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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Chris Christie, Primaries, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Interior Policy
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Chris Christie, Lisa Madigan, Elections, Illinois Governor, Government
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An odd push to privatize marriage
Should government get out of the business of defining marriage? That's not a new question. But as conservatives appear to be losing ground in the same-sex marriage debate, some are showing new interest in changing the rules. Wisconsin's Republican Gov....
Tags: Science and Technology, Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Elections, Separation of Church and State
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Strike pits new Democrats against old friends
"If you can't make it here," many Chicagoans have told me over the years, "you can't make it anywhere." That's why educators, politicians and labor organizers across the nation are keeping a close eye on the city's teachers strike. For public workers'...
Tags: Teachers, Unions, Mitt Romney, Labor Legislation, University of Chicago
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Rosenthal: Perry tries to rustle Illinois business
Selling the grass as greener in his dusty, drought-plagued state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came to Chicago this week to paint his state as a commercial paradise and Illinois into a corner. Perry is out to poach Illinois businesses and jobs. He says it's...
Tags: Rick Perry, Susana Martinez, Illinois Governor, Elections, Government
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Republican reality check beginning with Priebus
Some Republicans haven't gotten to the first step: the one where you admit there's a problem. In a roundup of reactions to the 2012 U.S. presidential election by the magazine Commentary, for example, conservative writer Wilfred McClay says Republican...
Tags: Science and Technology, Elections, Voting, Barack Obama, Reince Priebus
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Can GOP's local success translate to federal level?
The Republicans are doomed. Conservatism is over. President Obama is conducting a mop-up operation at this point. That's the basic consensus in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and other citadels of blue America. And let's be fair,...
Tags: Elections, Mitt Romney, Voting, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor
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Could Wendy Greuel's love affair with labor backfire in Valley?
The long-running love-in between Wendy Greuel and public employee unions continued Tuesday, with the mayoral candidate from the San Fernando Valley bagging an endorsement from the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Which raises a question:...
Tags: Elections, Public Employees, Wendy Greuel, Government, Eric Garcetti
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Life Out Here: 'Is It Just Me?'
Welcome to another edition of the Imperial Valley’s most popular reader-participation column, “Is It Just Me?” In this beloved semi-regular column, your faithful columnist wonders about current issues and non-issues and you, the readers,...
Tags: National Football League, Road Running, Running, Elections, Politics
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Schoolchildren's stomachs rumble; drama queens grumble
As nominations poured in for the stupendous Moutza of the Month award for September, President Barack Obama was avoiding meeting with world leaders because he had something more important to do: hang out on daytime TV with the ladies of "The View." "I...
Tags: National Football League, Dance, Elections, Mitt Romney, Government
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Strike lessons learned
What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward? "This didn't have anything to do with the children; this was an adult fight," said the...
Tags: Teachers, Unions, Education, Conservation, Chicago Charter Schools
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Taking America's pulse
PRESIDENT: The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for president. -- Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary (1906) WASHINGTON --...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Labor Legislation, Abortion Issue, Republican Party, Marriage
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