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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Sarah Palin Saw Clearly
Her 2008 vice-presidential run—built on divisive, personality-driven populism—was a harbinger of things to come.
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Darron Cummings / AP Cruz in Control
No potential 2020 candidate has as much going for him as Senator Ted Cruz.
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Jae C. Hong / AP It Turns Out That Politicians Keep Their Word
It’s easy to dismiss campaign-trail rhetoric, but candidates actually carry out their campaign promises.
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Gingrich-Santorum 2012: The Only Way to Stop Romney Now
If the two team up, they can unite the conservative vote, capture the press' attention all week, and beat Romney on Saturday. If not, they're headed home.
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It's Not Too Late to Go Negative on Mitt Romney
The GOP front-runner is racing toward a presidential hat trick in South Carolina, and there's only one way to stop him.
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Washington Isn't Broken, the Republican Party Is
Democrats have repeatedly sought a compromise deal on the debt. Why blame the whole city for Republican intransigence?
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How Not to Win the Future
The White House may be more disciplined this year, but it still doesn't know how to negotiate
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What Palin (and Other GOP Leaders) Doesn't Get About Ronald Reagan
Reagan's real record would repel most of the social and economic conservatives who now deify him
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Make the Case, Mr. President
Obama should use the August recess to streamline his messaging on the economy and on the war in Afghanistan
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Florida, the Canary in the Coal Mine
New poll numbers show two wealthy but deeply flawed outsiders leading in the state's gubernatorial and Senate primaries. Is this a sign of what November holds for incumbents?
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A Wrong Turn on Climate Change
Elite Democrats blame a lack of follow-up, Climategate, and health care, and recommend next steps
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10 Races to Watch in 2010
Ohio, California, Nevada, Florida -- the stakes are high going into this year's midterm elections
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A New 'Daisy Ad'
A GOP candidate to replace Pete Hoekstra reworks Lyndon Johnson's "Daisy" ad implying nuclear holocaust were he not re-elected
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Can Obama Save the Midterms?
Advisers debate how the president can intervene most effectively in midterm elections
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On the GOP and Cutting Spending
Republicans need an answer on how they would cut spending
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Defending the 'Bailout'
Political strategists explain the gap between bailout policy and bailout politics -- and tell incumbents how to defend their TARP votes
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Bush Advisers: We're Not Hoover
But they won't go as far right as some of today's GOP leaders.
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The 'Scalia of the Left' Speaks Out on Kagan Hearings
Legal scholar Pamela Karlan on Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings
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The Trouble With Harry
Despite his Senate status and B-list opponent, Harry Reid is down in the polls. Nevada politicos weigh in on the forces at work.
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Scott Brown's Strange Populism
The Massachusetts senator's anti-tax crusade probably won't help the middle class, or the economy
