Gary Hart

The Natural

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.23.2012

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I am so grateful to Carole King for her new memoir, A Natural Woman. There is no way to do the book justice. It is a book that cannot be analyzed, only experienced.

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The Real Game Change: Palinism's Rise, Moderate Republicanism's Eclipse

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Sinatra, Arianna Huffington, Jerry Brown, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, The Manchurian Candidate, Far Right, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, 2012 Presidential Elections, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Steve Schmidt, Game Change, John McCain, Gary Hart, Rick Perry, Maria Shriver, Dick Cheney, Ralph Nader, Entertainment News, Media News, Video, Politics News

The term "game change," like so many sports-oriented terms in politics, is decidedly over-used. But the events depicted in the Game Change film really do constitute just that, though not in the way that my friend Steve Schmidt intended it.

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The New Conservatism

Gary Hart | Posted 05.22.2012

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The political media have accepted the myth of "equivalence" that says political polarization and governmental dysfunction are the result of both parties going to extremes of right and left. It is a myth.

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Newtonian Motion, the Big Nevada Bust, the Road Ahead (and the Rise of Rick?)

William Bradley | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Iowa, Republican Party, Donald Trump, 2012 Elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Newt Gingrich, Gary Hart, Video, Syria, Politics News

The bust that was the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses revealed much about brewing Republican swing state problems, and the decided limitations of Romney's candidacy and that of Gingrich.

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Newtonian Motion: Will Gingrich Blow It (Again)?

William Bradley | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, South Carolina, Elections 2012, Nevada, Florida Primary, Newt Gingrich, Jerry Brown, Gary Hart, Politics News

This is a big moment for Gingrich, especially with Romney so obviously in flail mode. The right mix of decisions can put him in the driver's seat in the national Republican Party. If that's where he wants to be.

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Iowa Then and Now

William Bradley | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Republican Presidential Race, Iowa, Republican Party, Barack Obama, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, Money in Politics, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Pat Caddell, Fox News, Middle East Oil, Climate Change, Iran, Warren Beatty, Politics News

The chaotic jumble of holding the Iowa presidential caucuses on January 3rd is now fully apparent. It didn't used to be this way.

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Cast in GOP's Race to Casa Blanca

William Bradley | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Republican Party, Barack Obama, 2012 Election, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, 2012 Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich, Gary Hart, Michele Bachmann, Stephen King, Libertarian, Politics News

The Republican presidential race was a reality TV show. But now that the primaries and caucuses are coming right up, it's a road picture. Here's how each candidate, a distinct type, is doing right now.

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Newtonian Motion: Action Begets Flawed Reaction

William Bradley | Posted 02.09.2012

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Romney has very little time in which to pull Gingrich down, especially without doing himself serious damage as well. He may have to let Gingrich win Iowa and hope to rebound in New Hampshire.

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Newtonian Motion: In Iowa, a Lot Can Happen in Four Weeks

William Bradley | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Republican Presidential Race, Iowa Caucuses, New Hampshire Primary, Walter Mondale, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Gary Hart, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Video, Politics News

Newt Gingrich. Iowa caucuses. To say it seemed an unlikely prospect that the candidate whose staff famously quit because of disorganization would have a commanding lead in a state that supposedly requires a premium in organization would be gross understatement.

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Darwinian: Obama Goes Post-Iraq in Oz, Republicans Race to the Past

William Bradley | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Australia, Afghanistan, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Asia Pacific, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Darwin, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Herman Cain, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Iraq, China, Gary Hart, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Iran, World News

t's a matter of competition, a matter of evolution -- as in who gets the future and who does not -- and a matter of the little city of Darwin, Australia. Ironic, in that most of the Republican presidential field rejects Darwin's evolution science.

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Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon

William Bradley | Posted 12.26.2011

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Steve Jobs made it his mission to develop, design, and diffuse the stuff of the future, today. Recovering from early mistakes in as dramatic a fashion as possible, he delivered. It's not perpetual world peace, but it's enough for one person.

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Afghan War at 10, 9/11 at 10+: Did Osama bin Laden Win After All?

William Bradley | Posted 12.07.2011

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Osama bin Laden may be the man who crashed the world. With a great deal of help from not unpredictable actions on the part of his enemies.

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Of "A Theory That's Out There," GOP Straw Polls, Martha's Vineyard Vacations, and Other Follies

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2011

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A schoolboy asked Rick Perry today at one of his appearances in New Hampshire about evolution. Perry told the lad that evolution is "a theory that's out there" about the world, and went on to explain that in Texas, the schools teach creationism, too.

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Inconsistent Sex Scandal Outrage Is Nothing New

Malcom Glenn | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Ed Schultz, Politics, Anthony Weiner, Twitter, Scandal, Laura Ingraham, Gary Hart, Reince Priebus, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sex Scandal, Chris Lee Resigns, Politician Scandals, Denver News

It's not unfair to say that Weiner should resign; it's simply unfair to say so because of political motives hidden behind phrases like violations of trust and broken bonds with voters.

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Does a Nation Have a Soul?

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is difficult to imagine that a mass democracy of 300 million could have a soul, because we don't know exactly what a soul is.

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In the Shadow of bin Laden: Republicans and the Presidential Debate

William Bradley | Posted 07.07.2011

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If there was a worse week in which to hold the first Republican presidential debate, it's hard to think of when that might be. It's probably poetic ...

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With History Waiting At the Finish Line, Jerry Brown Heads Into the Final Curve of the Race

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Brown is shaping up as potentially the biggest Democratic winner of the 2010 elections. He is on the verge of besting the biggest-spending candidate in American history.

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Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement--Waging Peace

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Below, as a memory aid, are the elements and proposed leaders within the Vice Presidency for the Commonwealth, each linked to more information about t...

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Fear Itself, and Why We Should Fear it

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this era of change, older, white, conservative Americans should be listened to with respect and encouraged to overcome their fears. It is a law of nature that generations must move on.

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Reducing Government

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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The anti-government forces, so noisy of late, have yet to state with any specificity which of the many government functions (all of which they enjoy, including large federal payments to Alaska), they would like to get rid of.

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The Thunder and the Sunshine

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a kind of natural inclination to want others to know your stories and whatever meaning you may have derived from them. So, I've just published a memoir, The Thunder and the Sunshine.

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Bill Clinton Hearts Jerry Brown! (And Other Tales of Intrigue)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Security Test for the GOP

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Chuck Hagel, Heritage Foundation, Missiles, Ronald Reagan, Gary Hart, John Bolton, Brent Scowcroft, Mitt Romney, New Start Treaty, Barack Obama, James Baker, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Start Treaty, Politics News

America's military is solidly behind the new security treaty that cuts Russia's nuclear weapons. Is the Republican Party? The test comes Thursday when senators have to choose: Back the military or play politics?

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Mad Men: "The Summer Man" Is Clearing His Head

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1960s, New York, Matthew Weiner, Nelson Rockefeller, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Gary Hart, John Lindsay, George Mcgovern, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Entertainment News

It doesn't look like Matt Weiner is much of a Beatles fan. We've had Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, and now the Rolling Stones ... but the lads from Liverpool have been relegated to Christmas gifts for Don's kids bought by his former secretary.

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Gary Hart's New Memoir Shows the Continuity in Contemporary History

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Reading the book I'm struck by the threads of continuity running from 1970 to 2010. America was in a state of imperial overstretch, riven by a foolish war and roiled by divisive politics. And Hart has had a unique vantage point throughout.

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