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Whose votes do Republicans want more: Tea Partiers’ or Independents’?

July 22, 2011

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Nearly two weeks ago, Barack Obama came to the negotiating table expressing his hopes to pass a $4 trillion debt reduction bill linked to an increase in the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.  Obama proposed a package consisting of a 3:1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases ($3 trillion in cuts, $1 trillion in new […]

Republican presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty: “All things to all men”

April 3, 2011

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On Tuesday, March 22, Vanderbilt University was fortunate enough get the first crack at the first Republican to declare (or at least “explore”) his candidacy for the 2012 presidential election.  Just days after launching his presidential “exploratory committee”, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty debated Christina Romer, once an economic advisor of the Obama White House, […]