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The Hill’s Pundits Blog: Indiana Republican Mike Pence
15:51 PM Jan 28th
QGA’s John Feehery writes about Indiana Republican Mike Pence. I like the Mike Pence style. I might not agree completely with all of his politics, but I like his style. He smiles on camera. He speaks in complete sentences and thinks deep thoughts. He is smooth, but not in a creepy way. He is authentic [...]
The Hill’s Pundits Blog: State of the Union
15:01 PM Jan 25th
State of the Union By QGA’s John Feehery There is a television show called “State of the Union” on CNN. It’s not doing very well in the ratings. Just like the country. The president is going to step into the House Chamber with approval ratings as high as he has had in a long time, [...]
Jack Quinn: State of the Union Expectations
19:51 PM Jan 19th
A Note from Jack Quinn As I wonder what President Obama will say on Tuesday in his second State of the Union address, I’m sometimes amazed at the short memory we have as a people. Who remembers Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s reaction to the President’s comments about the Court’s campaign finance decision (he could [...]
The Hill’s Pundits Blog: Making the personal profound
12:10 PM Jan 18th
By QGA’s John Feehery President Obama spoke from the heart last night, and it worked for him and for the country. He made the intensely personal profound. By highlighting first the lives of those who were killed in Tucson, he offered a glimpse into America’s collective soul. More> QGA’s John Feehery regularly blogs for The [...]
The Hill’s Pundits Blog: In Memoriam
14:39 PM Jan 12th
By QGA’s John Feehery I have lived on and off Capitol Hill now for more than 20 years. I lived on the Hill in the early 1990s during the bad old days, when the crack wars threatened the lives of many young staffers, and claimed the lives of a couple of kids who were [...]
The Hill’s Pundits Blog: The Wasteland
11:19 AM Jan 11th
By QGA’s John Feehery We live in a violent country. It has always been thus. One of our greatest statesmen (Alexander Hamilton) died in a duel with another one of greatest statesmen (Aaron Burr). We were founded in bloody revolution, we were enlarged through a series of conquests later called Manifest Destiny, and we were [...]
A Note from Jack Quinn: Obama Moving to Center?
12:52 PM Dec 21st
Congress, as you know, passed the Obama-McConnell-Boehner tax deal, and the President signed it into law last Friday. As this drama unfolded, I have been struck by the number of questions I get about “Obama moving to the center like Clinton did” and “what the White House should do to prepare for the inevitable investigations [...]
QGA Intern to Sen. Shelby’s Office
13:21 PM Dec 15th
The team at Quinn Gillespie celebrated fall 2010 intern Melissa “Missy” Chambers with a lunch at Mad Hatter this afternoon. The University of Alabama grad has landed her first full-time position after interning for QGA, both the House and Senate, and in First Lady Laura Bush’s press office. Chambers has been hired as a new staff [...]
Hoppe: Votes of the Living Dead
7:39 AM Dec 15th
“For Democrats seeking re-election in 2012, the omnibus spending bill is the first vote of the rest of your lives.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled suddenly Tuesday afternoon a 1,924-page omnibus appropriations spending bill. Note that not one of the 12 pending appropriations bills has been brought to the floor for consideration and votes by the full [...]