Whatever you think about the possibility of a Paul presidency, the guy knows how to work the press.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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Barack Obama, the Veto-Less President
No president since Millard Fillmore has vetoed fewer bills.
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Have Republicans Found a Way to Insure Poor People and Still Hate Barack Obama?
 We may have just reached a tipping point on Medicaid expansion.
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Why Liberals Love (and Trust) NPR
It’s not about ideological content, it’s about a sensibility.
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John Kasich Successfully Begins Two-Year Ritual of Self-Flagellation
As Mitt Romney showed, you can be infected with the Obamacare virus and win the GOP nomination, so long as you perform the proper cleansing rites.
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On Ebola, Like Terrorism, We Don’t Actually Have to Be Right 100 Percent of the Time
Imagine if we thought that way about the things that actually kill Americans every year.
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What Would Elections Be Like If Everyone Voted?
Campaigns spend an incredible amount of time, money and effort trying to get their people to the polls. What if that just wasn’t an issue?
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The Return of the ‘Different Kind of Republican’
Rand Paul says he can win a third of the African-American vote. Who’s the real target of his effort?
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Are You Ready for Some Terror?
Republicans seem to have decided that fear is the wagon they can ride to victory in next month’s election.
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Fear of Lawsuits Is Not Why We Spend So Much On Health Care
A new study shows that “defensive medicine” isn’t driving costs.
