NEWS AND OPINION:
Former Vice President Mike Pence is operating for president in 2024, and his marketing campaign theme is “Rediscover America’s Promise.” Mr. Pence took day without work the marketing campaign path to seem at a city corridor hosted by SiriusXM.
He additionally weighed in on his experiences within the White House — together with time spent with then-President Donald Trump.
“We had a very good, successful working relationship. I’m incredibly proud of the record of the administration,” Mr. Pence mentioned within the hourlong assembly.
“While we were different men with different styles, I’m someone that believes that democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. The president had his own style and he’d won the White House. He had every right to conduct his presidency the way that he saw fit. And it was my privilege to be able to support that agenda and move that agenda forward,” Mr. Pence mentioned.
He additionally cited conservative values within the interview.
“Within the Republican Party, I think we have a choice to make. And that is whether or not we’re going to offer the American people a candidate and a standard-bearer who will carry forward the common sense conservative agenda of a strong national defense, American leadership in the world, fiscal responsibility and pro-growth policies, a commitment to traditional values and liberties in life — or whether or not we’ll follow the siren song of populism, unmoored to conservative principle,” Mr. Pence mentioned.
The assembly befell Wednesday at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire.
‘JUVENILE AND INEXCUSABLE’
Here we go once more? Headlines now recommend that combative lawmakers could possibly be flirting with a authorities shutdown, a state of affairs that might show unnerving to an already nervous public.
Opinions concerning the risk are many — and right here’s only one:
“There are just a few weeks left to avoid a government shutdown. Without either a continuing resolution or appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024, the government will shut down at midnight on October 1, with non-essential services delayed and federal employees either furloughed or reporting to work without pay,” mentioned the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group.
“The government needs to avoid a shutdown. They also need to deal with our national debt. Our deficit is set to double this year; our debt has been downgraded, and the rest of the world is watching either with concern or smug satisfaction as our lawmakers fail to govern responsibly,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the group, mentioned in a written assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.
“It is time for our leaders to confront the ongoing fiscal challenges and put their political differences aside for the good of the country. Fund the government on time either through appropriations or a continuing resolution, but absolutely avoid a juvenile and inexcusable shutdown. And they need to turn their attention to creating a bipartisan effort to confront our fiscal challenges,” Ms. MacGuineas mentioned.
ON THE RADAR
The Richard Nixon Foundation will host its second “Grand Strategy Summit” on Oct. 18-19 at a historic resort within the nation’s capital. There’s some historical past to think about.
“Established in 2022 — 50 years after President Nixon’s grand strategy resulted in groundbreaking trips to the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union — the Grand Strategy Summit is dedicated to developing actionable foreign policy objectives to comprise a 21st Century American Grand Strategy: a long-term strategic direction for American statecraft that President Nixon called ‘the long view,’” the group mentioned in a mission assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.
“This nonpartisan, two-day public policy conference gathers senior government officials (past and present), champions of American business, senior diplomats, media personalities, and thought leaders to discuss topics including, but not limited to: the return of great power competition, the future of the Western World’s role in the ongoing war in Ukraine, China’s growing geopolitical threat, strategies for engagement with developing nations, America’s national economic interest; the effectiveness of international economic sanctions, and rapidly-changing energy policies,” the group mentioned.
Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo will ship keynote remarks. Participants embrace Rep. Mike Waltz, Florida Republican; former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie; and former nationwide safety adviser Robert C. O’Brien.
The Richard Nixon Foundation — which incorporates Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Patricia Nixon Cox on its board of administrators — relies in Yorba Linda, California. Find the group at NixonFoundation.org.
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POLL DU JOUR
• 63% of U.S. voters say they’re “extremely motivated” to vote within the 2024 presidential election.
• 73% of Republicans, 52% of independents and 61% of Democrats agree.
• 19% total say they’re “very motivated” to vote within the election; 16% of Republicans, 22% of independents and 20% of Democrats agree.
• 12% are “somewhat motivated” to vote; 8% of Republicans, 15% of independents and 14% of Democrats agree.
• 5% say they’re “not too motivated”; 2% of Republicans, 9% of independents and 4% of Democrats agree.
• 1% say they’re “not at all motivated”; 1% of Republicans, 2% of independents and 1% of Democrats agree.
SOURCE: A CNN/SSRS ballot of 1,503 U.S. adults performed Aug. 25-31.
• Contact Jennifer Harper at jharper@washingtontimes.com.
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