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By Jonathan Cohn From The New Republic President Obama made the case for his reelection. And he made it awfully well—better, certainly, than he did in Denver two weeks ago and…
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Compilation and excerpts from The NY Times, Washington Post, CNN Edge to Obama By Nate Silver From The New York Times Scientific polls conducted after Tuesday night’s…
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A New York Times editorial It is no secret that Mitt Romney and his running-mate, Representative Paul Ryan, are opponents of abortion rights. When Mr. Ryan was asked at last week’s…
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To: POTUS

 From: Robert Reich

 RE: Upcoming debate Your passive performance in the last debate was damaging because it re-enforced the Republican claim that you've been too…
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By Nicholas Carnes From The New York Times ELECTIONS are supposed to give us choices. We can reward incumbents or we can throw the bums out. We can choose Republicans or…
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By Daniel Gross From The Daily Beast They’re everywhere! In the past few weeks, it’s been hard not to notice a new species: Maleus Americanus Crustius. Sure, they’ve…
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By Mark Blumenthal and Ariel Edwards-Levy From The Huffington Post WASHINGTON - With less than four weeks remaining in the race for president, a batch of new polls confirms that…
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From Paul Krugman From The New York Times If anyone had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part of the American political spectrum, the reaction to…
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First debate: Romney delights, Obama disappoints By Bill Press When Mitt Romney took the stage in Denver, he already had two strikes against him. Twice before, his advisers had…
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By Saul Landau During rare breaks from stories about who will become the next President of the U.S. Empire, we news watchers stare at Greek and Spanish citizens engaged in massive…
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