Ryan engage Hillary Clinton, should she win the White House and he keep his Speakership? There are no obvious pathways forward. The country is bitterly divided. The...
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Earth Day
Posted on April 22, 2016
The nation’s first environmentalist President was Teddy Roosevelt. In case you don’t remember, he was a Republican. The legislation that created the Environmental Protection Agency was signed into law by...
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