Latest articles by Paul Brandus
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Obama doesn't have a 'juice' problem. He has a Republican problem.feature The president still thinks he can win over his GOP opponents. He couldn't be more wrong.
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The dam bursts on Benghazifeature Thanks to a bombshell report from ABC News, GOP accusations that the White House politicized a tragedy no longer seem so unsubstantiated
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Americans don't really want spending cutsfeature Washington remains hyper-focused on slashing the deficit. But across the country, voters oppose even minor cuts to the federal government's largest programs
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Edward Snowden: Traitor and hero?feature It seems counterintuitive, but the NSA secret-spiller might be both
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How much privacy will you trade for security?feature They are both important. But they don't always coexist nicely
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Remembering 9/11: How safe are we today?feature Your chance of dying in a terrorist attack is infinitesimal. And yet, many of us remain quite worried.
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The GOP's stunning hypocrisyfeature Conservatives seem almost eager to deny food and health care to the neediest Americans
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What history tells us about presidential debates
feature Imagery is all-important. Candidates will surely suck up to swing states. And the slightest slight could come to define Obama and Romney for years
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Why Cantor's upset is bad news for Obamafeature If you think Barack Obama has trouble dealing with House Republicans now, you haven't seen anything yet
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Why U.S. presidents are powerless to stop the Russiansfeature To understand Obama's dilemma, you really have to understand Vladimir Putin's psyche
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Deconstructing the 5 most ridiculous myths about Barack Obama
feature The 44th president has long been the target of misinformation, smear campaigns, and outright, bald-faced lies
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Reflections from the Secret Service agent who leaped onto JFK's car
feature "I think about it every day," says retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill. "It never goes away."
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The payroll tax shell game
feature The ballyhooed bill delays a de facto tax hike for millions of Americans — but also undermines Social Security and the economic recovery
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5 things to be encouraged about in 2014feature It's not all bad
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How gun-rights advocates benefit from Obama's presidency
feature Gun lobbyists say Obama will dismantle the right to bear arms if he's re-elected, failing to note that the past four years have been great for their industry
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A forecast for divided government in 2013
feature Predictions on how the 2012 election will shake out — dealing victories and blows to Democrats and the GOP alike
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Be thankful for messy politics and noisy protesters
feature Many Americans are fed up with our gridlocked politics and sputtering economy. But there's still plenty to be grateful for
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Nearly all Americans think of themselves as patriotsfeature And they're right
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All you need to know about every swing state that matters
feature Forget national polls. The presidential race will be decided in a half dozen or so key swing states
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Uncle Sam is actually good at building websitesfeature Just not Healthcare.gov
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The summer of ObamaCare, avoidance, and our discontentfeature Goodbye, summer. And good riddance.
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Obama's flailing and foolish attacks on the mediafeature When a president starts pointing fingers at the press, you know he's in real trouble
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How Obama blew it on the sequester — and how he's fixing itfeature The swiftest cure for arrogance is a drop in the polls
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What the Chen Guangcheng debacle reveals about Obama
feature The president surely knows that protecting a threatened Chinese activist is the right thing to do. But sadly, it seems he lacks the resolve to truly follow through
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