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Thatcher and Reagan: The Iron Lady Was Tougher Than the Gipper
The two leaders were fast friends, but Thatcher faced a more dire challenge -- and she addressed it without Reagan's aw-shucks charm.
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The two leaders were fast friends, but Thatcher faced a more dire challenge -- and she addressed it without Reagan's aw-shucks charm.
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Backers were once convinced that the Equal Rights Amendment was unstoppable, too. But 90 years after it was introduced, the ERA is going nowhere fast.
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It's mostly the latter.
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The Vatican doesn't loom as large as it once did in Washington, but the curious history of presidents and pontiffs offers augury for the White House.
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It's not unusual for people's views to transform, but the playwright's Newsweek cover shows he could learn a lot from a late nuclear negotiator.
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The GOP vice presidential nominee voted for deficit-expanding policies like Medicare Part D, the Bush tax cuts, and TARP.
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Don't expect the Chief Justice to emerge as a stealth liberal. The health-care decision shows he's really a pragmatist.
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The Palmetto State's reputation for conservatism shouldn't obscure the fact that establishment candidates like Mitt Romney can rely on it.
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With few strong Democratic contenders in sight, the centrist Nebraskan's exit means Republicans are more likely to capture the upper chamber.
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In the event he were elected, Newt Gingrich would be as old as Ronald Reagan was when he took office.
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Democrats and Republicans have offered up different solutions for lowering the deficit, and a new poll shows opinions divided
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National Journal's latest survey also shows broad public backing for Democrats plan to raise taxes on millionaires
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After running on hope, the president has given up his optimistic rhetoric, acknowledging a dismal economy and difficult politics
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The Minnesota congresswoman and tea-party presidential candidate has found support in criticizing Rick Perry's executive order
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In the latest Congressional Connection Poll, respondents supported a mix of ideas for balancing America's books
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A new poll shows Democratic and Republican voters pulling their leaders in opposite directions on deficit and raising the federal ceiling
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The showdown with Gov. Walker could be a flashpoint in labor politics
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The president hailed nonviolent protests as a force for democracy worldwide
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Obama will face a daunting task when he speaks in Tucson tonight
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The attack raises questions about politics and the country
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Deals on START, gays in the military, and a tax cut compromise could give the embattled president a lift going into 2011
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Obama wants to spend now to save later
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Plus: best veep picks since WWII
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The White House is protected by a crazy quilt of police forces
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