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The Rev. Jesse Jackson in New Jersey: 1984
In the 1984 Democratic Primary for President, when the late Jesse Jackson campaigned hard throughout Jersey City and Newark (see above) in a three-man contest, Gary Hart infamously torpedoed himself in New Jersey when he made a crack about the Garden State. Campaigning in Bel-Air, Calif., Hart said of his wife, Lee: ''The deal is we campaign separately; that's the bad news. The good news for her is she campaigns in California and I campaign in New Jersey.'' ''I got to hold a koala bear,'' Mrs.
Putting the Jan. 6th Committee Report in the Context of America’s Democratic Story
Last night, the House January 6th Committee published its final report, revealing the committee’s findings and recommendations. Earlier in the week, for the first time in the history of our democratic republic, Congress referred a former president to the Department of Justice for prosecution. One of the alleged crimes, the evidence of which is available for all to see, is insurrection. To live in interesting times is usually regarded as a curse, but it is also a great moral opportunity.
How Atiku US trip is delaying PDP’s peace moves
… As ex-VP plans meeting with Wike Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The reconciliation efforts in the Peoples Democratic Party may suffer a delay as the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, whose emergence and choice of running mate has caused disagreements among some party chieftains, has travelled to the United States.
Monkeypox, Gary Hart and the monkey business; By Osmund Agbo
Gary Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who represented the state of Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987. He came into national prominence in the way he ran the very long-shot but highly successful campaign of Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.
Monkeypox, Gary Hart and the monkey business, By Osmund Agbo
The very recent COVID-19 pandemic, the effect of which continues to reverberate all over the world, should serve as a cautionary tale to… CONTINUE READING» HEADLINES NEWSLETTER Subscribe now for weekly news headlines roundup delivered directly to your inbox. Thank you for subscribing. Something went wrong.
Monkeypox, Gary Hart and the monkey business, By Osmund Agbo
Gary Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who represented the state of Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987. He came into national prominence in the way he ran the very long-shot but highly successful campaign of Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.
Opinion: Most Americans don't know about these secret presidential powers
William S. Cohen, a Republican, is a former United States senator from Maine and the former secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton. Gary Hart, a Democrat, is a former United States senator from Colorado and author of the forthcoming book, "The American Republic Can Save American Democracy." The views expressed in this commentary are their own. View more opinion on CNN.
Opinion | Why Trump’s Chaos Requires New Guardrails on Biden
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Richard Gephardt is a former congressman from Missouri and House majority leader. Gary Hart is a former senator from Colorado. Joel McCleary and Mark Medish served at the White House under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, respectively. All four are members of Keep Our Republic, a civic education organization.
Gary Hart: We were warned of an attack on the scale of 9/11. No one listened.
On this, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, much will be written and said about the nation’s lack of preparedness for such attacks and the failure of foresight on behalf of our national leadership. “Why weren’t we warned,” will still be the perennial question. The answer is: We were warned.
Public Disclosure Is Badly Needed in the Arizona Election Audit
From the beginning of their audit of Maricopa County’s presidential election returns, Arizona Senate Republicans and their contractor, Cyber Ninjas, have done everything possible to prevent a neutral and open process. This is especially troubling because elections are a fundamental public responsibility. It would therefore be expected that those overseeing an audit carried out by a private party would be particularly sensitive to the need for transparent processes and reproducible results.
Gary Hart: The Cure at Troy
By Gary Hart Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize poet laureate, and late-in-life classicist, translated a play by Sophocles entitled Philoctetes. He called it The Cure at Troy. It is the story of a Greek warrior en route to Troy to join his countrymen in their epic siege at Troy. Their ship stopped at a small island on the way to offer sacrifices to the goddess and Philoctetes was bitten by a venomous snake.
Trump the Fly-Catcher
In a few days it will all be over—or it won’t. And while it seems like Donald Trump is on his farewell tour, threatening to disappear or leave the country, the polls show things are still not yet decided. It has been an election cycle filled with rage, anger, and tears. As the coronavirus rages, and the president claims “we’ve turned the corner” on the pandemic, he’s also told people in Iowa and Minnesota he’ll never be back their way again—if he doesn’t carry their states in the coming election.
Voter Suppression and Civic Vice
Ride or die. Support The Bulwark. Join Now Though too many Americans cannot define a republic, even while saluting “the flag for which it stands,” much continues to be written about Benjamin Franklin’s ominous warning when he was asked about the results of the Constitutional Convention: “A republic . . . if you can keep it.” From republican Rome onward, republics throughout history have insisted on civic virtue as necessary for stability.
Trump Is Toast - The Bulwark
A few hours ago I wrote a piece explaining in some detail why, if you take a 360-degree view of all of the polling data we’ve gathered over the last four years, the current view—that Donald Trump is losing by roughly 9 points—makes sense. Since the time of that writing there have been two developments that suggest we can take this conclusion further: Donald Trump is going to lose the presidency, probably by a historic margin.
Climate change calls for innovation
Most people think of climate change as an environmental issue. But the potential effects on our security, our economy and our way of life make it a far broader challenge. It is a military readiness issue. Most crucially, it is a jobs issue. To be prepared, we first require a new energy paradigm for this country, one that reduces our dependency on foreign oil and caps our greenhouse gas emissions.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Gary Hart: How powerful is a president?
In 1975, after public revelations of intelligence abuses concealed from all but a handful of members of Congress, the U.S. Senate created a temporary committee to study the nation’s spy agencies — something no standing committee had ever attempted. What came to be known as the Church Committee, after its chairman, Sen. Frank Church of Idaho, recommended broad reforms, including the creation of a permanent Intelligence Oversight Committee.
Opinion | How Powerful Is the President? (Published 2020)
It is time for Congress to investigate the emergency authorities given to the chief executive. July 23, 2020 Credit...Samuel Corum for The New York Times By Gary Hart Mr. Hart is a former Democratic senator from Colorado and former presidential candidate.
Keep America safe for democracy
© Andrew Harrer US Attorney General William Barr sees the presidency as essentially monarchical. As the republic with the oldest written constitution still in use, the United States is the world’s beacon of democracy. These days the beacon has been dimming. Freedom House, a respected global democracy watchdog group, recently sounded alarms about the integrity of primary elections in Wisconsin and Georgia.
Opinion | How Trump Could Use Political Chaos to Upset the Election Original
Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Timothy E. Wirth and Gary Hart are former U.S. Senators from Colorado. Joel McCleary and Mark Medish are former senior White House officials in the Carter and Clinton administrations, respectively. The 2020 election faces unparalleled risks to its conduct and integrity. Foreign actors are working to interfere in the election. Conservative groups have filed lawsuits to remove hundreds of thousands of voters they say are ineligible from voter rolls.
Opinion | Gary Hart: I knew George McGovern. Bernie Sanders is no George McGovern.
Gary Hart served as U.S. senator from Colorado from 1975 to 1987. With the emergence of Bernie Sanders as the seeming front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, there is now much talk about whether the Vermont senator is another George McGovern, the party’s 1972 presidential nominee, and whether the party is therefore poised for a 1972-level wipeout. I served as national campaign director for then-Sen. McGovern, before becoming a U.S. senator and presidential candidate myself.
I knew George McGovern. Bernie Sanders is no George McGovern. – HotAir
McGovern won two House races and three statewide Senate races in the conservative state of South Dakota, not liberal Vermont. He was a decorated World War II bomber pilot who flew 35 combat missions, often landing with his B-24 bomber badly shredded by anti-aircraft fire. In the 1972 campaign, McGovern offered nothing like a Green New Deal, major overhaul of national health insurance, or any one of a number of sweeping increases in the size and reach of the national government.
Can Republican Virtue Save Democracy?
Though democracy has survived in America for more than 240 years, the rise of populist nationalism here, and its increasing synchronization with populist nationalism in Europe, are worrying evidence of democracy’s vulnerability. It is easy to find culprits for the rise of populist nationalism.
Gary Hart: In 1984, I was a dark horse candidate. In 2020, place your bets on Michael Bennet.
Gary Hart, Opinion contributor Published 5:00 a.m. ET Oct. 31, 2019 I was once in Michael Bennet's place. But voters in the early Democratic primary states don't listen to the pundits — they make up their own minds. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, in Clear Lake, Iowa, in August 2019. (Photo: John Locher, AP) Sen.
Saving Journalism’s Soul in the Age of Trump
View from press pen at Trump rally in Montana (Twitter/@TonyBynum) Note: This (minus the introduction) is the full text of a speech delivered at the Drexel Writing Festival on the Philadelphia campus of Drexel University on April 18, 2019. More than two years after Donald Trump became 45th president of the United States, talking about saving America’s free press seems both an urgent matter and, to some people, something of a red herring.
Trump's Phony National Emergency
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the podium and heads back to the Oval Office after declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border during remarks about border security in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 201 Gary Hart Politics, Americas The real crisis is humanitarian and constitutional. Trump's Phony National Emergency There is no emergency. There is no crisis. There is no invasion. There is certainly no need to trash the United States Constitution.
Trump's Phony National Emergency
There is no emergency. There is no crisis. There is no invasion. There is certainly no need to trash the United States Constitution. There is a fantasy. According to this fantasy, armies of drug dealers, criminals, and rapists are at or are approaching our Southern border. They are crossing in massive numbers in many dozens of unprotected places along the 2000-mile border and are wreaking havoc in border towns and cities across America. Of course, none of this is true. But that doesn’t matter.
Gary Hart: Democrats must choose extraordinarily qualified 2020 candidate
Gary Hart, Guest columnist Published 3:09 p.m. CT Feb. 6, 2019 | Updated 3:10 p.m. CT Feb. 6, 2019 A brief history on why Iowa's caucuses matter to the presidential nominating process. Jason Noble, jnoble2@dmreg.com We all have our models, prototypes, frameworks, and agendas for sorting the busload of candidates for the Democratic nomination for president. The categories include gender, race, generation, and experience.
Goodbye, Jeff Sessions-and Hello to Attorney General Chris Christie or Pam Bondi?
“We have a great politician here,” Donald Trump said in August 2015 at a rally in Alabama. “We have a man here… He’s the one person who I sought his counsel. Because he’s been so spot on. He’s so highly respected. Has anyone ever heard of Senator Jeff Sessions?” The crowd roared. “Get over here, Jeff!” Trump said. “Look at him! … Unbelievable guy.” The then-Alabama senator donned a MAGA hat. “Donald,” Sessions said.
The Resignation of Jeff Sessions Is a Prelude to a Saturday Night Massacre
The Resignation of Jeff Sessions Is a Prelude to a Saturday Night Massacre Republicans said the 2018 elections were about immigration. Democrats said they were about health care. Each was probably right in its own venues. But more than an issue or a policy, the recent elections were about Donald Trump. He brought out the vote pro and con. To a further degree these elections were also about the politics of confrontation, the stepchild of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
The Resignation of Jeff Sessions Is a Prelude to a Saturday Night Massacre
Republicans said the 2018 elections were about immigration. Democrats said they were about health care. Each was probably right in its own venues. But more than an issue or a policy, the recent elections were about Donald Trump. He brought out the vote pro and con. To a further degree these elections were also about the politics of confrontation, the stepchild of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
Gina Haspel Has Reignited the Torture Debate in America
Gina Haspel Has Reignited the Torture Debate in America Until a few days ago, few people, even in Washington, had heard of Gina Haspel. Now she is the talk of the town for her nomination to direct the Central Intelligence Agency. Though a woman at the head of the Agency would be unique, the principal factor drawing large scale attention to her has to do with her involvement in the Agency’s “enhanced interrogation” (e.g., waterboarding) program following 9/11.
The 'Deep State' Conspiracy Is a Joke
Note: this article is part of a symposium included in the March/April 2018 issue of the National Interest. IT IS unclear when the Deep State was created, or created itself. The moment of creation, however, almost certainly took shape in the twentieth century. Candidates for creating the Deep State, or permitting it to create itself, are Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman: Roosevelt for domestic purposes, Truman for international purposes.
Hugh Jackman as Sen. Gary Hart in Jason Reitman's 'The Front Runner': First photos surface
Hugh Jackman (left) plays Senator Gary Hart (right) in his new film “The Front Runner.” The 48-year-old actor is spotted in costume while on set in Atlanta. (Photo: Backgrid/AP Images) If you don’t already heart the casting of Hugh Jackman as senator-turned-disgraced presidential candidate Gary Hart, a newly released set of photos may change your mind.
How to end the filibuster.
Is the Senate like Cinderella—does it have the power to transform itself in only one limited moment, at the opening of the new Congress? That is one of the two big questions in the filibuster-reform debate that is now taking center stage in the United States Senate. The other is whether the Senate can change the filibuster rule by a simple majority vote, regardless of what the rule itself seems to say.
Resurrecting the honorable Romualdo Pacheco, California’s only Hispanic governor so far | The Sacramento Bee
Californians will celebrate the life and accomplishments of Cesar Chavez on March 31, appropriately so. The founder of the United Farm Workers union was a fierce advocate for human rights and nonviolence.But I wonder, given California’s rich Hispanic origins, if Chavez has somehow monopolized our acknowledgment of Mexican American leaders, especially those from the political world.One who is overlooked is Romualdo Pacheco, an extraordinary figure from California’s early years as a state.
Let's Settle the Russia Question Once and for All
Presidents in the past, most notably Bill Clinton with Boris Yeltsin and George W. Bush with Vladimir Putin, have committed what might be called the “buddy fallacy” where U.S.-Russian relations were concerned. That is, they thought even a modicum of personal congeniality could be the basis for U.S. policy. President Trump seems to be repeating that fallacy. At its best, friendship between the leaders of two great powers must be considered a plus.
The National Security Threats You're Underestimating
Editor’s Note: TNI’s January/February 2017 print issue convened a symposium on the most significant national-security challenge awaiting the Trump administration. You can find all entries in the series here. IN RECENT years, there has been an evolution in the understanding of the nature of security, both national and international.
Don’t Retreat into Fortress America
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson’s memoir, “Present at the Creation,” is a classic account of how a durable and productive Atlantic alliance, based on common values and a cleareyed judgment of America’s strategic interests, rebuilt Europe after World War II and produced international institutions responsible for the security and expanding economic opportunities that have been of such benefit to the United States.
2016 Colorado Book Award Finalists
Congratulations to the 2016 Colorado Book Award Finalists Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book are proud to announce the finalists in the 2016 Colorado Book Awards. AnthologyGoing Down Grand: Poems from the Canyon by Pete Anderson and Rick Kempa, editors (Lithic Press)Abbey in America: A Philosopher's Legacy in a New Century by John A. Murray, editor(University of New Mexico Press)Stories of Music, Volume 1 by Holly E.
Are we the fascists now?
The recent 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was a reminder of the great crime of fascism, whose Nazi iconography is embedded in our consciousness. Fascism is preserved as history, as flickering footage of goose-stepping blackshirts, their criminality terrible and clear. Yet in the same liberal societies, whose war-making elites urge us never to forget, the accelerating danger of a modern kind of fascism is suppressed; for it is their fascism.
America's Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption
Four qualities have distinguished republican government from ancient Athens forward: the sovereignty of the people; a sense of the common good; government dedicated to the commonwealth; and resistance to corruption. Measured against the standards established for republics from ancient times, the American Republic is massively corrupt.
Gary Hart: Dare We Call It Oligarchy?
The lobbying/campaign finance/access matrix has corrupted American politics, divided our nation, and is well down the road to creating a system of political oligarchy. Our Founders created a republic and, being keen students of the history of republics beginning with Athens, they knew that placing special and narrow interests ahead of the common good and the commonwealth was the corruption that destroyed republics.
Spoken Interludes: Upcoming Events
Best-selling, critically-acclaimed writer Sue Miller reads from her new novel, (""Entertaining and highly readable . . . Miller's scenes are terrific. She is expert at moving people in and out of rooms in a visual and easy way [and] describing physical chemistry and attraction in a way that manages to avoid all cliché . . . Fantastic sizzle, both sexual and spiritual . . . A cracking good romance . . . Will keep you reading." Boston Globe "Subtle . . .
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