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Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Earl Warren, John Tower, Senate Republicans, 1964, Moderate Democrats, Joe Biden, Dscc, Bipartisan, 2011, Barack Obama, Thomas Kuchel, Economic Stimulus Package, 2010, Moderates, Bob Menendez, Joseph Alsop, 1965, Orrin Hatch, Bipartisanship, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Republicans, Barry Goldwater, Health Care, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: John v. Lindsay, Liberal Party, Robert F. Wagner Jr., David Paterson, New York Politics, Hubert H. Humphrey, Barack Obama, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Obama Paterson, Lyndon B. Johnson, New York Mayor, 1965, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Newsweek, John Lindsay, Robert Kennedy, New York News
John R. Bohrer

In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

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New York Senate Debacle: The Powerbrokers of 1965 and Pissants of 2009

John R. Bohrer | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Robert F. Wagner Jr., New York Politics, Joseph Zaretzki, Pedro Espada, 2009, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Jack Bronston, 1965, Hiram Monserrate, New York State Senate, Nelson Rockefeller, Julian Erway, Anthony Travia, Stanley Steingut, Robert Kennedy, Alan Hevesi, New York News
John R. Bohrer

The leadership stalemate of 1965 occurred at the start of the session, when bill expiration deadlines weren't looming. Pedro Espada's defection (facilitated by Hiram Monserrate) flushed months of hard-fought negotiations and legislative footwork down the toilet.

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New Jersey Set To Ban Death Penalty, First State Since 1965

AP | TOM HESTER Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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With New Jersey on the cusp of abolishing capital punishment, death penalty foes are hoping the move will inspire other states to do the same. New Je...

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