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What Republicans really wantnew

I think Republicans are motivated by a larger, overriding vision: They want all of America to be just like Indiana.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  10-08-2013  |  Commentary

Republican Idealismnew

Republicans are idealists. They're not interested in politics. What they want is a whole new world.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  09-04-2012  |  Commentary

Tea Party Dreams Onnew

Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  05-14-2012  |  Commentary

Pity Dick Lugar, His Party's in Shamblesnew

State Treasurer Richard Mourdock has decided the time has come to unseat St. Richard. Once, not so long ago, a challenge like this would have been unthinkable.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  02-27-2012  |  Commentary

The Unmaking of Obama, the Unbossnew

What would Chicago have been like if instead of command decisions, building projects would've been subject to many meetings and a process aimed at consensus?
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  01-09-2012  |  Commentary

The Iraq War, We Are Told, is Overnew

It wasn't that Americans forgave the lie at the heart of the war in Iraq. It was actually worse than that. We simply gave in to it.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  12-20-2011  |  Commentary

On Obama's Story of Bitternessnew

When he talked about campaigning in the Midwest, Barack Obama told a story about what he's seen here. It was not a story people are used to hearing, though there was nothing in it most of us couldn't recognize. That's turned out to be a problem for Obama, but it could also be a definition of leadership.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  04-24-2008  |  Commentary

Immigration Bluesnew

Nothing illustrates this country's failure to define its values like the ongoing struggle over what to do about the estimated 12 million people who are currently living and working here illegally.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  04-20-2006  |  Commentary

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