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...Until recently, Mitt Romney ran as the only true heir to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, conservative on social, fiscal and national security grounds. Down here, he plays David to the Washington beltway Goliath. At a Wednesday night event in Columbia, he talked before a big blue sign that said "Washington Is Broken," and next to another big blue sign that listed his priorities. "Strengthen Our families" was relegated...
BEFORE HE LAUNCHED A musical-parody troupe that wryly skewered pols from both sides of the aisle, Bill Strauss was a policy expert and adviser on serious matters of the Senate. Then at a Memorial Day party in 1981, a group of Beltway revelers broke into silly ad-lib ditties about the Reagan Administration, and the bipartisan Capitol Steps was born. Since 1984, when Strauss took the troupe professional, it has become a $3 million-a-year business, recording 29 albums and touring widely. Among its repertoire: My Momma Told Me: You Better Sleep Around (inspired by Monica Lewinsky...
...past decade, Chen has found ways to integrate his interests inside the classroom and inside the Beltway...
...From the Beltway to the Tetons I just finished reading 10 questions for Lynne Cheney, and I am as appalled by her arrogance as I am by her spouse's [Oct. 1]. When asked if the negative press affects their personal relationship, she answered that it's easy to ignore "if you know that what you're doing is the right thing." That strikes me as revealing either terrible naiveté or a stubborn sense of entitlement. Not only has this self-righteous thinking gotten the U.S. into a no-win war, but it has also stripped us of constitutional...
...That would make it difficult to defend himself against certain assaults from the G.O.P. Edwards strategists say outside groups could do some of that for him, but when Bob Dole found himself in similar straits in 1996, he was reduced to doing photo ops at gas stations around the Beltway to get attention...