Aiming at the Leaders, Hitting the Followers
According to the Center for Public Integrity, outside conservative groups have spent three dollars attacking fellow Republicans for every one dollar spent attacking President Obama and his Democratic...
View ArticleOne Innocuous Tweet And All Hell Breaks Loose
I make one innocuous tweet, and all Hell breaks loose. As it became clear that Chris McDaniel and Thad Cochran were heading for a run-off and that slightly more Republican primary voters picked...
View ArticleThe C-Suite and the Ivory Tower
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a...
View ArticleSome Incomplete Thoughts on the Dangers of “Crony Capitalism”
I am very sympathetic to the libertarian philosophy. I believe that when government tries to subvert markets, things go awry. Prohibition is a perfect example. The government tried to stamp out the...
View ArticlePlaying Politics With Ebola
The Democrats are trying to tie Ebola to the Republicans. This is a political season so this is not surprising. The theory goes that because Republicans want to cut spending, they have cut critical...
View ArticleAn Omni is Better Than A Short-Term CR
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Should Congress pass an omnibus appropriations bill or a series of short-term continuing resolutions? An omnibus appropriations bill,...
View ArticleHow the GOP Gains From Focusing on Spending Now and Immigration Later
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid tension over funding the government past next week’s deadline, Congress has invented a term that brings back memories of the 2012...
View ArticleTaming the Wild West of Campaign Spending
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Over the objections of then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (my former boss) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,...
View ArticleThe Spending Battle’s Winners and Losers
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) So, now that we have dispensed with the “cromnibus,” who won and who lost in the latest budget battle? Here are my picks: Winners:...
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Give Mr. Trump some breathing space. Pass the omnibus spending bill.
On passing the omnibus spending bill… Donald Trump and his team may have said that they expected to win and maybe they did. But even if that is the case, they weren’t prepared for the eventual...
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