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As the holidays unfold, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to not working so much for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This one originally appeared Nov. 12. Time was when American presidents in domestic trouble would travel abroad to be seen positively back home as a world leader. Then-freshman Sen. Barack Obama was hoping for a little of that back in the summer of 2008 when he ...
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1 hour, 47 minutes ago ago from Socialism is not the Answer
The Washington Post By William M. Daley The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party my lifelong political home has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. Rep. Griffith's decision makes him the ...
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According to Eamon Javers at Politico , Barack Obama has explicitly referenced Jesus Christ more frequently as president than George W. Bush ever did. Over at the Yale Political Union blog , my classmate Matt Shaffer wants to know why this news hasn't driven atheists round the twist. Given that it's Christmas Eve, and my secular family has already taken care of our main holiday traditions (watching The Muppet Christmas Carol and reading David ...
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