
Making Politics Possible Again

Julie Ponzi is senior editor of American Greatness.
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by Julie Ponzi|
|Liberal Arts, Marco Rubio, Political Correctness, Socrates
by Julie Ponzi, Robinson O'Brien-Bours|
Marco Rubio demonstrated keen political instincts during one of the primary debates when he used his opening remarks to argue for an end to the stigmatization of vocational training, handily linking the stigmatization to the minimum wage and America’s flagging economy.
|Administrative State, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, political parties
by Julie Ponzi|
Though American politics at the grassroots is polarized and divided, sharp commentators have written thoughtfully about the similarities between the parties as a practical matter. I would add that the similarities extend to their leaders.
While George W. Bush and Barack Obama could not be further apart ideologically, their attitudes toward governing suffer from the same flaw. Bush said he was “the Decider,” to which Obama rejoined: “I won.” Both ran roughshod over public opinion.
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