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When a Democratic president like Barack Obama or Bill Clinton rails against tax breaks for the wealthy and loopholes for the special interests, Republicans line up to denounce him for practicing
Instead, it’s like we’re living through a mashup of Hollywood’s best (or worst) 1960s-era government-off-the-rails films: “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Seven Days in May” and “Dr.
With the Republicans going off the rails with Trump, the Democrats have a chance to emerge as the Adult Party in America with solutions that cut across stale ideological lines.
He rails against leaks and still picks up the phone and calls reporters himself. His staff is spinning out of control. He won’t stop tweeting.
The cancellations raise questions about whether a deluge of drama consuming the Capitol could push lower-profile but important health care legislation off the rails.
“When it got to the Clinton stuff, everything just went off the rails,” said one Democratic committee staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “It was sort of like, ‘All bets are off.
If Chicago “runs on roads, rails, or runways, that investment brings an economic engine to the city,” Emanuel said.
He rails about debt but would slash revenue without enough spending cuts to offset the loss of tax dollars — because there simply isn’t enough money available to cut.
And other bigwig transit supporters have ridden the rails, too. Joseph R. Biden used to commute on Amtrak from his home in Delaware before becoming vice president.
Instead, the Republican Party has gone off the rails with its decision to anoint as its putative nominee Donald Trump — that bilious billionaire whose arrogance is only exceeded by his ignorance
Grayson identifies as a progressive and rails regularly against the Democratic establishment, which supports his House colleague, Rep. Patrick Murphy, in the Democratic Senate primary.
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