Author: Floyd Ciruli
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CIRULI: Could Donald Trump be heading for re-election?
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Rather than speculate about Donald Trump’s re-election chances, audiences at recent speech engagements all seem to want an answer to the same question: Will Donald Trump make it a full four years? The discussion produces considerable anxiety for both his supporters and his many and very vocal detractors. The following is a running commentary from…
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CIRULI: The year of the independent
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America’s two major political parties are under assault. The 2016 election was a shock for both parties’ establishments, and they haven’t recovered. The divisions highlighted in the 2016 primaries are now becoming exacerbated by insurgent groups wanting to take complete control. As the parties spend time and resources on their internal wars, this may be…
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CIRULI: Higher education is in political trouble
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Higher education is facing turbulent times. It must navigate tight budgets, high prices, enrollment shortfalls and sky-rocketing student debt. Since the Great Recession, state budgets for public higher education institutions have declined by 16 percent per student, and during the past decade, tuition at four-year colleges and universities nationally has gone up 35 percent by…
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CIRULI: Is the DACA deal dead?
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On Sept. 13, President Trump met with the minority leaders of their respective houses, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, over a meal of Chinese food. Reportedly, they agreed to a deal on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which included more border security without building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Though there were…
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CIRULI: Fake polls — just a Trump put-down or a real problem?
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At a recent press conference, Sarah Huckabee Sanders brushed back a question from a CNN reporter about a Fox News poll that showed 56 percent of the American people saw President Trump as “tearing the county apart.” She used Trump’s favorite put-downs: “A lot of those same polls told you Donald Trump would never be…
