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Sep 22 2020
News
Senate GOP faces pivotal moment on pick for Supreme Court
Republicans will gather as a conference on Tuesday and for the first time discuss whether to speed forward with confirming a successor to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
All signs suggest the GOP will move with speed to confirm a nominee before Election Day, a move that would upend the Senate and begin a new tumultuous era for the body.
President Trump said Monday he
The HillOct 11 2012
News
Obama campaign claims lead on early vote indicators
Led by a surge in Hispanic voters, President Obamas campaign said Thursday Democrats are leading the party registration battle in nearly every battleground state this fall as they try to combat disillusionment among Democrats following last weeks debate with GOP nominee Mitt Romney. The Obama campaign also said that with the exception of Colorado, Democrats are doing better this year versus
Washington TimesSep 13 2012
News
Obama’s ‘tested and proven’ foreign-policy claim put to test
In accepting his party’s renomination a week ago, President Obama called himself a “tested and proven” leader in a dangerous world of threats from abroad, especially from the terrorist-spawning Middle East. “The historic change sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are
Washington TimesSep 06 2012
News
Obama campaign: 'Tonight is not about magic'
President Obama will trade the "magic" of his 2008 campaign rhetoric for a "pragmatic" pitch for how he plans to restore economic security to America in his nomination address Thursday night, campaign officials said. "Tonight is not about magic. It's about being pragmatic. It's about the future," an Obama official told Fox News, hours before the president was to deliver his speech before
Fox News (Online News)Jun 28 2012
News
Supreme Court upholds individual mandate, ObamaCare survives
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld nearly all of President Obama's health care overhaul, in a landmark ruling that will have sweeping consequences for the economy, the election and America's health care system. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled as constitutional the so-called individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance starting in 2014. The ruling is a victory for
CNN (Online News)Jul 08 2021
Analysis
Republicans’ Narrow Health-Care Window
When the Supreme Court rejected a long-shot challenge to Obamacare last month, it closed off the last remaining avenue to take down the law. The event should force Republicans into a long-overdue conversation about what approach to health care they want — and they should have it before Democrats strike again.
Over the decades, health-care policy has followed a familiar pattern. Liberal
National Review (News)Aug 21 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden likes you
Joe Biden likes you even if you don’t like him, because it’s his job to like you, no matter how you vote.
It’s long been the cliché that voters judge politicians based on their likability. There’s truth to it, but in my experience, the deeper question isn’t how much voters like a politician, but whether they believe a politician likes them.
There isn’t enough charisma in the
VoxFeb 18 2021
Analysis
The Twelve Flavors of Trumpism: A Guide
What does the future hold for Trump’s political movement? First we must determine which forms will prevail.
How much of “Trumpism” will survive in the Republican Party now that Donald Trump is gone from the White House? That is the hot question of the day on the right. Much depends, of course, on whether Trump himself is able to stage a comeback in 2024, but there are still years of
National Review (News)Feb 10 2021
Analysis
The 6 Senate Republicans to watch on impeachment
When it comes to this week’s impeachment trial, the Senate Republican conference is poised to stay pretty united, barring a handful of exceptions. Most Republicans, after all, have signaled that they won’t vote to convict former President Donald Trump, while only a few have indicated an openness to considering it.
During a vote on the constitutionality of the proceedings a few weeks ago
VoxAug 06 2019
News
‘Corn, soybeans and landmines’: Dems sweat early state blunders
With two sets of debates and six months of fundraising finished, a new stage is opening in the Democratic presidential primary: The summer slog.
For six weeks until the next debate, in mid-September, candidates will shift their focus more completely to the early primary states, grinding through a ritualistic run of picnics, forums, and party fundraisers: The Wing Ding, the Iowa State
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