Simpson told Cubin he would primary her
Wyoming state Rep. Colin Simpson (R), a candidate in the senatorial appointment process in that state, last month told Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) he would challenge her in a primary in 2008.Simpson,...
View ArticleStop the madness, start discussing long-term solutions to debt issues
The recent budget showdown was both completely predictable and totally avoidable, as was the resulting damage to our economy and public confidence in our government. Not only did the shutdown and...
View ArticleRepublicans uneager to revisit sanctions vote after Mandela's death
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View ArticleWhere is the Democrats' Grover Norquist?
How Democrats can take Congress to task, bending its will to their bidding, is an important question. The answer is simple: They need their own version of Grover Norquist.While both political parties...
View ArticleJudd Gregg: A Republican congressional legacy
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has declared that there will be no shutdowns and no gamesmanship as we go into this fall and the next round of debt-ceiling governance.This is a laudable...
View ArticleAlan Simpson on George HW Bush: 'He could never, ever remember a...
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) says George H.W. Bush had one "serious flaw”: The late 41st president could never remember a punchline."He had a very serious flaw known by all close to him," the...
View ArticleHumorless politics a sad sign of our times
Where has all the humor gone in American politics? Sure, that may sound like a column for the dog days of late August, but I think our current humorlessness actually says quite a bit about the state of...
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