republicans. speak out if trump plays to the base, ignore populist protectionist policies on issue as like free trade. stand up for institutions like the senate filibuster requiring 60 votes on various issues. the president has tweeted as recently at yesterday, end that. 51 should be for everything. well, i think he makes some very good points. who s he? senator flake. yes. with regards to jettying up in-fighting to sell his book and, yes, there is a conservative and a more moderate wing of the republican party and seeing disagreements with regard how to repeal and replace obamacare based on that, but i think he also needs to not just speak about this, but his actions haven t really followed up on this. he had the opportunity to speak up on some of the president s nominees, that he disagrees with policies on however approved the confirmation of these nominees. one thing he did say i thought was really important in his op-ed that he wrote today was in
interesting for with ally to use that language. specifically talking about a terror situation that was really gruesome and symbolic in many ways during obviously during the boston marathon. but very symbolic of an attack on the united states because of where it took place, at the time it took place and fact that donald trump would use this kind of language again with one of our top allies is it puzzling. what is the overall reaction in australia to donald trump becoming president of the united states? look, think we re seeing some of the similar trends in australia. certainly not to the same extent as has been seen in the u.s. but there is the rise of populist protectionist parties in australia as there has been in europe and in britain of course and in america. so personally i wasn t as surprised as some of my
vladimir putin and the protests in russia, and the euro s chances of survival. finally, what are we bringing back from iraq? you ll be amazed. but first, here s my take. time magazine announced its person of the year this week the protester. from the arab spring to athens, from new delhi to new york, people power is stronger than it s ever been. and now it s reached moscow with the protests there last week. the great drama of russian history has been between its state and society. put simply, russia has always had too much state and not enough society. historians have pointed out that the russian nation was literally the property of the czar, that serfs were more like slaves than simply peasant workers as they were in europe, and that the country lacked any institutions that contested the authority of the government. the communist takeover in 1917 only enhanced these features by building a soviet superstate that dominated every aspects of people s lives. when it col
in russia, and the euro s chances of survival. finally, what are we bringing back from iraq? you ll be amazed. but first, here s my take. time magazine announced its person of the year this week the protester. from the arab spring to athens, from new delhi to new york, people power is stronger than it s ever been. and now it s reached moscow with the protests there last week. the great drama of russian history has been between its state and society. put simply, russia has always had too much state and not enough society. historians have pointed out that the russian nation was literally the property of the czar, that serfs were more like slaves than simply peasant workers as they were in europe, and that the country lacked any institutions that contested the authority of the government. the communist takeover in 1917 only enhanced these features by building a soviet superstate that dominated every aspects of people s lives. when it collapsed in 1991, it turned out th