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September 9, 2010President Obama's Labor Day speech was touted as the opening salvo by a newly awakened White House in trying to thwart a GOP takeover of the Senate and maybe even the House. It appeared as if Obama had finally abandoned that charming, if odd, bipartisanship stuff.
Rep. Norm Dicks is about to go from Mr. Boeing to Mr. Spending
September 9, 2010 Rep. Norm Dicks is about to go from Mr. Boeing to Mr. Spending.
GOP's Utah and Maine conventions show a party coming unglued
September 9, 2010If Glenn Beck's truly speaking on behalf of the GOP these days, Democrats are in serious trouble.
Obama's oil spill response: Too much culpability, too much passivity
September 9, 2010For eight years we had a president who refused to accept blame. Now we have one who seems to enjoy it.
Why I'll miss Arlen Specter's ornery individualism
September 9, 2010Arlen Specter (D-Pa.-cum-R-Pa.-cum-D-Pa.), a.k.a. "Snarlin' Arlen," a.k.a. "Specter the Defector," is one of the most unloved people in politics.
If oil spill is 'an act of God,' BP merits divine retribution
September 9, 2010 God spoke to Moses through a burning bush on Mount Horeb. He apparently speaks to Republicans through a spewing oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
Andrew Romanoff's cynical fratricide
September 9, 2010When I worked on the college paper as a freshman, the editor was a talented but prickly junior by the name of Andrew Romanoff. He clashed so fiercely with the newspaper's business staff that he and the publisher communicated only through memos. Instead of putting all effort into the newspaper,...
With GOP primary, South Carolina finally buries Strom Thurmond
September 9, 2010South Carolina finally buried Strom Thurmond.
A case of mismanagement at Arlington
September 9, 2010The discovery was grisly: Two hundred eleven instances of unmarked graves, misplaced headstones and even the dumping of human ashes in a pile of dirt.
Byrd's own memorial is caught in the Senate tangle
September 9, 2010 The scene was anything but restful as Robert Byrd lay in repose.
