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Sad fates wait for defeated candidates
"There are no second acts in American lives," F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, and his line has often been applied to politics. There's a lot of truth in it, as Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann may be about to discover. In the past week, both made news...Tags: Richard Nixon, Parties and Movements, Michele Bachmann, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Jimmy Carter
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Should Pennsylvania hold open primaries?
Just one in five registered Democrats and Republicans voted in last month's primary election. In the Lehigh Valley, turnout was worse: 13.7 percent in Lehigh County, and 14.4 percent in Northampton County. Reporter Nicole Radzievich" asked two political...Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Culture, Parties and Movements, Primaries, Politics
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May 26, 2013
Just my luck, when people refer to "The Eric Holder affair," there are no women involved. -- Susan Breitman, West Hartford Congressmen. Really. You've called me here to answer to you about lying? -- J.P. Lacombe, Storrs That would be Eric With Holder to...
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Mail Call - June 6
“Wounded Warriors is a great organization, enabling wounded veterans ... in obtaining benefits. What is wrong with a country that puts those into battle and never takes care of them? Ask and don’t tell describes our military and veterans...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Separation of Church and State, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Letters to the editor: Trayvon, Scouts, tax code
As someone who was living in Washington, D.C., during the riots following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I was appalled to hear a local minister being interviewed on NPR equate Trayvon Martin's death to the deaths of King and Medgar...Tags: Values, Washington, DC, Youth Organizations, Religion and Belief, NPR
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Money race for 2016 already underway
PARK CITY, Utah — The field for the 2016 presidential race has yet to take shape, but over private dinners and meetings, and at an intimate retreat this week hosted by 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, the underground money race on the Republican side...
Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Political Fundraising, Politics, Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Conservatives: lose the obsession with Obama
Conservatives have long viewed Washington as one giant, inevitable disaster waiting to happen. For conservative political strategists, part of our job is helping to frame that eventual disaster as President Barack Obama's fault. But conservatives should...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Eric Holder, U.S. Department of State, Taxation
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WRAPUP 1-Under fire, conservative Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. Congress
Reuters* A prominent but polarizing conservative voice steps aside * Bachmann faces ethics probes, avoids tough campaign By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party firebrand and 2012 presidential contender, announced on...Tags: Values, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Political Fundraising, Religion and Belief
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Nichola D. Gutgold: How we will know America is ready for a female president
What do you think it will take to elect a woman president? Do you think America is ready for a woman president? As I research and write about women and the presidency, I am asked these questions a lot. Both imply there is something we need to do to...
Tags: Elections, Human Interest, Politics, Sarah Palin, The Pennsylvania State University
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GOP investigations of Obama administration waste time
Nowhere in the May 23 Sounding Board commentary on current political scandals in the White House nor from related opinions on the subject, did I read the phrase "plausible deniability." This term is explained on the Wikipedia website and goes back to at...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Politics, White House, Barack Obama
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U.S. House committee issues subpoena for Benghazi documents
ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a congressional oversight committee ordered the U.S. State Department on Tuesday to provide documents related to "talking points" used to discuss September's Benghazi...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Washington, DC, Susan Rice, William D. Burns, Politics
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