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A scandal. “It has been documented for some time that Asian applicants to the Ivies face a stiff test-score penalty in the admissions process — Asians have to get higher SAT scores than members of...
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One body is going to do its job. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio): “Tomorrow, the House will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every American,” Boehner said. “Then the...
View ArticleThe luxury of distance from D.C.
If you are a Republican 2016 presidential aspirant, it is not a good idea to be in the House or Senate. In 2013 and the years to follow, there will be a series of distasteful votes on a series of...
View ArticleCome to think of it, Boehner was dead right on Sandy aid
On the “fiscal cliff” deal, 151 Republicans voted no, presumably because they were grievously put off by the lack of spending cuts. However, the very same members will vote today on part one of the...
View ArticleTop dog in New Jersey and in 2016?
Ron Fournier writes that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) “is a potential presidential candidate because his rhetoric speaks to the times.” He argues: Millions of Americans are being left behind by...
View ArticleTale of two governors
Republican Govs. Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal don’t look or sound anything like each other. And their political standing couldn’t be more different. Christie is the most popular governor in the...
View ArticleWriting a book, running for president
It’s become a tradition in presidential politics that wanna-be candidates write books before a presidential run. It is a way of announcing without announcing your ambitions and is supposed to show...
View ArticleChris Christie goes to Camden
It is not every day that a GOP politician goes to an event 76 days before an election in a neighborhood he will not carry. But it is even rarer to see African American politicians, residents and a...
View ArticleA GOP tale of two states
The latest Quinnipiac poll underscores the plight of Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli ll. He trails Democrat Terry McAuliffe 47 to 39 percent, with libertarian Robert Sarvis pulling 8...
View ArticleNo perfect candidates
It is a painful truism that there are no perfect candidates. Looking ahead to 2016 the Republicans may field one of the strongest crop of presidential contenders since 1980 (when Ronald Reagan beat out...
View ArticleThe scandal is MSNBC
The bridge scandal started out as a test for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). Now it has become a test for the media. MSNBC, which long ago stopped being a news outlet in the sense of going out to...
View ArticleThe GOP establishment herd is thinning
Mitt Romney entered the GOP race, then left. Now New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the candidate thought to be the most relieved that another moderate Northeast opponent wouldn’t compete, has fallen on...
View ArticleChristie vs. Clinton
It is not unreasonable to ask why the George Washington Bridge scandal has nearly put a stake through New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential aspirations while Hillary Clinton rolls on despite...
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