Posts Tagged ‘Tom DeLay’
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Hillary’s First Bout With the Media in 2016 Campaign
Posted on March 11, 2015
On January 20, 1993, I shook Bill Clinton’s hand. It was a big, soft paw, and the setting was more than a bit surreal. I had the job of escorting...
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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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More on the Majority of the Majority
Posted on January 19, 2013
I have been thinking a bit more about Denny’s Hastert’s famous dictum on the majority of the majority. It is still a very good guideline for how to keep the...
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The Business of Business
Posted on January 16, 2013
“The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge said that to a group of newspaper editors in 1925, smack dab in the middle of the Roaring 20’s,...
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Boehner Is In Fine Shape
Posted on July 27, 2011
John Boehner is doing an exceptional job as Speaker under extraordinarily tough times. When I first started working in Congress, Tom Foley had just taken over from Jim Wright as...
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