Posts Tagged ‘John McCain’
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A Modest Proposal to Improve the Tone of Our Political Discourse
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Ripon Society’s Forum) Should we be surprised that so many Americans hold Congress in such low regard? For the last decade, Congressional approval ratings have...
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Torture
Posted on December 11, 2014
“Boys only love you when it’s torture. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you.” That piece of wisdom comes from Taylor Swift’s newest hit, (Just in time for the holidays...
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5 Reasons the GOP Will Beat Expectations Next Week
Posted on October 28, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The midterm elections are one week away. Here are five reasons that Republicans are set to do much better in...
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Panetta’s Pivot
Posted on October 7, 2014
The biggest danger to Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House in 2016 is not a challenge from the left in the primaries or a challenge from the right in...
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The Passing of Jim Jeffords
Posted on August 19, 2014
In the opening months of the 107th Congress, with the House firmly in Republican hands but the Senate tied fifty-fifty, rumors started flying. Was somebody going to switch parties to...
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