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Lloyd Bentsen: a truly great man

May 26, 2006 12:00 PM ET | Permanent Link

The term "great man" is thrown around far too much in Washington, but Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, a Texas Democrat, who died Tuesday at 85, fit that label.

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Memo to House Democrats: Drop Jefferson

May 24, 2006 12:50 PM ET | Permanent Link

House Democratic leaders shouldn't wait another day to denounce Rep. William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, and call sternly for his resignation. Time is not on their side.

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Right flank hobbles Bush on immigration

May 22, 2006 04:00 PM ET | Permanent Link

The immigration issue in Congress has touched many raw nerves across the country, with no end in sight.Any compromise on a new law seems distant now unless President Bush can find a way for compromise with conservatives in his own party in the House.

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The strange side effects of presidential disease

May 19, 2006 12:00 PM ET | Permanent Link

The late Rep. Morris "Mo" Udall, an Arizona Democrat, used to say that embalming fluid was the only real cure for politicians with presidential disease. He had it, too, in 1976, when he lost to Jimmy Carter, so he knows all about its potency.

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Cheney needs a Wyoming lesson in civility

May 17, 2006 02:40 PM ET | Permanent Link

The lack of civility in the nation's capital, especially in Congress, has been a topic of concern for the past few years. The hostility on Capitol Hill is so rampant that there seems to be no solution in a country also bitterly divided into "blue" states and "red" states in the past two presidential elections.

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Handicapping for '08

May 15, 2006 02:30 PM ET | Permanent Link

Since this is the horse-race season, let's examine the talked-about prospects for president in both parties since the jockeying for 2008 is already under way. The field is huge now, but it will dwindle long before the first caucus in Iowa and the first primary in New Hampshire.

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Shaking up Congress, on both sides of the aisle

May 10, 2006 12:30 PM ET | Permanent Link

As low as George W. Bush's numbers are in the polls, he can still look down: Congress fares even worse in virtually every survey. The latest Gallup reading gives Congress a 23 percent approval rating, the lowest in many years. So one would think leaders in both parties should see the need for changes.

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