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Fred Thompson, The Candidate

by Peter M. Robinsonwith Fred Thompsonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, June 11, 2007

Hoover Institution fellow, Peter Robinson, speaks with Fred Thompson about his candidacy for President of the United States. Robinson delves into the key issues facing America today, the politics of running for president, and the source of Thompson's conservative views. (14:47) Video transcript

In the News

New technology enables big changes in news consumption

with Hoover Institutionvia Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Monday, June 11, 2007

Thanks to the growth of bandwidth capacity, telecommunications companies now have the means to transmit data into applications like Internet radio, TV, telephone and movies, as well as the traditional applications such as e-mail...

In the News

2008: Romney Thrills, Worries Mormons

with Hoover Institutionvia New York Times
Monday, June 11, 2007

Could the first woman or African American president be in the country’s future in 2008?

In the News

Why Washington Can’t Get Much Done

with Morris P. Fiorinavia New York Times
Sunday, June 10, 2007

Members of Congress — with the possible exceptions of Senator Robert C. Byrd and Representative John D. Dingell — come and go...

In the News

Thompson Heads West

with Hoover Institution, George P. Shultzvia New York Times
Sunday, June 10, 2007

As he prepares to announce his candidacy for president, probably sometime next month, former Senator Fred Thompson is on a persuasion tour this week, not a listening tour...

In the News

The Poverty Platform

with Herbert Hoover, Paul M. Romervia New York Times Magazine
Sunday, June 10, 2007

In April 1964, when Lyndon Johnson sought to rally public support for his new War on Poverty, he did it while sitting on a pile of two-by-fours on a front porch in Inez, Ky. — an appearance that helped establish the Appalachian South as a national symbol of economic deprivation...

In the News

Immigration bill's demise suggests many are OK with status quo

with Peter J. Duignanvia San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, June 9, 2007

The collapse of the giant immigration overhaul in the Senate might demonstrate that the dreaded status quo -- 12 million people living in the country illegally and more arriving each day -- is not really so dreadful after all...

In the News

They Aren't What They Seem

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Friday, June 8, 2007

It’s hard what to make of the latest incarnation of John Edwards...

In the News

Hillary Clinton’s Backwards “Progressive Vision”

with Milton Friedmanvia National Review Online
Friday, June 8, 2007

In a speech last week in New Hampshire, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton outlined an economic vision of “shared prosperity” that centered on raising the incomes of American workers who were allegedly left behind in the prosperous economic era that began in the early 1980s...

Analysis and Commentary

What's missing in the GOP field? the right message

by Peter Schweizervia USA Today
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Conservatives are feeling glum about the crop of Republican presidential contenders...

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