Posts Tagged ‘Government’
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Aiming at the Leaders, Hitting the Followers
Posted on May 21, 2014
According to the Center for Public Integrity, outside conservative groups have spent three dollars attacking fellow Republicans for every one dollar spent attacking President Obama and his Democratic allies....
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Primary Challenges to GOP Leaders Say a Lot About the State of the Party
Posted on May 19, 2014
Originally Published in the WSJ Leadership is hard, especially in the U.S. Congress and especially if you are a Republican. House Speaker John Boehner easily survived his primary last week....
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Barack’s Blunder
Posted on April 1, 2014
Originally posted on The Hill So, was it worth it? Every president asks this question about a major decision he’s made that backfired. For George W. Bush, it was the...
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Then and Now: Government Shutdowns
Posted on October 1, 2013
Being in a government shutdown is kind of like being a frog in a pot of water, just put over the flames. At first, everything seems hunky dory, even comfortable. ...
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Washington Ideas
Posted on October 6, 2011
I had a chance lunch with the founder of Crate and Barrel yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum. Gordon Segal asked if the empty seat at my small table was...
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