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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's name has come up as a possible 2016 presidential contender — as a Democrat. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Michael Bloomberg, a Democratic presidential candidate?

The parlor game goes on: What mystery candidate will save the Democratic Party as 2016 looms? Forget Al Gore, Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, advises Mediaite analyst Joe Concha, who calls front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton "the worst major candidate to come along in a very long time. Like Dukakis-bad."

August 18, 2015
An American classroom in early fall. (AP Photo/The Alpena News, Paige Trisko)

Crisis in the schools: GOP hopefuls told to set rhetoric aside during education summit

It could be the first serious dialogue they have on the U.S. school crisis. A half dozen Republican presidential hopefuls bustle into Manchester, New Hampshire on Wednesday for the 2015 Education Summit, and organizers hope they leave their standard talking points in the campaign bus and have an "urgent conversation" about the failing state of American schools.

August 18, 2015
GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee is off to Israel this week, the Iran deal on his mind. (Campaign image from Mike Huckabee)

Inside the Beltway: On the move: Mike Huckabee to Israel with Iran deal on his mind

Voters have not forgotten Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and plainspoken pastor who is building up some formidable campaign apparatuses in Iowa and South Carolina, among other states. The Huckabee motto: "From hope to higher ground." The candidate will be off the U.S. political grid for a spell starting on Tuesday, however; he is bound for Israel.

August 17, 2015
NASCAR America is changing, according to one veteran pollster. (Image form the Associated Press)

NASCAR America undergoing a ‘dramatic transformation’ says veteran pollster

Veteran pollster John Zogby says he began to track the voting power of "blue-collar Americans" when the sizable demographic embraced conservatism, Second Amendment rights and traditional values -- and voted for George W. Bush. Now Mr. Zogby says a "dramatic transformation" is underway in NASCAR America.

August 16, 2015
Armstrong Williams, moderator and host of The Right Side Forum

The Right Side Forum with Armstrong WIlliams focuses on young adults who confront a dangerous world

The Right Side Forum, an hour-long conservative live news and talk show hosted by columnist Armstrong Williams, offers a close look at a distinct reality for a growing number of young people. The rate of violent crime is rising across the nation. Unfortunately, many young adults feel as if they have been affected - and disproportionately victimized - by this trend for years, Armstrong points out.

August 14, 2015
Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Jerry Brown purges the word ‘alien’ from the California state lexicon

There's a language change in the Golden State: California Gov. Jerry Brown approved legislation this week that bans the word "alien" from California's entire labor code, a move that "recognizes and respects the diversity and contributions of all Californians," according to Mr. Brown's office.

August 14, 2015
The possibility of a Donald Trump/Ben Carson presidential ticket for 2016 has surfaced in the news media. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: Trump/Carson 2016: It could happen

"While the punditocracy bloviates endlessly about the rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, branding this the year of the outsider, the ultimate outsider is quietly sneaking up along the outside, Ben Carson," observes PJ Media founder Roger L. Simon.

August 13, 2015
Rick Perry gets into it with the grassroots audience at the Iowa State Fair "soapbox" in 2014. (AP Photo)

16 presidential hopefuls head for a major challenge: The Iowa soap box and hecklers

It is a candidate's challenge: The Iowa State Fair is open for business in Des Moines on Thursday, and with it comes the "Candidate Soapbox," set smack in the middle of the main concourse. Over the next nine days, 16 presidential candidates will have 20 minutes on a small stage to have their say before God, country, cows, locals and journalists who hope some hapless hopeful will have a fried-food malfunction for the cameras.

August 13, 2015
Two Perseid meteors, center and lower left, streak across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower during 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Perseid meteor shower puts on a major show tonight

Yeah, why not pay attention to some flashy meteors while the White House hopefuls duke it out? NASA and assorted "Perseid pundits" report that thanks to a new moon, this week's Perseid meteor shower is expected to be one of the best in years. NASA Television will be there, offering a live broadcast, hosted by some true meteor hotshots from the Meteoroid Environment Office, the American Meteor Society and other learned spots. The four-hour broadcast begins at 10 p.m. EDT on Wednesday

August 12, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina waves to the crowd after speaking at the RedState Gathering, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Carly Fiorina now on the A-List says Rasmussen Reports poll: ‘Carly’s up, Trump is down’

"The post-debate picture has a new contender in the top 10 of Republican presidential contenders, while the leader of the pack has taken a fall," says a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday. It reveals finds that Carly Fiorina - "stuck in the bottom tier of debaters last Thursday" - now garners support from 9 percent of support among Likely Republican primary voters, which puts her on par with Sen. Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Gov. Scott Walker.

August 12, 2015
**FILE** A polar bear patrols the ice in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. His 2004 observation of polar bears likely drowning in conjunction with global warming has come back to haunt federal wildlife biologist Charles Monnett. (Associated Press)

‘Climate change industry’ now a $1.5 trillion global business

The plaintive calls about global warming and loss of polar bear habitats, the stern warnings about rising seas and flooded coastlines -- this is what the public hears about. Then there's this pesky, inconvenient truth they don't hear about: $1.5 trillion.

August 11, 2015