A.B. Stoddard: Dems sick of ObamaCare
Watching Jonathan Gruber testify before the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee on Tuesday was likely too much for most Democrats to take, as he characterized his remarks describing...
View ArticleStoddard: Tough road ahead for Boehner
Speaker John Boehner knows fending off a challenge to his Speakership from conservative rebels Tuesday was only the first of many minefields he will traverse in the 114th Congress. And perhaps he has...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Numbers bad for Romney
Mitt Romney is hoping the third time’s the charm, but it’s looking more like a chuckle. The former Massachusetts governor’s push for a third presidential run has been met with swift Twitter mockery,...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: ‘Better politics’ for 2016
Even if Hillary Clinton had watched President Obama’s sixth State of the Union address with the sound off Tuesday night, she would still know all she needs to know: Sen. Elizabeth Warren was on her...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: GOP is back at the edge
When it comes to the Republican Party’s immigration divide, the more things stay the same, the more they stay the same. The 2016 campaign has begun, and Jeb Bush, a pro-reform candidate, is believed to...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Hard to kill the ACA
For Republicans, it sure was fun while their hopes lasted, but many have concluded the Supreme Court might not be able to kill off the Affordable Care Act after all.When the high court rules this...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Obama’s ISIS battle
It turns out President Obama gets it. That the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a grave threat, that his air campaign may not be working well, that changes may be required and that Congress...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Hillary Clinton’s soapbox
Hillary Clinton emerged from her undisclosed location Tuesday to reportedly earn $300,000 speaking to a group in Silicon Valley, where she couldn’t resist praising actress Patricia Arquette’s Oscar...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: What is Sen. Cruz selling?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) admitted last weekend he made “mistakes” with his push to defund ObamaCare that inspired the government shutdown of 2013. It was in little-noticed remarks to a gathering of the...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: A big mistake on Iran
Torpedoing a bipartisan, veto-proof majority to cement Congress’s role in a deal with Iran, undercutting pledges of the new GOP majority in the Senate to govern and undermining a future Republican...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Nothing new from Clinton
As Hillary Clinton hides behind lame tweets, furiously planning the launch of her new and different presidential campaign, Democrats wonder if they can find a 3-D printer that could produce a new...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Israel a trap for Clinton
As Hillary Clinton prepares to sell herself as the next leader of the free world, she will want to balance herself somewhere between the Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: What the religious freedom debate means for the GOP in 2016
The debate over the restoration of religious freedom this week showed a lot about the Republican Party — it needs a restoration of its own. On Monday the GOP presidential field had Indiana Gov. Mike...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Where Clinton must win
Hillary Clinton may be one of the most famous people in the world, and most people have already decided whether her chance to become our first woman president tops everything else they know of her. But...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Breaking the glass ceiling
The Republican Party is facing a steep challenge in 2016: finding someone to beat the formidable Hillary Clinton, who seeks to make history as the first woman president. Republican voters aren’t yet...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Jeb no longer in front
Four months into the 2016 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush has all the money and none of the mojo.Despite the financial juggernaut the former Florida governor has built — Bush said this week he had...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Hillary can’t win on trade
Hillary Clinton clearly isn’t bothered by the exhortations of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), but President Obama is — and the longer Obama indulges Clinton’s silence on trade, the more the presumed...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Bush’s refusal to bend
Jeb Bush isn’t rusty, nor is he a novice. His inability this week to criticize the 2003 invasion of Iraq, even in hindsight, is not a result of indecision or ignorance. He is agonizing. And while his...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: GOP has a debate problem
The GOP has a bridesmaid problem and desperately needs a bride — or two, or three or even four. With presidential candidates as far as the eye can see, but no clear front-runner, neither the party nor...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Our failure on ISIS
The administration’s mishandling of its fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is no longer simply fodder for Republicans confined to the narrow realm of Beltway chatter. Not when...
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