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Mike Murphy: Political Media Consultant

January 21, 2014 admin All Conversations, Politics, Public Policy, Uncategorized

The challenges for Republicans keep piling up. First it was the Great Divide, the battle between the Tea Party wing and so-called Establishment. Now, NJ

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David Frum: Writer, Commentator, Former U.S. Presidential Special Assistant

January 10, 2014 admin All Conversations, Politics, Uncategorized

As both parties kick off the 2014 political season – and Midterm primaries and Elections creep closer on the calendar – both parties face questions.

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John Sides, GWU Associate Professor; co-Founder “The Monkey Cage Blog”; co-Author “The Gamble”

December 17, 2013 admin All Conversations, Public Policy, Uncategorized

We all know the high points of elections – the zingers, the gotchas and the flat out mistakes. They’re often called “game changers,” and our

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Stuart Stevens, Political Strategist

December 12, 2013 admin All Conversations, Politics, Uncategorized

It was just over a year ago that we held our national poll to decide who would lead our country for the next four years.

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Retro Report’s Scott Michels: “Exxon Valdez: In the Wake of Disaster”

December 12, 2013 admin All Conversations, Public Policy, Science, Uncategorized

It was one of the worst oil spills in US history. The Exxon Valdez hit a reef off the Alaska coast in March 1989, spilling

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author: “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism”

December 11, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Public Policy, Uncategorized

A massive and growing gap between rich and poor. A middle class squeeze. Technological shifts driving changes in how people live their lives everyday. Big

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Retro Report’s Karen Sughrue: “Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out”

December 10, 2013 admin All Conversations, Culture, Uncategorized

It used to be simply a baseball a baseball term – Three strikes and your out. But in the early 90s, the phrase took on

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Mark Halperin, co-Author: “Double Down: Game Change 2012”

December 5, 2013 admin All Conversations, Politics, Uncategorized

The U.S. presidential campaign. It’s the horse race. The often-ridiculous, never-ending, up and down, bad food and bad manners parade of candidates who travel the

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Larry Sabato, Univ. of Virginia and Sabato’s Crystal Ball

December 3, 2013 admin All Conversations, Politics, Uncategorized

For anyone trying to make sense now of the 2014 or even 2016 election cycles, good luck. For Republicans, battles around the party’s direction –

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Retro Report’s JP Olsen: “Love Canal: A Legacy of Doubt”

December 3, 2013 admin All Conversations, Science, Uncategorized

Few words did more to raise fears of environmental disaster over a generation than “Love Canal.” The small neighborhood outside Niagara Falls became big news

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Joe Scarborough, MSNBC: “The Right Path”

November 27, 2013 admin All Conversations, Politics, Uncategorized

Almost no Republican needs reminding: The party has lost 5 of the last 6 popular Presidential votes. And now, with one Government Shutdown behind them,

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Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian: Presidents’ Second Terms

November 25, 2013 admin All Conversations, Politics, Public Policy, Uncategorized

What is it about Presidential Second Terms? Just 11 months into Obama Term 2, he seems to have fallen into the same trap as many

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