Posts Tagged ‘Tea Party’
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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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Quantitative Easing
Posted on November 10, 2010
I am about as qualified to talk about the technical intricacies of the Federal Reserve as Ben Bernanke is qualified to talk about the MTV show “Jersey Shore”. But that...
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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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Hang Together
Posted on November 3, 2010
In many ways, it was the best-case scenario for the Republican Party. They swept the House in dramatic fashion, and while they didn’t quite win the Senate, they got the...
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Fixing the Union Problem
Posted on October 13, 2010
David Brooks had a good column yesterday about why New Jersey can’t afford to invest in a new tunnel to connect his state with New York (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/opinion/12brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion). Chris Christie, the...
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