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Cliff jumping with Obama
— Why are Republicans playing the Democrats' game that the "fiscal cliff" is all about taxation? House Speaker John Boehner already made the preemptive concession of agreeing to raise revenues. But the insistence on doing so by eliminating...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Dick Durbin, John Boehner
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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: Museums, Barack Obama, Springfield, John F. Kennedy, Science and Technology
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Return of the real Obama
WASHINGTON — The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Barack Obama got his tax hikes — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives. After which, you might expect him to pivot to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, U.S. Senate, John Boehner, Walter Mondale
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Will Rubio's big sip have shelf life?
“I am now the proud owner of the most famous bottle of water in American politics,” Todd Harris, Marco Rubio’s political adviser and spinmeister tweeted in the early morning hours of Wednesday. It was the Rubio camp's spin on an...Tags: State of the Union Address, Jimmy Carter
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Art Callaham: Splintering is the enemy of GOP
A couple of weeks ago, a visiting priest, the Rev. Daniel Webster, canon in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, gave an interesting sermon on “splintering.” One of his singular statements, concerning the universal Christian Church was: “...Tags: Anglicanism, Elections, Government, Regional Authority, Democratic Party
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Remembering Richard Ben Cramer and his magnum opus
An old reporter often begins his daily routine by turning to the newspaper's obituary page with mild trepidation, fearing another friend has gone to that great newsroom in the sky. So it was this week in reading of the death in Baltimore, at only 62, of...
Tags: Elections, White House, Jules Witcover, Democratic Party, Joe Biden
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Inauguration 2013: Obama addresses gays, compromise, climate change
WASHINGTON – After Barack Obama publicly took the oath of office for his second term on Monday, he strongly defended the ideology of his party as he urged Americans to accept compromise as a path toward solving the nation’s problems. “...Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Barack Obama, White House, Ecosystems, Parties and Movements
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Court refs intervene in superbrawl
To borrow a football metaphor, a federal appeals court threw the flag last week against the president of the United States for unsportsmanlike conduct. Specifically, a three-judge panel in the Washington, D.C., circuit ruled that President Barack Obama'...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush
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George W. Bush's private photos hacked, put online
A hacker who goes by the name of Guccifer has reportedly compromised the email accounts of at least six people close to George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush and has distributed some of the private emails and photographs online. The Smoking Gun...
Tags: FBI, Email, Computer Crime, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Two cheers for rebranding
Ever since Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, there's been a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to "rebrand" itself. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants, among other things, for the GOP to stop being "the stupid party." Rep. Paul...
Tags: Culture, Paul Ryan, Elections, Sociology, Bobby Jindal
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Bush family emails hacked; 'can happen to anyone,' experts say
HOUSTON -- Members of the Bush family, including both former presidents, have apparently been hacked, and the Secret Service is investigating. The revelation came after Bush family photos and excerpts of email exchanges were posted online Thursday by...Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Viral Diseases and Infections, Elections, Computer Crime, Los Angeles Times
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Babbitt says public lands conservation lagging under Obama
Saying that President Obama is lagging behind even some of his Republican predecessors in protecting public lands, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is urging the administration to put more federal land off limits to energy and other resource...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Interior, Land Resources, Energy Resources
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