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...most Republicans do recognize the true breadth of the problems the party faces. But regardless of their level of understanding, recovery will take time. Republicans cannot pretend that simply disavowing prior errors of judgment and promising a fresh start will instantly solve their problems. The credibility gap that Congressional Republicans?? corruption, arrogance, ineptitude, and hopeless defense of the Bush administration has created is simply too great. The negative impact of the past can only be erased with time...
...reduce the the deficit,” “cut taxes for the middle class,” and “keep government spending under control.” It seems that, at least in part, Democrats were elected as a protest against Republicans?? failure to live up to their own promises. Preventing similar future failures must become a lasting concern of our party...
Although I would like to believe it, Republicans??especially Republican pollsters—are not delusional when they get excited over this kind of news. They know that this issue energizes the Republican base. Countless articles, ranging from The New York Times to Republican blogs, have speculated that this court decision could change the momentum of Democratic Senate candidates Jim Webb in Virginia and Harold Ford Jr. in Tennessee, as well as House candidates throughout the contested Midwest...
This hesistance is not exclusive to Harvard; it’s a disease that plagues American discourse. Especially in the realm of politics, verbal acumen (e.g., Republicans?? “death tax”) obscures the debate. But in the wake of former University President Summers’ “women in science” debacle—no! we can’t debate that! I’ll faint!—Harvard’s lack of discomforting, yet potentially illuminating, discourse should be on all students’ minds...
Like a schoolyard bully short on cash, the Bush administration has decided to steal lunch money from the smart kids’ piggy banks. In the face of the burgeoning U.S. budget deficit and Republicans?? penchant for tax cuts, something had to give—and higher education did. Under the budget legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 1, student loan programs face a net cut of approximately $12 billion, which will lead to a rise in interest rates to 6.8 percent for student loans and 8.5 percent for parent loans by this July...