Robert Shrum
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We're in the euro now
feature The eurozone teeters on the brink of financial catastrophe, and the U.S. economy — and the 2012 election — may hang in the balance
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Obama needs a dose of ideology
feature His legislative accomplishments are altering the American landscape. But the president can't prevail politically without that old time religion
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A Tale of Two Clintons
opinion The defeat of former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor's race has been called the end of the Clinton era. But for which Clinton?
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Obama's two pressing problems
opinion On health-care reform, the president must move quickly to secure victory. He doesn't have as much time as he thinks on gay rights, either.
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The Santelli contagion
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Obama's morning in America
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Obama's gay-marriage endorsement is a moral and political win
feature Pundits are eager to pontificate on how supporting same-sex marriage will cost Obama in November. They couldn't be more wrong
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The GOP lost the European elections
feature In France and Greece, voters reject ill-conceived austerity measures. Budget-slashing Republicans in the U.S. ought to pay attention
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The summer of Obama's discontent
feature August has historically been a treacherous month for the president. But Obama can own this month, this year, and next, if he regains the fierce urgency of now
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Is it Mitt in Iowa?
feature Romney has long downplayed the importance of the first-in-the-nation caucuses, but an increasingly likely win would help him cruise to the nomination
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The GOP establishment better get used to Newt
feature A rhyming commentariat chorus inside the GOP wrote Gingrich off. But now he's back — and he's not going away
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The Republicans' faulty foundation
opinion Once again, the GOP opts for deceit as a short-term political tactic while praying that a cracked base doesn't crumble.
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Obama's midterm roadmap
feature The president has a case to make. When will he start making it?
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Heroes and villains of health reform
feature It's not over—yet. But here's how history will record the profiles in courage and cowardice we've witnessed in the health-reform battle.
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Obama, appeasement and the race baiters
feature It's no secret why this White House flees from racial controversy. But for his sake and ours, Obama must confront the appeals to America's worst instincts.
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Noonan's fake history lesson for Obama
opinion In a recent Wall Street Journal column, Peggy Noonan counseled our ever-ambitious President to focus on leaving a legacy that can be reduced to one sentence—a specious notion borrowed from former Republican Congresswoman Clare Boothe L
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Republican risks and Democratic wobbles
opinion The Republican Party, in a time of imminent irrelevance, pounced on the 9.5 percent jobless number, hoping to benefit. Bad move.
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Palin won't be GOP nominee in 2012
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For Obama, the hard part begins
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The hour of phony populism
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Obama's path to greatness
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The lies of August
opinion The stakes are high and Republicans are stooping low. But if health reform falters as a result of GOP demagoguery, Democrats may face a reconstituted Gingrich coalition in 2010.
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Race-baiting the President
opinion Rubert Murdoch, Matt Drudge, and their followers sought to use the Gates imbroglio as a racial rallying cry against Obama. With health-care reform on the line, defusing the hysteria was worth a beer.
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In praise of earmarks
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