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Category: Bi-Partisan

Christie book

Libs: Chris Christie’s New Book May Be Well Worth Checking Out

December 8, 2021 Arthur Lieber 2022 Election, 2024 Election, Bi-Partisan, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

It provides further insight into one of the greatest mysteries for people who are not Republicans, and even some who are — “the Republican Brain.” This is a phrase that became the title of Washington Post writer Chris Mooney’s 2012 book by the same name, The Republican Brain.

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Biden Popularity

Should Biden Play Hardball or Softball?

November 29, 2021 Arthur Lieber Bi-Partisan, Biden, Biden agenda, Democrats, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

According to 538, in early August Biden was up 52 – 42%. It was that month that the president announced that the United States was initiate a thorough and complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, where American troops had been since shortly after Nine-Eleven in 2001.

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running mate

Why the Democratic presidential nominee must choose a Republican running mate

November 25, 2019 John Messmer 2020 Election, Bi-Partisan Leave a comment

The American republic is in crisis. Presidents abuse their power with impunity. Congress wallows in its dysfunction. The mechanism established by our Constitution to

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Madam Speaker, please negotiate. It’s good policy and it gives you the high ground

January 20, 2019 Arthur Lieber Bi-Partisan, Budget, Immigration Leave a comment

It can be very difficult to make Donald Trump look good to reasonable people, but Nancy Pelosi may be trying to do so. If she portrays the Democrats as the party of intransigence and inflexibility, she is giving Trump a gift that he neither deserves nor could ever earn.

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Bob Dole- HW

H.W. Bush & Bob Dole fought a “good war”

December 5, 2018 Arthur Lieber Bi-Partisan, History, Infrastructure, Politics Leave a comment

Bob Dole did everything that he could to get his ninety-five-year-old war-ravaged body once again to the U.S. Capitol, this time to pay a final tribute to his friend and rival, George H.W. Bush.

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