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Republicans' push to tilt elections will backfire
Imagine if the 2012 elections had turned out this way: President Barack Obama won the popular vote by five million votes and almost 4 percent, taking seven of the eight largest states, as he did, yet the Republican candidate, former Massachusetts governor...Tags: Government, Bob McDonnell, Regional Authority, U.S. Congress, Television Industry
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Rape and the mind of God
Indiana's Richard Mourdock, Illinois' Joe Walsh and Missouri's Todd Akin aren't doctors. They are Republicans running for the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. But they appear to have special knowledge of how a woman's body works, not to...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Joe Walsh, Richard Mourdock, Tammy Duckworth, Republican Party
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Whole lot of blaming going on
WASHINGTON -- And now begins the quadrennial exercise of coming to terms with the loss of a presidency. For the second time in a row, Republicans are the grieving party proceeding through the five stages. Denial. "I think this is premature," Karl Rove...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Ann Coulter, Republican Party, Elections, Reince Priebus
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What they learned
WASHINGTON -- The headline was inevitable: "What went wrong? " Seriously? Republicans plan to commence focus groups and voter-based polls to discover the mystery behind their loss. Having sat staring into space the past couple of days, they now want...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Elections, Democratic Party, Politics
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McManus: Wielding wedge issues
Once upon a time in American politics, there were things called "wedge issues," and they generally terrified Democrats. They were mostly social and cultural issues: abortion, feminism, gay rights, illegal immigration and race. Conservatives wielded them...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Immigration, Voting, Migration, Republican Party
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McManus: Real presidential debate is possible
There are two ways that Wednesday's debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, could change the course of the presidential campaign. One would be for Romney to find an effective way to frame his pitch to voters, one that...
Tags: Walter Mondale, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Government, Rick Perry
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After Romney's birth certificate joke, Dems play the race card
Huzzah, America, our centuries-old struggle with racism and bigotry may be coming to an end. This news was confirmed by none other than Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of sociology and the author of 18 books on race, racism, racial history, black culture...
Tags: Discrimination, Civil Rights, MSNBC (tv network), Republican Party, Justice and Rights
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For Mitt Romney, the election hinges on the middle class
TAMPA, Fla. — The conventional wisdom is that this week's Republican National Convention needs to make Mitt Romney more "likable" — to replace his image as a frosty billionaire with the warmer (and, friends say, more accurate) picture of a...
Tags: Personal Income, 2012 Republican National Convention, Republican Party, Elections, Ann Romney
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Doyle McManus: GOP wannabes
Here's a not very bold prediction: Donald Trump won't be the Republican presidential nominee next year. He's not a credible national leader. His strategy for restoring American economic vigor boils down to threatening China with a trade war. It's not even...Tags: Sports, Political Candidates, Republican Party, Elections, Washington (U.S. state)
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Jonah Goldberg: Talk about a meltdown
When a loved one dies (as my brother did last month), one of the standard pieces of advice is to not make any big decisions. Don't reorganize your life in a moment of existential panic or remorse. Take your time. Cope.
But when thousands die, or when...Tags: Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nuclear Power, Earthquakes, Japan
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