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Sep 01 2012
News
Republicans Gear Up To Thwart An Obama North Carolina Two-Peat
Blindsided is what North Carolina Republicans felt four years ago when President Obama won the state, though by the slightest of margins  a mere 14,177 votes out of 4.3 million cast.
NPR (Online News)May 24 2016
News
Poll: Hillary 37, Trump 35, Romney 22
Having evidently failed to help recruit a serious third-party challenger to the extraordinarily weak Trump/Hillary dichotomy, former GOP nominee Mitt Romney is facing increasing pressure to take the plunge himself. Click through and read those pieces, and you'll find cogent, earnest supplications from conservatives who are horrified by Trump -- and whose interest is piqued by a recent raft of
TownhallMar 21 2019
News
2020 candidates embrace constitutional rewrites
Remember when President Donald Trump was the candidate who wanted to blow things up? Or when Medicare for all or the Green New Deal counted as bold policy prescriptions?
The Democrats running for president are debating and endorsing a staggering array of proposals that would rewrite aspects of the Constitution and longstanding rules and traditions of lawmaking.
Now on the 2020
ABC News (Online)Aug 30 2012
Opinion
Roundup: How did Paul Ryan do?
Paul Ryan knocked it out of the park from a rhetorical standpoint and brought down the house as expected. Great line about what was on his iPod versus what was on Mitt Romney's. Great play for the youth vote!
CNN (Online News)Nov 16 2012
Opinion
A New Starting Point for Immigration Reform
The surprising strength of the Latino vote in the 2012 presidential election has created an incentive for the Republican Party, poor performers with Latinos, to rethink their strategy for 2016. Its also driving calls for change to the nations immigration laws.
Brookings InstitutionOct 22 2012
News
Rogue electors threaten elections' integrity
While Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns rage on toward November 6, another campaign has been under way for some time, one that's mostly out of the public's eye. An investigation by The Associated Press last month revealed that as many as five Republican electors expressed uncertainty whether they would actually vote for Mitt Romney if he carried their state. These
CNN (Online News)Oct 29 2014
News
Democrats Walk Out on Another Obama Campaign Stump Speech
Last night President Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail to stump for Wisconsin Democrat Mary Burke, who is challenging Governor Scott Walker. During Obama's speech, in particular the moment when he encouraged people to vote and to knock on doors for Burke, people were caught on video filing out of the room.
TownhallApr 15 2015
News
White House willing to sign compromise Iran bill as it clears committee hurdle
After months of tensions with Congress over a bill giving the legislature a say in the potential Iran nuclear deal, the White House indicated Tuesday that the president would be willing to sign the compromise version of the measure.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the new version, which Democratic lobbying had watered down, in a vote Tuesday afternoon.
CNN (Online News)Jul 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
Persuasion Tactics the Media Uses to Sway You
Every institution has an agenda. The media is no exception — that's why unbiased news doesn't exist. While it's the media's duty to try to be objective and unbiased, there's no denying the immense profit media outlets and their owners stand to gain from persuading us. The fact that these tactics or their occurrence isn't common knowledge makes this process easier.
Persuasion can be
Avanti GiridharanJan 28 2020
News
McConnell struggles to maintain GOP unity post-Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is struggling to maintain control of President Trump’s impeachment trial following news of former national security adviser John Bolton’s bombshell manuscript.
McConnell on Monday deflected growing calls, including from fellow GOP senators, to allow testimony from Bolton and other potential witnesses, which could prolong the trial and deal
The Hill