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Lugar's parting words: Part defense, part warning
As soon as 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar finished his concession speech Tuesday, he walked off the stage, out the back door and into his car. But he left behind something unusual and -- in the annals of politics -- somewhat extraordinary. Lugar...
Tags: Immigration, Elections, Philosophy, CNN (tv network), Voting
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Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose...
Tags: The Associated Press, Elections, Joe Donnelly, Jim Webb, Parties and Movements
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Republicans block Senate proposal to keep student loan rates low
Los Angeles Times & Q13 FOX News OnlineThe political battle over President Obama’s plan to keep student loan interest rates from skyrocketing escalated Tuesday as Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal to tax wealthier earners to pay for it. Republicans stopped the effort...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Loans, Patty Murray, Teaching and Learning, Democratic Party
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For Republicans, moderation is the only vice
Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, The Miami Herald, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Personal Weapon Control
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GOP foe of reason
Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, The Miami Herald, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Same-Sex Marriage, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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From Sun Magazine: First look -- 'VEEP' set visit
It's a cold, gray Friday afternoon in a dark and drafty concrete warehouse at an industrial park in Columbia. Not exactly the setting in which anyone would expect to find glamour, wit or the next big thing in pop culture.
But through a series of doors...Tags: United Nations, Anna Chlumsky, The Pentagon, Improvisational Comedy (genre), Sarah Palin
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A harsh judgment on obstructionism in the Senate
Opinion L.A.The delay in Senate confirmation for President Obama's judicial nominees is symbolic of the partisan gridlock that drove Sen. Olympia Snow back to Maine.... -
Memo to the GOP: Not everyone is a conservative
As the four surviving Republican presidential aspirants fight over which of them is the "true" conservative, are any of them aware that millions of moderates and, yes, quite a few liberals will also be voting in November?
The views emanating from the...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Sociology
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Another moderate bites the dust
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelThis week's retirement announcement from U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine isn't just bad news for her Republican Party and its prospects of taking control in Congress' upper chamber. It's bad news for anyone, Republican or Democrat or independent, who... -
State of Union: Sens. Begich, Snowe to Sit Together
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begichhas a Republican seat mate for the State of the Union address. Begich plans to sit with MaineSen. Olympia Snowe.The seating arrangement is in keeping with a push, led by Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Udall, to...Tags: Mark Udall, Lisa Murkowski
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Consumer Confidential: Amazon fallout, hybrids galore, Ford recall
Money & CompanyBusiness news from around the Internet, Dec. 9, 2011. Sen. Olympia Snowe calls out Amazon.com. Exxon predicts a trend toward hybrid and other alternative-fuel cars. Ford announces a recall.... -
Judicial filibuster: Not so 'extraordinary' after all
Remember the "Gang of 14"? That was the bipartisan group of senators who six years ago agreed not to filibuster judicial nominees except under "extraordinary circumstances."
Well, looks like some people have decided to redefine "extraordinary" to...Tags: Elections, Susan Collins, White House, Personal Weapon Control, Democratic Party
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Mar 13, 2012
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Mar 6, 2012
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Jan 19, 2012
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Dec 9, 2011
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Dec 7, 2011
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