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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Democratic Party, Feminism, Dianne Feinstein, Bella Abzug, ABC (tv network)
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War will be hell for women too
Last week, when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta decided to allow women in the military to occupy combat positions that had once been forbidden to them, I joined in the general jubilation. This seemed to be yet another step forward for society and, of...
Tags: Defense, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Carly Fiorina, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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McManus: The GOP's tactical retreat
A well-organized retreat is said to be one of the most difficult military maneuvers: You're under enemy fire, your troops are likely to be demoralized, and you've got to avoid a rout. That why House Republicans' orderly withdrawal last week from an...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Public Finance, Medicare
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AIG Nearly Bites The Hand That Fed It
The Hartford CourantSometimes you don't know where to begin. OK, let's start with AIG. Remember when the mega-insurer was on the brink of collapse and the government bailed it out to the tune of billions? Remember how the loan saved the company, along with thousands of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Hillary Clinton, Gun Control, Donald Trump, Huma Abedin
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In tea party response to Obama, Paul embraces immigration reform
WASHINGTON – In his tea party-sponsored rebuke to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, Sen. Rand Paul will say Republicans should be the party that embraces immigrants as “assets, not liabilities.” The...
Tags: Republican Party, Rand Paul, Tea Party Movement, Migration, Immigration
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Rand Paul gives tea party response to Obama
WASHINGTON – In the tea party rebuke to President Obama’s vision of the state of the union – and some in his own party – Republican Sen. Rand Paul laid out a deeply conservative alternative that includes cutting corporate taxes...
Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Rand Paul, Gun Control, Washington, DC
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McManus: The perils of political punditry
Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my credentials as a political prognosticator: I told readers that Mitt Romney's strongest challengers for the Republican nomination would be Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
Tags: Karl Rove, Media Industry, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Rob Portman, Barack Obama
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Religious tensions play out in inaugural
There may be no clearer reflection of this moment in American religious life than the tensions surrounding prayers at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Efforts by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to bridge the conservative-liberal divide by...Tags: Protestantism, Separation of Church and State, White House, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Congressman: Obama aided Al Qaeda, or maybe he didn't
One would think that a U.S. congressman accusing the president of the United States of maneuvering to aid Al Qaeda — an act verging on treason — would be headline news around the nation. That’s how I heard Rep. Louie Gohmert’s...Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment, Radio, John McCain, Libya
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GOP's biggest problem is itself
"How ya like me now?" -- Barack Obama OK, so President Obama didn't really say that, but surely he must have thought it behind a private smile at some point Tuesday night. There are no smiles among the Republicans, however, only a pressing question:...
Tags: Republican Party, The Miami Herald, Herman Cain, Politics, Donald Trump
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Older, wealthier Americans get plenty of 'free stuff'
In the days following Barack Obama's re-election, we learned that Mr. Obama didn't win because voters trusted him more than Mitt Romney on the economy, or because he ended the Iraq war and killed Osama bin Laden. He didn't win because he started to turn...
Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Democratic Party, Entertainment, Pension and Welfare
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GOP uses association with Chicago against Obama
Once there was an aspiring young political strategist who disrupted a Chicago campaign event for a rival party candidate by inviting homeless to it with promises of free food, drink and more. Republicans this election season have been attacking "Chicago-...Tags: Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, Karl Rove, Chicago Mayor, Chris Christie
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Jan 19, 2013
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
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Nov 13, 2012
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Jul 20, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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