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Forget re-election, Obama should be impeached
The harm and damage that President Barack Obama has imposed on the U.S. calls for impeachment proceedings. Our deficit is now reaching levels from which it will be difficult if not impossible to recover because of failed policies and an incompetent...Tags: Libya, White House, Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party
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Hillary in 2012? It could happen
A number of news reports have suggested the possibility of the presidential election ending in a draw — both candidates garnering 269 electors. You need 270 to win. A long shot? Maybe. It happened in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each...
Tags: Justice System, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, U.S. House of Representatives, Judges
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Maryland investment firms haven't abandoned Democrats
Wall Street might have turned its back on Democrats this election, but that's not the case among Maryland investment firms. The vast majority of contributions to candidates by T. Rowe Price employees went to Democrats. And Democrats were the...
Tags: Investments, T. Rowe Price, Parties and Movements, Iraq War (2003-2011), Ellicott City
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Time for school choice in Chicago
"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." -- Calvin Coolidge, responding to the 1919 Boston police strike This oft-quoted line from the then-governor of Massachusetts might be updated to include "the public...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Parties and Movements, Strikes, Boston, White House
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A do-nothing Congress returns to Washington; don't expect much
A wild windstorm swept through the nation's capital on Saturday, tossing broken tree limbs, downing power lines and forcing thousands of suburbanites to eat dinner by candlelight. On Sunday, with the skies sunny and mostly clear, the oppressive heat...
Tags: Justice System, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Credit and Debt, Ratings
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Immigration: Obama catches Romney on the wrong side of the border
Republicans seem befuddled by President Obama's decision to halt deportation of young people brought into the United States illegally by their undocumented parents. Mitt Romney is gobsmacked, Speaker of the House John Boehner is exasperated, and Florida...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Primaries, Mexico, Mitch McConnell, White House
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No matter who wins, Congressional leaders should step down
For the good of the country and the legislative process, regardless of who wins the presidential race, the following should resign their leadership posts (although there's a slim chance that it will happen, but Washington is simply dead with them in...Tags: Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi
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Bartlett to skip GOP convention
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett has become the latest incumbent in Congress to announce he will skip his party's national convention this year to spend time campaigning for reelection, drawing a contrast with other state Republicans as well as his Democratic...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements, Republican National Conventions, Tampa, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Don't expect much excitement at the GOP convention
In the long lull before the Republican National Convention in Tampa in late August, party leaders and strategists for Mitt Romney are calculating how they can put their collective best foot forward. This year, it will not be easy. The usual...
Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Republican National Conventions
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It's not easy being A.G.
Next time the president asks you to be attorney general of the United States, it might be best to politely refuse the offer. My reasoning: Modern day attorneys general are regularly torched by the Congressional opposition, particularly when that...
Tags: Justice System, Laws, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Judges
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Why aren't the candidates talking about gun control?
The recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin have produced the usual response to gun-control advocates: That this is not the "proper" time to discuss such a serious issue. But now is precisely the time to have that discussion, and for the President...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Mitt Romney, Interior Policy, Weaponry
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Both parties need new leadership in Congress
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has returned as the Democratic House minority leader. While I can't speak to the internal operation of the Democratic caucus, I can speak to the public persona that Ms. Pelosi presents, and it is not good. When speaker of the House, her...Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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