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Make ’Em Talk
Four reasons why the latest Democratic ploy to change the Senate filibuster might actually work.
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Fiscal Cliff, Meet Bully Pulpit
President Obama’s gambit: Rally the public around tax hikes for the rich, and Republicans will follow.
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Are Republicans Really Breaking with Grover Norquist?
The man behind the GOP’s anti-tax pledge decodes the buzzwords.
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Cliff Notes
Would House Republicans actually vote for a "fiscal cliff" deal that would raise tax rates?
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How Political Campaign Spending Brought Down the Roman Republic
If Cato, Cicero, or Julius Caesar were here today, they would recognize the danger posed by Citizens United.
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Ten Articles To Help You Explain This Election to Your Relatives
Want to be the most informed person at the table and convert your in-laws?
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Bring Back Petraeus
He’s already been humiliated and rehabilitated. Obama should rehire him as CIA director.
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Abraham Lincoln, Vote Hunter
Can Obama learn how to handle Congress from watching Lincoln?
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Sunday Morning Quarterback
Why John McCain is beating Susan Rice in the war of the TV talk fests.
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A Phony Critique of Petraeus
What the New York Times got wrong about the scandal.
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Boss John Dickerson Around
Now that the election is over, how should he return to normal life?
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Tax Hike Nation
Republicans always talk tough about not raising taxes. Now they know they have to cut a deal.
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How To Run a Killer Campaign
The president’s campaign manager explains how the Obama campaign did it.
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Meet Second-Term Obama
He doesn’t need to say he has a mandate. He just plans to act like he does.
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If We Lose, It Was Stolen
Why conservatives still think urban voter fraud rigged the election.
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General Confusion
Why the Petraeus scandal isn’t the national security scandal Republicans wanted.
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A General Lesson
David Petraeus was a decorated leader and strategic thinker. Why did he risk everything on an affair?
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Why Romney Never Saw It Coming
He was the numbers guy. But in the end his numbers were all wrong.
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Liberal Schadenfreude Is Out of Control
Why gloating after the election is nastier than ever.
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How Obama Can End Political Gridlock
By following in the footsteps of Lincoln and FDR.
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Here Comes the Groom
Andrew Sullivan’s landmark 1989 essay making a conservative case for gay marriage, reprinted in full.
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Take the Money and Lose
Why did Republican super PACs waste so many millions on bad TV?
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