Jerry Brown’s Long, Strange Trip to a Clinton Peace
[ Jerry Brown Picks Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders ] Brown was to Bill Clinton in 1992 what Bernie Sanders is to Hillary Clinton in 2016 — always trailing, but never failing
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Opinion · 114th Congress
State Department Report Too Soft on Hillary Clinton
So, it’s clear that Clinton acted inappropriately and that those around her enabled her to do so.
Politics · 114th Congress
Trump Accepts NRA Endorsement Despite Past Views on Guns
Nearly four years later, he accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association as the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump, Change Agent, Hasn’t Changed in Decades
“We need to be tough,” he told Playboy at the time, musing that in a Trump White House, a “toughness of attitude would prevail.”
Opinion · 114th Congress
With Trump, Ryan Wins When It Looks Like He’s Losing
Ryan has made his point, and the two men can agree to make common cause in defeating Hillary Clinton without agreeing on policy, style or tactics.
‘Sentencing Reform’ is Seriously Stuck
, Hillary Clinton, who’s become newly critical of “mass incarceration,” decides to endorse the bill.
Clinton and Her Odd Policy Bedfellows
She eschewed the sort of frontal assault on the Washington status quo that raises the public profiles of many senators — and which many presidents attempt in their early months in the White House.
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Ultimate Hillary Clinton Running Mate
Her model would be Bill Clinton who doubled down in 1992 by tapping Al Gore , another young Southern moderate, as his VP.
Politics · 114th Congress
Obama Shouldn’t Even Try to Bring Party Together Now
A light touch However White House officials choose to proceed, their fellow Democrats advise a light touch.
Politics · 114th Congress
Ryan Rides to the Rescue — But Not Until 2020
Given the animosity that Republicans harbor for Clinton, the speaker’s House colleagues presumably would demand that he oppose every White House initiative and look for reasons to investigate executive
Policy · 114th Congress
Supreme Court May Be Ready to Side With McDonnell
McDonnell, once a rising star in Republican circles and a potential vice presidential pick, was convicted in 2014 on 11 counts and sentenced in 2015 to two years in prison.
Politics · 114th Congress
Six Ways Cruz and Fiorina Are the Same
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Education They’re both highly educated and polished speakers.
Policy · 114th Congress
Fight Looms Over Size of White House National Security Staff
And White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Tuesday said the proposal shows congressional Republicans are not exactly “bullish” that their party’s presidential nominee will recapture the White House
Politics · 114th Congress
GOP’s Troubles Just Beginning
The country moved noticeably to the right starting in the early 1980s with Ronald Reagan and continuing through the presidency of Bill Clinton (“The era of big government is over”) and even the first
Politics · 114th Congress
Cut-Rate Clinton
An intimate gathering in D.C. for supporters of 2016 White House hopeful Hillary Clinton plummeted in price Wednesday as campaign supporters trimmed the cost of admission by 70 percent.
Politics · 114th Congress
Democrats Are Headed off Their Own Cliff
Political observers – yes, including myself – have argued for years that the Republican Party has moved too far right, allowing its most ideological elements to limit its legislative options, prevent it
After the Meltdown
White House before relinquishing her Senate seat to become secretary of state.
Politics · 114th Congress
Is Bernie Sanders Getting a Free Pass?
He’s been “marginalized” by the mainstream media, wrote Robert Reich, former secretary of labor for President Bill Clinton and an ardent Sanders supporter, in Salon on Thursday.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Clinton, Trump Win Big in New York
There are no major mysteries about a second Clinton White House other than the role that would be played by Bill.
Policy · 114th Congress
Bob Barr Still in the Fight
The Georgia Republican in 1997 worked hard to force then-President Bill Clinton from the Oval Office, leading the charge on impeachment proceedings that cleared the GOP-led House only to fizzle