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“No Trust Issues”: Don’t Believe Those Who Say Hillary Clinton Can’t Win...
Is it true, as some pundits claim, that Hillary Clinton is a fundamentally flawed candidate, one whose presidential aspirations are potentially doomed by her lack of likeability and, especially, high...
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“The Outcome On The Democratic Side Is Notable”: In An Unusual Development,...
This morning, Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced that she will be voting in favor of the Iran nuclear deal, making her the 34th supporter. That means that a move to override any veto of the bill opposing...
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“A Rerun Of What His Brother Tried”: Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan Shows Republicans...
Jeb Bush released the first details of his tax plan today in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, so we finally learn the secret that will produce spectacular growth, great jobs for all who want them, and a...
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“They Love You When You’re Gone”: Jeb Broke The Cardinal Rule Of Well-Liked...
Some people are already waxing nostalgic about Rep. John Boehner, who has resigned as the Speaker of the House and leaving Congress. Testy and stiff, the hard-drinking Ohio Republican wasn’t exactly a...
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“Burning Down The House”: Newt Gingrich’s Mean-Spirited Republican Party...
This is the House that Newt Gingrich built as speaker, in front of us, still alive and well. The house that Donald Trump is building for us all will feel a lot like Newt’s, but more palatial, with more...
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“Scandalizing Hillary”: If The First Time Is Tragedy, Then The Second Time Is…
With a self-proclaimed socialist running a credible campaign for president, perhaps the time has come to revive Karl Marx’s wittiest aphorism – although his pungent quip is relevant to Hillary Clinton,...
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“The Poor Are Bad And Irresponsible People”: The Grotesque Moral Atrocity Of...
The Republican Party has long struggled with how to package its blatantly pro-rich policy portfolio of top-heavy tax cuts and deregulation. Such things are deeply unpopular — even self-identified...
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“Poppy Speaks Out At Last — Too Little, Too Late”: The American People Are...
If only “Poppy” had quit in 1992, after one White House term, then the 41st president’s fruit would not be so bitter. George Herbert Walker Bush would have dined out on German reunification and the...
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“The Death Of The Swing Voter”: The Dominant Fact Of American Politics Is...
Here’s a strange thought to chew on a year before the presidential election: The votes of 95 percent of Americans likely to cast ballots are already determined. People who lean conservative will vote...
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“How Donald Trump Broke Jeb Bush”: Political Jujutsu; Turning An Asset Into...
In jujutsu, one uses an opponent’s weight against him. And, in the version most often seen in politics, a candidate turns his opponent’s strength into a weakness. In political jujutsu, assets can...
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“Can Marco Rubio Even Win A Primary?”: The Rubio Problem No One Is Talking...
Everybody I know, I mean everybody, thinks Marco Rubio is the strongest Republican candidate. Yes, there’s a debate about how strong. Some say he’d beat Hillary Clinton, some say that what with some of...
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“Donald Trump, The Candidate For The Ladies”: Trump Is Not Just Sexist, But...
Donald Trump is ready to throw down with Hillary Clinton over the issue of sexism. Being a big fan of the ladies (at least until they hit their 40s), Trump is not going to sit back and take any...
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“The Real Threat Trump Poses To Hillary—And Us”: Spending Time On Endless,...
Donald Trump says Ted Cruz may not be eligible to be president, and what happens? It dominates the news cycle for three days. Going on four. See a pattern here? You should. A few months ago people used...
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“An Appalling Message To Women”: Stop Second-Guessing Hillary About Her Marriage
Ruth Marcus is a respected journalist, who has achieved an extremely privileged position in a male-dominated industry. More power to her! I’d be the last person to say she didn’t work hard to get where...
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“Please, Not Again!”: Don’t Try To Breathe Life Into A Dead Scandal
This just in: Nothing boosts circulation or enhances ratings like a sex scandal. The more prominent the actors and the more prurient the allegations, the better. And if any factual adjustments become...
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“Clinton’s Clever Debate Strategy”: Cling To Obama In A Party That’s Already...
If only Democratic primary voters were as furious at their own party’s powers-that-be as are Republican voters, the posture taken by Bernie Sanders in the NBC/YouTube debate Sunday night would’ve been...
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“What A Guy!”: Donald Trump’s Plan To Defeat Hillary Clinton Is Even More...
The human brain has a magnificent capacity to adapt to bizarre circumstances and rationalize them as normal. Donald Trump’s chances of winning the Republican nomination — which even his skeptics (like...
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“Not The America Of The Future”: GOP A Bridge To 1960, When 90 Percent Of The...
It’s hardly news to observe that partisan polarization in this country is reinforced by sharp divisions in the demographic composition of the two major parties. But National Journal‘s Ron Brownstein...
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“Amazing Pretense Of A Third-Place Finisher”: When A Candidate Takes A...
In 1992, then-Gov. Bill Clinton faced brutal headwinds ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Rocked by controversy and personal allegations, the Arkansas Democrat was written off, dismissed as a...
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“There Is No Post Racial America”: Can Bernie Sanders Win The...
Bill Clinton, so the saying goes, was America’s first black president. Novelist Toni Morrison dubbed him so, noting that he displayed “almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born...
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