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Protect senior programs
It's no accident there's been a scarcity of meaningful conversation about what our presidential candidates have planned for Social Security and Medicare. Even in retiree-heavy Florida, details about the candidates' Social Security and Medicare proposals...Tags: Parties and Movements, Medicare, Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Elections
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Delaney calls for 12-year term limits
John Delaney, a Democratic candidate in Maryland’s 6th District, is calling for 12-year term limits for members of Congress, an extended “cooling off” period before lawmakers can become lobbyists and a plan to allow some illegal...Tags: Justice System, Illegal Immigrants, Democratic Party, Elections, Barack Obama
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Sarbanes collects $1 million for re-election campaign
U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Towson, has amassed more than $1 million in the 2012 race for Maryland's 3rd District, giving the three-time incumbent a massive financial lead over his competitors. According to year-end Federal Election Commission reports...Tags: Federal Election Commission, Annapolis, Democratic Party, Charity, Christianity
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Candidates run for Congress despite home address
All politics is local. All candidates for Congress are not. At least eight candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland — including four prominent contenders — are running this year in congressional districts that do not...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Martin O'Malley, Local Elections, David R Brinkley, Elections
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Where is the campaign's conservative populist?
If you didn't see MSNBC'snew weekend morning show "Up w/Chris Hayes" this past Sunday, you missed a fascinating roundtable debate featuring the eponymous host and his guests discussing how the remaining Republican presidential candidates might tap into...Tags: Labor Markets, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, National Government, Elections
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The media are letting us down in the run-up to the 2012 elections
The news media's lack of analysis regarding the policy proposals of the leading presidential candidates is disheartening. The media have relinquished their responsibilities to inform the public; instead, they have become entertainment impresarios, hailing...Tags: Swiss Confederation, Charles Krauthammer, Media Industry, Television, Elections
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For GOP voters, a $10,000 question
Here's another $10,000 wager for which Mitt Romney won't find many takers: We bet the public is disappointed with the choices for president of the United States in 2012. That's a pretty remarkable circumstance given that the general election is still...Tags: Parties and Movements, Media Industry, Democratic Party, John Wayne Gacy, Republican Party
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Romney names new Md. endorsements
(Dec. 20) GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released 37 new Maryland endorsements on Tuesday, including Anne Arundel County state Sen. Bryan W. Simonaire and Baltimore County Del. William J. Frank.
Recent polls show Romney running even or slightly...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Parties and Movements, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Republican Party, Elections
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Who will win Iowa, the most conservative or the most electable?
Now that the seven Republican presidential hopefuls have had their last televised debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa precinct caucuses, they have barely two weeks of on-the-ground campaigning to answer the two key questions facing the voters.
The big one...Tags: Judges, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Elections, Antonin Scalia
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Maryland could have influence on Republican 2012 nomination
A resurgent Newt Gingrich and a series of new primary election rules in place for the first time in 2012 are giving local Republicans hope that traditionally blue Maryland may play a role in choosing the GOP presidential nominee.
Maryland's April 3...Tags: Executive Branch, John McCain, Elections, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Herman Cain
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Newt plays nice
As Mitt Romney continues to struggle against conservative Republican complaints that his claim to be one of them is no more than an expedient makeover, the latest candidate to emerge as his principal rival for the party's presidential nomination is...Tags: Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Sex Crimes, Republican Party, Elections
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Newt Gingrich and the GOP's leadership bankruptcy
It's a measure of the leadership bankruptcy in the Republican Party that Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker chased from that illustrious post years ago by a combination of ethical lapses and personal hubris, should find himself politically...Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Bankruptcy
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