Posts Tagged ‘GOP’
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Chicken Dance
Posted on December 8, 2010
I ran into an old friend of mine who works in the hedge fund industry and he told me that if Congress fails to pass the extension of the tax...
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Sign of Things to Come
Posted on December 7, 2010
The deal the President cut with Mitch McConnell is a sign of things to come for soon to be ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama announced that he had a deal to...
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The Class of the 112th Congress
Posted on November 15, 2010
Over the last four decades, there have been four huge classes on incoming Freshmen members of the House that are historically notable. The Class of 1974 swooped in as Watergate...
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The Art of Compromise
Posted on November 8, 2010
It was Benjamin Disraeli, the famous English Statesman, who said, “if you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.” By that reckoning, Mitch McConnell is very clever indeed. McConnell...
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How the New Guys Can Keep Their Principles and Get Re-elected
Posted on November 5, 2010
One fifth of the 112th Congress is made up of new members. That is huge. Like the class of 1974 and the class of 1994, this new class will likely...
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