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A divided GOP looks inward
No political party enjoys losing an election, but a healthy party reacts to defeat — after a suitable period of grieving — by trying to figure out what went wrong. That's what Democrats did in the late 1980s after a string of failed...
Tags: Elections, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Democratic Party
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Who will be our next profiles in courage?
One of the great works in politics and political rhetoric is John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage. Courage has always been important to the Kennedys, who created a Profile in Courage Award a generation ago, and the awards, although...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Elections, Towson University, Entertainment Events, Philosophy
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Voters are smart enough to see through the GOP smoke screen
Voters are smart enough to see through the GOP smoke screen. Boo Hoo Bob, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich's weekly whine fest about how no one seems to love conservatives, hit a new low this week ("For Republicans, a not so happy New Year," Jan. 6). His...Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Rush Limbaugh, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Wake up, socially liberal fiscal conservatives
Dear Socially Liberal Fiscal Conservative Friend, That's pretty toothy, so I'm going to call you Bob. But whatever specific name you go by, Bob, you know who you are. You're the sort of person who says to his conservative friends or co-workers...
Tags: Elections, Colin Powell, Public Finance, World War II (1939-1945), Amtrak
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Republicans won't be the only ones blamed if we go over the fiscal cliff
We are accustomed to the opprobrium columnist Thomas Schaller heaps on all things Republican. However, his most recent rant on who's to blame for the fiscal cliff deserves further reflection ("Crisis they created catches up with Republicans," Dec. 12)....Tags: Medicare, Fiscal Cliff, Government Health Care, Barack Obama, John Boehner
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A Washington poker game with $16 trillion in the pot
Every kid knows that falling off a cliff is never good, but what about a "fiscal cliff" — how would that feel? Americans may indeed find out, if Congress is unable to pass a budget plan prior to Jan. 1. So, what's at stake if such an event occurs?...
Tags: Small Businesses, Harry Reid, Medicare, Fiscal Cliff, Government Health Care
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Your guide to the fiscal cliff
Are we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It's looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds. Here are three things you need to know about the impending crisis over the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases and...
Tags: Elections, Health Insurance, Medicare, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Cliff
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Bob Dole and the GOP's disability
Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks criticizing the Republican Party and its failed presidential candidate for a lack of compassion and obvious antipathy toward "47 percent" of the electorate (if not a bit more), so it was reassuring to see two of...
Tags: Treaties, John McCain, Tea Party Movement, World War II (1939-1945), Susan Collins
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Fiscal cliff, here we come
Watch out, folks, this could get bumpy. With the release Monday of a proposal, or something approximating one, from House Republican leaders on a way to avert the "fiscal cliff," we now have the opening positions from both parties, neither of which...
Tags: Finance, Elections, Heritage Foundation, Medicare, Tea Party Movement
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Van Hollen formally seeks to retain Budget role
WASHINGTON -- Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, locked out of pursuing a higher leadership role in this Congress, formally requested another term as the top-ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee in a letter to his colleagues Tuesday. Van Hollen,...Tags: Elections, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Joe Biden, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi
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Obama for president
Barack Obama has not been a perfect president. Millions are still suffering from a weak economy, vitally important issues like climate change and immigration remain all but unaddressed, and most disappointingly, the promise of a new politics to move us...
Tags: Finance, Personal Income, Muammar Gaddafi, Tea Party Movement, General Motors Corp.
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O'Malley sharply critical of GOP at convention
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley offered pointed criticism of Republicans in an address to the Democratic convention on Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama is best suited to right the U.S. economy while GOP nominee Mitt Romney's policies would...Tags: Personal Income, Andrew Cuomo, Government, Baltimore County, Democratic Governors Association
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