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he House speaker, announced Wednesday that nothing had changed; he and his caucus still oppose higher tax rates for the rich and still want to pursue Romney’s defeated goal of raising revenue by lowering rates and cutting unspecified loop- holes. Standing up to Republican recalcitrance on this and many ot

go as far as possible: Anewly energized Obama administration an Senate could have the effect of isolating the supply-side dead-enders in the House. John Boehner, the House speaker, announced Wednesday that nothing had changed; he and his caucus still oppose higher tax rates for the rich and still want to purs

og by Eric Ostermeier in Smart Politics, I am able to point out that the only candidate for president who lost his home state by a larger margin than Mitt Romney was John Fremont in 1856. And Fremont was coming out of a campaign in which the opposition accused him of being a cannibal While Boehner was explain

has played a big role in GOP politics and is vocal about his support for Israel. In 2012, he spent millions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but also to ensure strengthened support for Israel in domestic U.S. politics. And, more recently, New Je

lions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but a

l rules didn't apply. In particular, this was no time to worry about budget deficits and cut spending, which would only deepen the depression. When John Boehner, then the House minority leader, declared in early 2009 that since American families were having to tighten their belts, the government should tigh

se. There are 800,000 Latinos in the state of Nevada (pop. 2.8 million). In EFTA00831985 2012, 70 percent of Latinos voted for Barack Obama, while Mitt Romney got 25 percent. My guess is that Trump can't and won't do nearly as well among them as Romney did. We can expect that Trump's campaign might skew u

percent of Latinos voted for Barack Obama, while Mitt Romney got 25 percent. My guess is that Trump can't and won't do nearly as well among them as Romney did. We can expect that Trump's campaign might skew up his Latino numbers, but does he really need the help, acquiesced or ignorance of MSNBC. Duri

aned up to be president? Did they? And if they didn't, why didn't they say so? Why did the top Republican in the country, the speaker of the House John Boehner, when asked about members of his caucus who had taken up the birther cause, fob off the question by saying it wasn't his job to tell people what to

s become" vis-a-vis the Hispanic community. Mitt Romney had performed dismally among Hispanics voters, fa

"amnesty," Rubio went on to oppose his own bill. Two years later, with an ongoing debate over how best to do away with the Fourteenth Amendment, and Mitt Romney's self- deportation proposal seems downright friendly. Later Wednesday, on the main debate stage, the closest anyone came to challenging the hardline

taxpayer-funded Select Committee on Benghazi is fueled by partisan, political motives. The guy most people believed would be the person to replace John Boehner, current Speaker of the House of Representatives, admitted last week that the House Investigation on Benghazi is nothing but a political farce. Hou

a GOP presidential debate, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney sparred over deporting "grandmothers and grandfa

re brought to this country illegally before 2010. 5. The population is very young Back in 2012= during a GOP presidential debate, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney sparred over deporting "grandmothers and grandfathers," zeroing in a demographic that is actually a ver= small part of the illegal-immigrant populat

going to see it=as a move outside the authority of the president, and it's going to be a very serious situation"). The spokesman for House SPEAKER John Boehner has calle= the president "Emperor Obama," implying that the executive acti=n is an unlawful decree, and Sen. TED CRUZ said on Fox News that "the pre

ands the danger emanating from across the pond. Slower growth and higher unemployment can only hurt his chances in an already very tight race with Mitt Romney. Most Americans are bored or baffled by Europe. Try explaining the latest news about Greek politics or Spanish banks, and their eyelids begin to d

ts that never get beyond the talking stage. Don't expect any initiatives out of the United States until after the presidential election either. If Romney is elected, he and his EFTA_R 1_02204154 EFTA02720625 new team will need time to get settled and will likely see Israeli- Palestinian negotiation

ach an agreement: the debt ceiling had to be raised by the end of the summer. The Cantor-Biden talks ended two months later, and Obama and Speaker John Boehner worked until July to reach a "grand bargain" of modest tax hikes, entitlement reforms, and spending cuts. A fourth group, consisting of three Repub

And so does the Beltway press — as demonstrated in that Town Hall debate last fall when CNN's Candy Crowley almost — almost — asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about global warming. CANDY CROWLEY on CNN: Climate change, I had that question, all you climate change people, we just, you know again, we knew t

ley almost — almost — asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about global warming. CANDY CROWLEY on CNN: Cli

tion to solving the problem. And in fact, we think our principles and our solutions are better than yours." BILL MOYERS: So • Speaker of the House John Boehner and I ask you to come see me and I say I want to do what you're suggesting. Give me the sound bites a real conservative can use. ANTHONY LEISEROWIT

: A GOP consultant, the chief strategist on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, lamented what's ha

nt, who chairs the Human Rights Foundation, saw a parallel to Russia as he watched the Mueller hearings: A GOP consultant, the chief strategist on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, lamented what's happened to his party: From a Post pollster: The former deputy attorney general has a new gig: Counse

favor of the short-term spending bill Tuesday -- many fewer than the 76 Republicans who supported the last stop-gap bill." -- Former House speaker John Boehner returned to a Capitol transformed from heated partisanship into a cauldron of constitutional standoff. Paul Kane reports: "Officially there to unve

d been halted by Ryan’s election as Speaker. Mitt Romney’s running mate, and a figure who had merged a con

ce, and which, plausibly, was set to remake the House into the center of the new radical Republicanism had been halted by Ryan’s election as Speaker. Mitt Romney’s running mate, and a figure who had merged a conservative fiscal wonkishness—he had been the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and, as we

he way Breitbart viewed Ryan and the way Trump viewed him. For Breitbart, the House rebellion and transformation that had driven the former Speaker, John Boehner, from office, and which, plausibly, was set to remake the House into the center of the new radical Republicanism had been halted by Ryan’s election a

the very economic policies the Republicans are blackmailing the country to implement. President Obama got nearly five million more votes than Mitt Romney (and 126 more electoral votes), the Democrats picked up two seats in the U.S. Senate in a year in which the Democrats had far more seats to defend,

ow slice of the population, residing on the far right of the political spectrum, is dictating how Republicans in Congress are proceeding. No wonder John Boehner is insisting on cuts to entitlements and other programs mainly aimed at working and middle class Americans, all while protecting the wealthy from a