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The House Republicans’ Primal Scream
And why their intransigence has become their own worst enemy.
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The Departed
Three soon-to-be-former congressmen talk about how bad things have gotten.
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Pundit Audit 2012
Here’s what I got wrong in the most exciting election year since 2008.
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Georgia’s Hunger Games
Fewer than 4,000 adults in the southern state receive welfare, even as poverty is soaring. How Georgia declared war on its poorest citizens—leaving them to fight for themselves.
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Today We Are Gathered … To Hear More About Me
President Obama was supposed to eulogize the memory of Sen. Daniel Inouye. Instead he told us about his favorite summer vacation.
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Wayne’s World
The NRA didn’t persuade its critics. But it did trick the media into discussing its popular, gun-industry-friendly master plan.
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The Big Fail
Why John Boehner’s last, best hope at avoiding the “fiscal cliff” exploded in his face.
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We the People Fix the Budget
The best poll around shows exactly how Americans want to avert the fiscal cliff.
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Obama vs. the NRA
Obama always promised to take on the special interests. Now he is set to square off against the strongest interest group of all.
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The Ghosts of Benghazi
The final report on the attack on the U.S. consulate makes one thing clear: Republican charges of a cover-up are pure fiction.
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Could a Deal on the “Fiscal Cliff” Be Worthy of Spielberg?
If Obama and Boehner want to make history, they’ll need a bold breakthrough—maybe even something cinematic.
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The New President Is Who?
Putting a random old senator in line to become president amid a national emergency is a terrible idea.
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How the NRA Defeats National Tragedies
First it scares people into thinking the government is coming for their guns. Then it quietly asks the public to pray for the victims of the next rampage.
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Today Is a Day for Tears, Not Politics
The president’s job today is to comfort a nation, not score political points.
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President Obama, Today Is the Day To Politicize This Tragedy
We don’t need you to cry at the podium. We need you to do something.
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Where in the World Is Paul Ryan?
For the moment he is irrelevant. That will not last.
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A Taxonomy of Republican Hopefuls
Meet the truth teller, the compassionate conservative, the coalition whisperer, and the doer. These are the GOP’s new, would-be leaders.
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Choose Your Own Voters
The GOP is already plotting how to marginalize urban voters in the next election.
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The Failure of Peterson-ism
Why Peter Peterson and 20 years of anti-deficit campaigns have barely moved the needle.
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How Jim DeMint Changed the Senate
His goal was to recruit conservatives and make the chamber a more combative place. Mission accomplished.
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The Secrets of the 2012 Campaign
Obama and Romney’s top strategists reveal their hidden hopes, fears, and a few lessons from this year’s presidential contest.
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The Tea Party Purge of 2012
Republican leaders are punishing some of the party’s most conservative members. And they won’t go down without a yelp.
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“The Socially Awkward Do It Better”
Meet the hip geeks who outwitted Mitt Romney and the Republicans.
