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What Was the Point of the GOP Debates?
A video discussion between The Atlantic's Molly Ball and National Journal's Major Garrett.
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Winning Isn't Everything: Nine Presidential Losers Who Made a Difference
On this holiday reserved to honor and appreciate the accomplishments of all American presidents, it's also a moment to take stock of what the losers have given us.
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Red Ink and Bright Lines: Obama's Budget Placeholder
The president doesn't propose any major reforms and wants higher taxes, but everyone knows the budget is going nowhere anyway.
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In the Florida Primary, Will Nine-Iron or Bass-Boat Republicans Prevail?
As Floridians prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday, Major Garrett and Molly Ball discuss how Gingrich has positioned himself
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5 Things Congress Needs to Tackle in 2012
As the House and Senate return to Washington for the new session, a look at the most important items on their agenda in the year to come.
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Romney Says He Might Release Tax Returns, but Not Yet
The very wealthy former Massachusetts governor suggested he'd release his returns in April if he's in line for the nomination.
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How Newt Gingrich Blew the Primary and His Political Legacy
The former speaker squandered a huge lead in Iowa by letting his personal flaws get the best of him. Now, by going negative, he's making things even worse.
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Behind the GOP's Payroll Tax Surrender
Republicans now must lick their gaping, self-inflicted political wounds and plan for the coming debate over how to pay for the remaining 10-months of a payroll-tax extension
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Romney's 1994 Problem—and How Gingrich Could Benefit
While Gingrich was ascending to Speaker of the House on the back of the "Contract with America," Romney was waging a senate campaign with a much less conservative platform.
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Gingrich: Managerial Disaster?
What Newt's tenure as a House Republican leader says about his ability to lead an organization
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In Congress, a Divisive Recipe for Blight
After the latest fight over spending, it's clear that Republicans and Democrats have drifted far apart. Will they ever get along?
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Why We Should Care About the Near-Shutdown
Washington has kept the federal government funded, but this week's stalemate was just one battle in a long spending war
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Why the Near-Shutdown Matters
The House Republicans spent 360 days of the current fiscal year fighting the budget
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Congress Is Failing
If Republicans and Democrats can't solve their latest stalemate, disaster victims will go without federal relief
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Perry Survives Battering at Tea-Party Debate
Republican candidates ganged up on the Texas governor, who stood his ground in the latest GOP presidential forum in Tampa, Fla.
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Obama's Last Chance to Repair Damage and Change the Debate
The president's key constituencies have lost faith amid economic gloom. On Thursday, he'll try one more time to pull everyone together.
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With Debt Deal, Congress Abdicated Its Responsibilities
Washington avoided a credit default, but legislators put off the hard work and outsourced the decisions we elected them to make
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5 Ways the Debt Crisis Changed Washington
The stalemate is over, but the partisan clash over spending and borrowing has irrevocably shifted things in D.C. Here's how.
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Inside the Deal: Who Won, Who Lost
Obama protected social benefits while Republicans fought off new taxes
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Inside the Debt Deal: Who Won, Who Lost
President Obama and congressional Republicans both got something they wanted in Sunday's agreement -- but they still want more
