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Anneke E. Green

Rand Paul's Filibuster Was GOP Win, Not the McCain-Graham Tantrum
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By Anneke E. Green

March 12, 2013 Comment

Wednesday night in Washington was a big one for the future of the Republican Party. At the Capitol building, Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, was filibustering the nomination of John Brennan as director of the CIA. At the swanky Jefferson Hotel, Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, was convening a dinner with President Barack Obama and 12 other Republican senators. These simultaneous events revealed while elephants are no closer to resolving their party-wide identity crisis, there is a way forward.

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Anneke E. Green

Anneke E. Green is a senior director at the White House Writers Group. She previously served in President George W. Bush’s speechwriting office, as head of op-eds at The Washington Times, and as senior books editor at Regnery Publishing. She began her career working for Sen. Mitch McConnell in his personal and Majority Whip offices. Follow her on Twitter: @AnnekeEGreen.

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