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The Southern Border: A Humanitarian Crisis
In January of this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection impounded 254 pounds of fentanyl—the largest seizure of the drug at any port of entry—at the Nogales Commercial Facility in Arizona. This amount of fentanyl is lethal enough to kill 57 million Americans. A few weeks later, President Trump declared a national emergency on the…
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The 2014 Senate Elections
BY KEVIN DEUTSCH The Playing Field Normally, President Obama’s lackluster approval rating (low 40s) would indicate Democrats are set to take huge losses in both houses of congress. This isn’t the case. The Republican Party is also unpopular. And the ongoing conflict between moderates and the Tea Party keeps the GOP from selling a coherent…
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Don’t Jump! Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
The first task that awaits President Obama as he wraps up the quadrennial “year off” that we give to campaigning Presidents is to reduce the deficit and to confront the impending fiscal cliff, defined as the scheduled end of the Bush tax cuts coupled with a series of massive cuts to discretionary and defense spending…
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What Obama Should Say.
Tomorrow, Barack Obama will make potentially his most important speech in his quest for re-election. The president’s speech is the culmination of the Democratic convention and the chance for Obama to dramatically assert his case that he deserves another four years. Obama’s speech should offer specific policy proposals and a clear roadmap for economic recovery…
