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The Dirty Word in Immigration Reform
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2013 CommentAmnesty is still the dirty word in the debate over immigration, as it has been for many years, and it could torpedo comprehensive immigration legislation in Congress.
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Bye-Bye, Sarah Palin
Tweet Share on Facebook January 29, 2013 CommentSarah Palin's days as a paid commentator for Fox News are over. This will mean a serious decline in media exposure for the former Alaska governor, and it raises doubts whether she can rise again to the level of a conservative national icon.
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Obama Talks Guns, Football Violence
Tweet Share on Facebook January 28, 2013 CommentPresident Obama is wading again into America's culture wars, urging a pragmatic approach to gun control, calling for a reduction in violence on the football field, and preparing to detail his objectives for immigration reform.
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Obama Picks Loyalist McDonough as Chief of Staff
Tweet Share on Facebook January 25, 2013 CommentBy naming Denis McDonough as his new White House chief of staff, President Obama placed a Washington veteran and a supreme loyalist at his side as he starts his second term, and decided not to add an infusion of new blood to his inner circle.
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Gallup: Obama as Polarizing as George W. Bush
Tweet Share on Facebook January 25, 2013 CommentPresident Obama hasn't made much headway in bringing Americans together. One of his biggest political problems is that only 10 percent of Republicans on average approve of the job he is doing, compared with 86 percent of his fellow Democrats, according to the Gallup Poll.
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Right Girds for Four More Years of Fight
Tweet Share on Facebook January 24, 2013 CommentIf President Obama is expecting his conservative adversaries to roll over and accept his agenda for a second term, he is badly mistaken.
It has become clear since his inauguration speech Monday that strong elements on the right will challenge Obama just as aggressively as they did during his first term and in some cases even more forcefully.
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Joe Biden Plays Guessing Game on 2016
Tweet Share on Facebook January 22, 2013 CommentAs he begins his second term as vice president, Joe Biden is riding high. But the skills he has demonstrated in the past several weeks as a negotiator and deal maker won't necessarily translate into strong advantages if he runs for president in 2016.
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Obama Hopes to Find Common Ground in His Second Term
Tweet Share on Facebook January 21, 2013 CommentDeclaring that "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama began his second term Monday by calling for an end to the politics of absolutism and division and an emphasis on compromise and finding common ground.
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Pollster: Voters Prefer Democrats' Economic Message
Tweet Share on Facebook January 18, 2013 CommentAs House Republicans meet in Williamsburg, Va., to debate ways to improve their image, a new poll suggests how far the GOP has fallen in public esteem.
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Obama Names Denis McDonough as Chief of Staff
Tweet Share on Facebook January 17, 2013 CommentUpdate, Jan. 25: As expected, President Barack Obama Friday named Denis McDonough, formerly a top national security adviser for Obama, as his new chief-of-staff.
The president said since his early political career he has relied on McDonough's "intellect and good judgment."
