Latest articles by Bill Scher
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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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Will Republicans raise the minimum wage? History says yes.
opinion This is one issue where the GOP habitually concedes
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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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5 other botched rollouts of government programs
opinion You're not alone, ObamaCare
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Cabinet officials going rogue: A brief history
opinion And you thought Bob Gates was mad
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If Chris Christie goes down, who can Republican moderates turn to?
opinion Christie is the last chance to save the party from Rand Paul or Ted Cruz
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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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The GOP's choice: Shutdown '13 or Senate '14?
opinion Republicans can't have both
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What's behind the Rubio-Cruz alliance?
opinion The odd partnership has more to do with self-serving political angling than ideology
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Why Obama's legacy doesn't need a grand bargain
opinion History yawns at budget deals
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John Boehner's dilemma: Tea Party uprising or Latino uprising?
opinion Eventually, the Republican Party will face one or the other
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How Marco Rubio blew his immigration moment
opinion And how he can still emerge a hero
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Will John McCain save Obama's second term?
opinion Obama's 2008 rival has spent years battering the administration's agenda. But all of a sudden...
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Why I won't read This Town
opinion Mark Leibovich's skewering of Washington's narcissistic insider culture seems to miss the forest for the trees
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How environmentalists blew it on Keystone
feature Climate activists foolishly went all in on Keystone — and let critical outreach to business and labor wither
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Ralph Nader wants liberals to back Rand Paul. Don't do it.
opinion A left-libertarian alliance would only hurt liberal goals
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Hey, liberals: Stop fighting Obama on judges
opinion You're only hurting yourselves
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How Obama's immigration push could hand the House to Democrats
opinion Even if Republicans seize the Senate
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Is bipartisan foreign policy making a comeback?
opinion Since Russia's invasion of Crimea, Democrats and Republicans have basically been getting along
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Don't fear the dynasty: Clinton vs. Bush would not doom democracy
opinion The meritocracy is alive and well in America
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Why we shouldn't celebrate Mandela's militancy
opinion Bob Herbert writes that Mandela's "primary significance" was his "resolve to do whatever was necessary." He's wrong.
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No, Obama doesn't have to fire everybody in the White House
opinion This overheated advice is half-baked for a few reasons
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Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and the Tea Party's 2016 problem
opinion An internecine spat threatens to undercut the movement's White House ambitions
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Why the left is terrified of a Hillary Clinton coronation
opinion There are no sure things in politics. But Hillary 2016 is about as close as you can get, right?
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