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Oct 09 2012
News
Colorado exposes candidates’ weaknesses
Look no further than Colorado if you want a picture of President Barack Obamas and Mitt Romneys vulnerabilities. Four weeks before Election Day, few states are home to a more competitive or confusing race than the electoral battleground at the heart of the Mountain West. As much as any state in the country, Colorado is where the two candidates weaknesses are on vivid display
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Politico
Mar 07 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden's 2024 Game Plan: Aiming For the Left or the Center?
As President Joe Biden’s campaign shifts toward the general election, will his vision for a second term aim to appease growing opposition from the left-wing of his party, or will he look to court moderate voters and anti-Trump Republicans?
Progressive Backlash: A writer in the Daily Beast (Left bias) highlighted how opposition from the progressive faction of the Democratic Party is
Daily Beast
Reuters 
Washington Examiner 
May 04 2016
News
Democracies end when they are too democratic.
As this dystopian election campaign has unfolded, my mind keeps being tugged by a passage in Plato’s Republic. It has unsettled — even surprised — me from the moment I first read it in graduate school. The passage is from the part of the dialogue where Socrates and his friends are talking about the nature of different political systems, how they change over time, and how one can slowly evolve
New York Magazine
May 03 2016
News
Surprise Indiana win vaults Bernie Sanders toward convention
Sen. Bernard Sanders captured a surprise win in the Indiana primary Tuesday, giving his campaign more fuel to fight until the Democratic National Convention in July and frustrating Hillary Clinton, who desperately wants to shift into general election mode.
Networks called the race by 9:10 p.m. EDT, just over two hours after the Indiana polls closed. With 84 percent of the vote counted
Washington Times
May 09 2024
Headline Roundup
Former Obama Strategist Warns Biden Against ‘Pride’ in 2024 Economic Messaging
CNN (Lean Left bias) commentator and former Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said President Joe Biden should avoid ‘pride’ in campaign messaging about the economy ahead of the 2024 election.
Quote from Biden: Axelrod was responding to a quote from Biden, saying, “The idea that we’re in a situation where things are so bad … when I started this administration, people were saying
Fox News Digital
The Hill
HuffPost
May 02 2016
Opinion
Trump isn't always wrong on foreign policy
One of the more unusual topics of this very unusual election year has been the hitherto uncontroversial issue of the U.S. commitment to NATO. Last month, in his characteristically blunt fashion, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed NATO for being “obsolete.” This week, as he swept closer to the GOP nomination, he softened that to “outdated” but repeated his call for changes
USA TODAY
Feb 06 2017
Opinion
DeVos will deliver on school reform: Jeb Bush
She'll make sure education dollars reach the classroom instead of getting wasted on bureaucrats. With Republicans now controlling the governorships and legislatures in 25 states, the prospect for a conservative revolution is stronger than at any time in my lifetime. I am hopeful that Republicans in Washington will seize this opportunity to shift power and money back to the states, heeding the
Guest Writer - Right
Aug 13 2014
News
Dem Candidates Run Hard to the Right
Facing an increasingly hostile political landscape, Democrats are turning an old adage upside down; asking voters to believe what the candidates say, not what they do. In districts across the country, Democrats are campaigning on tax cuts, balanced budgets and rolling back harmful regulations. This pivot away from the national Democrat party isn't just on fiscal issues. With more conservative
Breitbart News
Jan 16 2024
Headline Roundup
Did Media Outlets Interfere with the Iowa Caucus?
Media outlets across the spectrum are facing criticism over coverage of the Iowa caucuses.
For Context: A number of prominent outlets, from the Associated Press (Lean Left bias) to Fox News (Right bias), declared Donald Trump victorious in Iowa before many Iowans voted. Ron DeSantis’ campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo accused media outlets of “election interference” for calling the race
Newsweek
Des Moines Register
National Review (Opinion)
Aug 06 2014
News
AP Poll: Just 28 Say US Heading in Right Direction Under Obama
Congress has checked out, and the American people have noticed.
Three-quarters of Americans doubt the federal government will address the important problems facing the country this year, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
All told, only 28 percent of Americans think the nation is heading in the right direction, the lowest level in August of an election year since 2008
Newsmax (News)