Obama has to do business with people who cannot be trusted to own up to their side of a deal.
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Ted Talk
The Tea Party doesn’t expect its politicians to get things done; it sends them to Washington to previent things from being done.
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When Public Is Better
The problem is not too much government, but too passive a government.
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Republicans for Election Reform?
This year, policies to expand voting may pass not only in blue states like New York but also on Republican-controlled turf.
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Where the Wingers Won
The 2012 election’s progressive victories didn’t stem the tide of conservatives flooding state legislatures.
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Did Republicans Lose the Election?
The 2012 election awarded us a peculiar form of coalition government. Will it hinder Dems as they pursue their ambitious agenda?
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Schools in the Crosshairs
Starry-eyed education reformers have found yet another panacea for saving public education: parent-trigger laws.
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States of Play
Down-ticket races matter a lot in shaping policy—that’s why conservatives are smart enough to invest in them.
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Obama and the Art of Not Getting Credit
Although understatement is an attractive quality in most lines of work, politics is different. Framing achievements so as to get timely bragging rights for them is part of the job, if you want to keep it. Since most politicians are only too eager to claim credit for any positive development, this isn’t usually an issue; […]
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The Bachmann Mystique
How can a woman be an avatar for an evangelical movement that argues that women must obey men?
