Latest articles by Bill Scher
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3 reasons why the Tea Party is losing August
opinion Town hall season was supposed to be the anti-immigration fringe's time to shine. What happened?
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How the budget deal could pave the way for immigration reform
opinion Don't look now: Congress is actually getting stuff done
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The top 5 issues dividing Democrats
opinion The GOP is hardly the only major political party plagued by internal discord
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Rand Paul: The next and last GOP nominee?
opinion If the Kentucky senator is the Republican Party's standard bearer in 2016, it is not inconceivable that he could destroy the party
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How to make John Boehner cave on immigration
opinion Advocates of reform can learn a thing or two from the debt ceiling showdown
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How John Boehner can ditch the Tea Party, keep his job, and make history
opinion It sounds better than being known as one of the worst speakers ever, right?
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How Republicans should have dealt with ObamaCare
opinion Because trying to defund it sure isn't working
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5 dumb arguments against striking Syria
opinion There are lots of good reasons to oppose military intervention. And then there are these.
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The GOP's ridiculous executive-authority hypocrisy
opinion Congress would really like Obama to act on the border crisis — but only because they're afraid to
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Why the GOP should tank the midterms
opinion Really!
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No, Congress is not done for the year
opinion The 113th Congress is hyper-polarized, totally dysfunctional, and eminently unlikable. But that doesn't mean they won't get anything done.
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There's money in politics. Get over it.
opinion Incessant hand-wringing won't make a difference
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The Mike Huckabee boomlet betrays the GOP's lack of seriousness
opinion So much for Republican rebranding
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The liberal case for high-tech NSA surveillance
opinion President Obama is not violating his liberal principles by defending the NSA. He is exercising them.
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Rand Paul and President Obama basically agree on drones
opinion Examine their statements, and you'll see their differences are largely semantic
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5 other botched rollouts of government programs
opinion You're not alone, ObamaCare
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5 bogus Republican arguments to justify a government shutdown
opinion No, Obama is not unwilling to negotiate with the GOP. And no, Harry Reid is not the one who caused a government shutdown.
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4 ways Howard Dean changed American politics
opinion Ten years ago, the former Vermont governor launched his presidential campaign, and forever revolutionized our elections. Yeeaaarggggh!
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Cabinet officials going rogue: A brief history
opinion And you thought Bob Gates was mad
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How Putin bolsters the case for American exceptionalism
opinion The Russian strongman's soulless foreign policy only underscores the freedoms the U.S. has helped secure across the world
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Why MSNBC's political scandal coverage is more powerful than Fox News'
opinion It comes down to credibility
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Can Obama save the left from isolationism?
opinion War-weary liberals are flirting with some dangerously Palin-like rhetoric
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Does it matter if Edward Snowden is a Russian spy?
opinion A lawmaker has alleged that the NSA leaker's ties to Russia may be deeper than we thought
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How this one Independent candidate from Kansas could end up ruling the Senate
opinion If the Senate is split between Republicans and Democrats, the world could be Greg Orman's oyster
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