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Sep 20 2019
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The Disappearing Political Center: In More Places, Elections Aren’t Close
For a stark illustration of how the political center is disappearing from American politics, compare President Bill Clinton’s re-election in 1996 with Donald Trump’s victory 20 years later.
In 1996, Mr. Clinton won re-election easily, and yet the outcome was relatively narrow in many parts of the country. In 1,125 counties, Mr. Clinton won or lost by a margin of less than 10 percentage
Wall Street Journal (News)
Dec 24 2019
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AOC, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, says it would 'be an honor' to be VP
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said it would "be an honor to be vice president” in a recent Spanish-language interview Sunday before headlining a Las Vegas campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The 30-year-old freshman congresswoman quickly pointed out that she falls five years short of the constitutional age limit to be vice president. The vice president – and president –
Fox News Digital
Aug 08 2015
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Does Chuck Schumer's opposition to Iran deal matter?
Sen. Chuck Schumer's rebuke of President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran is stinging but it likely isn't enough to derail the historic accord.
The Republican-controlled Congress is expected to pass a measure disapproving of the deal, which Obama has pledged to veto. And despite Schumer's move, both the administration and congressional Democrats supporting the Iran deal remain
CNN Digital
Sep 18 2019
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Trump blitzes into California for major $15M fundraising push, irritating celebrities, activists
President Trump sent liberal California activists into a tizzy on Tuesday, as he executed a lunch-dinner-breakfast-lunch fundraising blitz expected to scoop up $15 million from wealthy Republicans in the state in the span of just two days.
A firestorm among Hollywood elites erupted last month as soon as Trump's Emmy-week visit to the Golden State was announced, with "Will and Grace"
Fox News Digital
Dec 15 2013
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Gun control battle moves to Main Street
President Barack Obama responded to last December’s Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by calling for the nation to end its indifference toward gun violence, but one year and one failed Senate vote later, Washington’s major players in the gun control push have beat a public retreat. The fight has moved from Capitol Hill to Main Street.
Politico
Apr 03 2020
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In Kentucky, a Democratic governor gains new fans: Republicans
As they confront a pandemic, governors are seeing their popularity soar. Kentucky’s Andy Beshear is winning plaudits for a calm, pragmatic approach that some see as a model for bridging the partisan divide.
Every evening, he begins the same way. “We will get through this,” says Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear shortly after taking the podium. “And we will get through this together.”
Christian Science Monitor
Jul 11 2012
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Romney to court black voters with education, economic pitches
Trying to cut into President Obamas overwhelming lead among black voters, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney plans to tell the leading nations leading African-American civil rights group that every vote counts in this election and that the black community has suffered more than most on the presidents watch.
Washington Times
Nov 06 2019
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The Kentucky Governor’s Race Is a Warning to Republicans
The Republican incumbent couldn’t overcome the unpopularity of the party’s agenda. That doesn’t bode well for the GOP in 2020.
Donald Trump wants his party to believe that he was the hero of the campaign in Kentucky, who almost—but not quite—rescued a deeply unpopular governor from defeat.
But to understand why November 2019 is so ominous for Republicans, you need to understand
The Atlantic
Mar 05 2015
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Selma, 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Still Struggles With a Divided Identity
President Barack Obama and a long list of luminaries will descend this weekend on this city for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the violent civil-rights clash that helped usher in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
For resident and civic leader Jerria Martin, that means not only commemorating those who devoted their lives to enfranchising African-Americans, “but also continuing the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 11 2013
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Gun filibuster appears to misfire for conservative backers
A filibuster of major gun legislation by a vocal band of conservative Republican senators may have misfired, as a growing number of their GOP colleagues appear ready to help break it when it comes up for a vote on Thursday.
The public split is a rarity for Senate Republicans, who over the past few years have kept divisions to a minimum.
CNN Digital