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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: What the Vote on Health Care Means — Republicans Now Own It
Now that the buses have returned from the White House victory-lap rally and House Republicans have headed home for what undoubtedly will be ticker-tape parades, it is time to step back from the partisan
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: This Budget Isn’t Dead on Arrival
Every year, Congress affixes the same toe tag to the White House budget within minutes of its delivery: “Dead on Arrival.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Final Dignity of Hillary Clinton
But that talented freshman won the White House and tapped Clinton as his secretary of State, giving her both a position of honor and a platform to launch her next bid for president.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Too Many Trumps at the Table
When Bill and Hillary Clinton moved into the White House in 1993, the newly installed first couple was nearly destroyed for making an offer they thought America could not refuse — a two-for-one special
Opinion · 114th Congress
Jeff Sessions Is Unfit for the Cabinet
His confirmation would reinforce Trump’s appointment of white nationalist Steve Bannon to the top strategist’s role at the White House.
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Case for a Clinton Presidency
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all needed on-the-job training — time to find their way around the West Wing, the Capitol and international capitals.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Win or Lose, Clinton Offers a ‘How Not To’ Study on Campaign Messaging
And as the Pew Research Center notes, the non-Hispanic white share of the electorate has fallen from 71 percent to 69 percent in just four years.
Opinion · 114th Congress
How Hillary Clinton’s Optics Problem Could Hurt Her and Her Party
The thread in question reveals a weeklong battle by campaign manager, Robby Mook, to get former President Bill Clinton to cancel a planned speech to the powerhouse Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump Leaves Wavering Republicans in a Catch-22
A flashback: On Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 1974, White House Press Secretary Jerry terHorst met with Jerry Ford in the Oval Office to work out the final details of a surprise presidential announcement
Opinion · 114th Congress
Donald Trump’s a Real Trickle-Downer in Clinton’s Eyes
The political map is in the midst of its biggest rewrite since 1996 when Bill Clinton swept such now safe GOP bastions as Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump’s Immigration Plan: Scapegoating Cloaked as Policy
in which some undocumented immigrants aren’t immediately swept up in junta-like raids — isn’t too different from what Obama’s done in increasing deportations while awaiting a comprehensive immigration bill
Opinion · 114th Congress
Clinton Met With Donors — So What?
Some have even been known to pass each other checks on the House floor or in a little computer closet called the “red room” adjacent to the House floor.
Opinion · 114th Congress
We’re Underestimating the Donald Trump Debacle
Only twice since then — Bill Clinton in 1996 and Barack Obama in 2008 — has the winner had a wider popular-vote margin than what Clinton currently has in the average of national polls.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Clinton Should Come Clean on Her Relationships With Donors
of Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s employment status at State so she could do work for a consulting firm founded by longtime Bill Clinton consigliere Doug Band, and the money Hillary Clinton made giving speeches
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Night the Democrats Found Their Voice
In his swan-song address as president, Obama followed in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan (1988) and Bill Clinton (2000).
Opinion · 114th Congress
Bill Clinton’s Big Challenge
Every four years for a generation, Democrats awaited Bill Clinton’s speech at the party’s national convention the way classical musical lovers anticipate the first draw of Yo-Yo Ma’s bow across