We sometimes believe that if a politician is ambitious, then she isn’t sincere in the things she says about policy. But why can’t she be both?
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What President Obama Could Do Today to Help Working Families
There is a great deal that the president could do by executive order without waiting for a deadlocked Congress to act.
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Supreme Court Hampers EPA on Greenhouse Gases But It Could Have Been Worse
The majority opinion by Scalia made it harder for the government to regulate polluters, but doesn’t appear to impede the administration’s new climate regs.
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Hillary Clinton Gets Tripped Up By the Blue-Collar Imperative
Like every other politician, she feels the need to say she’s just reg’lar folks.
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How Many Gun Deaths Are There In Your State?
Red, blue, and purple states wind up pretty much where you’d expect. And if you’re in Louisiana, you might want to keep your head down.
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Epic! Cheney Made to Answer to Paul Waldman’s Assessment of Iraq Record
In an epic bit of television, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly reads Waldman’s critique of Cheney’s Iraq record to the former vice president on the air—and demands a reaction.
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Schweitzer #FAIL: Live By Authenticity, Die by Authenticity
Former Montana governor and possible presidential candidate Brian Schweitzer’s mouth gets him in trouble.
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Should We Listen to Those Who Were Wrong on Iraq in 2002?
They have every right to their opinions, but we can remember their old mistakes even as we understand their new ones.
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Weak Weakling Continues Weak Policies of Weakness
Even when the administration catches a terrorist, conservatives are still going to argue that Barack Obama isn’t being strong enough.
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Why Are the Democrats So Unified?
That contentious Democratic coalition of the past, beset by infighting? It’s nowhere to be seen.
