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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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By John Whitesides (REUTERS) - He has been stereotyped as the Obama administration's gaffe-prone sideshow. But Vice President Joe Biden also is a veteran debater who was in the U.S.…
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But have an opportunity in education From Latino Decisions The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll released today revealed a continued trend in support for…
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A review: By Bernard Jacobson From The Seattle Times It would have taken a more than ordinarily determined churl not to be moved and inspired by what happened in Benaroya…
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The Daily Beast So much for a landslide. Mitt Romney is leading the president 49 to 47 percent after Wednesday’s Denver debate, according to a Rasmussen poll. The results, the…
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