George McGovern and his supporters committed what, in a two-party system, are capital crimes: they did not compromise, they took hard ideological positions, they alienated a large portion of their party's traditional supporters, and they lost - very, very badly.
From Elliott Abrams
Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.
While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.
Is multilateralism nothing more than a dodge for simple inaction?
As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.
The truce brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas depends, above all, on the borders between Egypt, Gaza and Israel.
If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, its influence and that of Hamas and Hezbollah are strengthened.
American power remains today what it was in the Second World War and the Cold War: the greatest force for freedom in the world.
The Right is simply more pro-Israel than the Left.
Rahm Emanuel seems to think he knows Israel very well, and that the way to treat that country and its democratically-elected government is the way he treats all opponents in politics: by attacking and attacking.
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