Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
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Hillary is Vulnerable on Iraq
Posted on May 18, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Iraq will play a central role in the 2016 election. President Obama had hoped that, by pulling out our troops just in time for...
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Jeb Has To Prove That He is His Own Man
Posted on May 15, 2015
It was a slam dunk. Jeb Bush could have quoted his brother. Or his most likely opponent in a general election, should he win the primary. Instead, he fumbled the...
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Amtrak: Status Quo is Not Acceptable
Posted on May 14, 2015
Mike Simpson was right, of course. The Idaho Republican told the Appropriations Committee Democrats that their efforts to politicize the Amtrak train crash were inappropriate and out of order. We...
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Jim Wright: Leaving a Mark
Posted on May 7, 2015
Jim Wright left a mark. I came to Washington to work for House Republican Leader Bob Michel in September of 1989, about four months after the Texas Democrat stepped down...
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Ensemble Cast
Posted on May 5, 2015
It has now become obligatory for the Republican primary field look more like a Hollywood ensemble cast. This is the second election in a row that follows that script. This...
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