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Oct 23 2012
News
Chief in Command: Obama, Romney Agree On Foreign Policy
There may be a presidential election around the corner, but voters won't have two competing foreign policies to choose from at the ballot box, at least among the major parties.
HuffPost
May 11 2015
News
The Assets and Liabilities of Jeb Bush
Five months ago this week, Jeb Bush got a beat on the world by announcing he was forming a committee to explore running for president. That means enough time has passed to frame the Bush paradox: He is the establishment favorite in a party that almost always picks that candidate, but has walked into an election cycle in which that isn’t
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Bernie Sanders Ends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dropped
Henry A. Brechter
Mar 17 2013
News
Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday marking an early indicator of conservative support ahead of the next presidential election in 2016.
HuffPost
Jan 24 2020
Analysis
Trump Is Not Shamed
As the Senate hears his case, Trump is recommitting some of the same offenses that got him impeached in the first place.
One of the reasons House Democrats ultimately impeached Donald Trump is that they recognized that if they didn’t try to stop him from doing crimes, he would be emboldened do more of them. Or to put it another way, if the Congress makes an institutional decision to
Slate
Dec 13 2019
News
Panel Approves Impeachment Articles and Sends Charges for a House Vote
The House Judiciary Committee voted over Republican objections to advance two articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
A fiercely divided House Judiciary Committee pushed President Trump to the brink of impeachment on Friday, voting along party lines to approve charges that he abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress
New York Times (News)
Dec 29 2016
Opinion
Kerry to Israel: A State Cannot Be Both Jewish and Democratic
Our secretary of state might want to review the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan before lecturing Israel. Our ineffable secretary of state, John Kerry, delivered another parting shot at Israel today, offering the Obama administration’s “vision” for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. There are many things to be said about it — not least that Kerry’s speech, like last week’s
National Review (News)
Oct 25 2019
News
GOP worries it's losing impeachment fight
Republican senators fear President Trump and their party are losing the public opinion fight over impeachment.
Many in the GOP think House Democrats are playing politics with impeachment and that Trump’s actions don’t merit impeachment. They also think the media is biased against the White House and the president.
All the same, they think they’re losing the public battle, and
The Hill
Aug 13 2016
News
DONALD TRUMP’S POLL NUMBERS ARE COLLAPSING
Throughout the election, Donald Trump has challenged conventional wisdom about how to run a campaign, flipping the script on what makes a successful politician. He has also, in the process, flipped the electoral map—and not in his favor. According to a series of new surveys, Hillary Clinton has gained a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in several battleground states, turning what were once
Vanity Fair
Mar 03 2016
News
How Campaign Finance Reform Contributed to Polarization
One of the more compelling arguments for campaign finance reform has long been that it would undermine partisanship. After all, a great deal of money goes to political parties. Cut off the money to them, and you undermine their influence over candidates and elected officials, right?
If these issues concern you, I strongly encourage you to read Ray La Raja and Brian Schaffner's
Pacific Standard