PostPartisan Archive: Hockstader
Exit Jim Webb; enter. . .Who?
Jim Webb's announcement that he's quitting the Senate after his term's finished in 2012 confirms his refreshing reputation as a maverick unwed to the perks of office. It also cues the handicappers thrilled at the prospect of a toss-up open...
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| February 9, 2011; 1:25 PM ET |
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Illegal immigrants: Here to stay
Two new studies on illegal immigration are out this week, looking both at demographic trends and at the enforcement efforts, mostly by local governments, to contain the problem. Here's the headline: Illegal immigrants are here to stay, no matter how...
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| February 1, 2011; 12:15 PM ET |
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In Arizona, packing heat didn't work
The horror in Arizona exposes the lunacy of the notion, popular among Republicans, that a heavily armed populace can stop a deranged gunman. After the horror at Virginia Tech, in 2007, gun advocates -- overwhelmingly Republicans -- advanced the idea...
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| January 10, 2011; 11:47 AM ET |
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Martin O'Malley: the Democrats' rising star?
In an election defined by discontent, Maryland bucked the national mood Tuesday, voting for contentment in the person of Martin O'Malley, the Democratic governor. His triumph marked the birth of a new star in an otherwise demoralized national Democratic Party....
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| November 4, 2010; 10:29 AM ET |
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Bob McDonnell, grownup in the room
By Lee Hockstader Less than a year after assuming office as governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell has staked a claim to being the grownup in the room among the triumvirate of Republicans atop the state's political hierarchy. The governor, who...
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| September 27, 2010; 3:46 PM ET |
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First blood in the immigration battle
By Lee Hockstader It would be nice to think that Judge Susan R. Bolton’s decision to block the most noxious parts of Arizona’s immigration law from taking effect would spur Congress to fix the nation’s broken immigration system once and...
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| July 29, 2010; 10:12 AM ET |
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