mark kirk

  • May: Iran and the future of the Middle East

    May: Iran and the future of the Middle East

    Obama’s bet on the Islamic republic moderating is a long-shot Nixon went to China. Obama will not be going to Iran. The 1972 visit of President Richard M. Nixon to the People’s Republic included meetings with both Chairman Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary leader, and Premier Zhou Enlai, the pragmatic head of the government. Détente…


  • If Trump can’t get along with GOP, how will he govern?

    If Trump can’t get along with GOP, how will he govern?

    Beyond the immediate fallout from his rocky relationship with party elders, there’s a longer-term reality for Donald Trump: Should he win the presidency, he’ll have to work closely with the same GOP leaders he’s vilified on the campaign trail. He has taken modest steps in recent days to ease tensions, yet a growing chorus of experienced…


  • The Hot Sheet, April 5, 2016

    VOL. 01 NO. 58 | APRIL 5, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ DENVER — Good morning — another big political Tuesday on the 2016 campaign trail today. A potential Colorado GOP bellwether, the polls are open in Wisconsin for the Democratic and Republican primary elections with Ted Cruz the narrowly…


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