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A weak Boehner is bad for the GOP, Obama and America
Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner, embarrassed by his flock'...
Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Republican Party, Kevin McCarthy, Tea Party Movement
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GOP to showcase Rubio as new face of party
In the Republican Party's developing effort to put on a new face after November's presidential defeat, the latest gesture is trotting out freshman Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to deliver the GOP response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Health Care Reform (2009), Elections, Republican Party, U.S. Senate
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Targeting Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...
Tags: Elections, Republican Party, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Senate, Jeff Duncan
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Jerry Brown, a survivor at the top of his game
It's said in politics that timing is everything, that success depends on picking the right time to make one's move. When Barack Obama decided in early 2007 to launch a presidential bid as a freshman U.S. senator at age 45, the naysayers wondered why he...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Rawlings-Blake to take leadership post at national party
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will become the secretary of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, giving her a prominent role in national politics. The appointment, which has not been formally announced, will give Rawlings-Blake a voice...Tags: White House, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Barack Obama
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Hillary Clinton leaves D.C. well-positioned for 2016
Many Republicans and some conservative Democratic legislators in Annapolis believe the Maryland General Assembly has become a proving ground for the presidential ambitions of Gov. Martin O'Malley. The governor's critics believe that by pushing issues...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Interior Policy, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party
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Clinton has big lead in early NH poll
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a big lead in an early presidential primary poll in New Hampshire released Thursday, underscoring the challenge Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has before him should he decide to seek the Democratic nomination...
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Executive Branch, Elections, Martin O'Malley, University of New Hampshire
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Terrorism, Energy Resources, Budgets and Budgeting, Gardening
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President Biden? History says no
I read with interest Jules Witcover's recent commentary, "Don't count Biden out in 2016" (Jan. 29), suggesting that Vice President Joe Biden might be a serious candidate for president in 2016. If history is a guide, the chances of a sitting Vice...Tags: Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Elections, Al Gore, Martin van Buren
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O'Malley lays out liberal agenda in State of State address
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged the General Assembly on Wednesday to approve an unabashedly liberal agenda that includes repeal of the state’s death penalty, new curbs on guns and spending for construction projects that create jobs. Asking...
Tags: Democratic Party, Harford County, Elections, Montgomery County (Maryland), Punishment
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Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House
Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...
Tags: Family, Democratic Party, Pat Roberts, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate
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Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?
Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...
Tags: James Carville, Democratic Party, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party
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