In a perfect world, Citizens United would be overturned and American law would embrace the separation of billionaire and state. In an imperfect world, this appears to be the best one can hope for: Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman lavished more than $7 million on Republican candidates and political committees during the Obama administration, […]
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Bake-Off: The Northeast GOP’s Quest for Fake Moderates
How do you reach for something that doesn’t really exist? In Connecticut, the state Republican Party is trying to figure out a way to pull off the same con Massachusetts Republicans pulled off nearly four years ago: Charlie Baker of Massachusetts is the most popular governor in the land, a wonky Republican with a business […]
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Elizabeth Warren’s GOP Challengers Have No Credentials and No Credibility
Like a championship team whose top rivals are nowhere in their class, it appears that US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be facing off against a member of the GOP B-team next year. Apparently, the days of Republicans recruiting main-event players (Mitt Romney in 1994, Bill Weld in 1996) to challenge the Bay State’s senators […]
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Is Bill Weld Having Second Thoughts About Teaming Up With Gary Johnson?
He should have known what he was getting into.
