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Jun 14 2012
News
The Republican family feud
It turns out Democrats are not the only ones with a surrogate problem. When Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels and Scott Walker all lobbed rhetorical explosive devices of varying sizes in Mitt Romneys direction, Democrats were gleeful that Republicans now had their own version of a Bain family feud.
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Politico
Dec 01 2022
Headline Roundup
Rep. Jeffries and the New Generation of Democratic Leadership
On Tuesday, House Democrats unanimously elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as the next House Democratic Leader, replacing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who stepped down last month. His rise to party leadership marks a number of firsts, and outlets across the spectrum are reflecting on its significance, and the challenges Hakeem faces leading the Democrats into a new era.
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New York Post (Opinion)
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CNN (Opinion) 
Mar 06 2020
Perspectives Blog
Boos Toward a Republican at a Mindfulness Conference — Good Humor or Hateful?
Last year, Joan Blades and I spoke at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco, an inspiring event that merges mindfulness and ageless wisdom with modern technology and society. It was an extraordinary event and going on again right now. I highly recommend it.
Being the lone Republican on the main stage at a very progressive event, at one point I got booed. It seemed (at least mostly
John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Jun 22 2017
Perspectives Blog
Senate Reveals Healthcare Bill
After much secrecy, Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans revealed their updated version of the AHCA today. As McConnell pushes for a vote before the summer recess, a few Republican Senators say the bill does not go far enough to dismantle Obamacare and therefore will not vote to pass it. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats appear united in their opposition to it. Read our new op-ed The Case for John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Dec 02 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Two Parties Aren’t Enough For Some People
It is deeply frustrating for many Democrats that Dianne Feinstein and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are members of the same political party. Most Republicans are equally unhappy that they are forced to count both Mitt Romney and Donald Trump, Jr. within their ranks. Such is life in a two-party system, where both sides must deal with internal tensions in order to win elections — that's the point of
Dan Schnur
Jan 09 2021
Analysis
After Capitol attack, GOP grapples with its future
The Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan is no more. In its place, a new GOP is emerging.
But the journey has only just begun, following the extraordinary events of this week – and the preceding weeks that set the stage – which have cleaved the party in ways rarely seen in its 167-year history.
In retrospect, the violent mob that overtook
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 09 2016
Perspectives Blog
Trump and Sanders- More Alike than Different
Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons.
Congress' job approval rating is 16%. Dysfunctional government was the single most important problem Americans mentioned in Gallup polls
Beth Ballentine
Dec 15 2020
Perspectives Blog
When It's Finally Time for Vaccines
A View from the CenterEditor's Note: This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Learn what a Center rating means and get all sides of this topic by reading left-wing and right-wing views on the coronavirus vaccine.
I want to see superstar basketball player LeBron James get the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine on live television. And Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura
Dan Schnur
Feb 09 2022
Headline Roundup
Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she would support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks so long as the ban was “government-wide.”
Pelosi’s public position on the issue has changed in recent months, shifting from direct opposition in December to apparent openness in January. Pelosi singled out the judiciary branch in her "government-wide" stipulation,
Washington Post
New York Post (News)
Business Insider
Sep 23 2020
Perspectives Blog
When a Supreme Court Battle is Just the Undercard
In a column last week about California’s wildfires, I referenced a recent poll from the respected Pew Research Center that found that climate change policy ranked eleventh of twelve issues in importance to voters in this campaign. The only thing that was less of a priority to respondents in that survey was abortion, which came in twelfth and last.
That is about to change.
After
Dan Schnur