Latest articles by Robert Shrum
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Taking Sarah Palin seriously
feature I used to joke about her. But I won't anymore
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Bain is just chapter one in the Book of Romney
feature Republicans are desperate to declare Obama's attacks on Mitt's business background off-limits. But in the life of Romney, vulture capitalism is an inescapable theme
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Obama is the Reagan of 2012
feature Newt and Mitt are clambering over each other trying to claim the Gipper's mantle. But it's a Democrat whose situation and rhetoric best mirror Reagan's
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The unnecessarily frenzied handwringing over Barack, Biden, and Bain
feature The press keeps seizing on the ethics and effectiveness of Bain attacks, and imagining Obama dumping Biden for Clinton. Enough of this nonsense
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Nominating Mitt Malaprop
feature Romney has the GOP nomination wrapped up — but his serial verbal miscues will haunt him in November
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In defense of Karl Rove
feature It's not that Rove has a score to settle with Rick Perry. He just knows this Texas governor would make a disastrous GOP nominee
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The Pelosi and McCain Awards
feature Shrum's first annual honors to the courageous and cowardly in American politics
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Praying for Rick Perry
feature Republicans pray that the floundering Texan will pick up his game. Democrats pray that President Obama gets to face a terribly damaged Perry in 2012
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The Democrats' self-defeating crybaby chorus
feature After a special election loss in New York City, many on the Left are boneheadedly fleeing Obama — just when they should be rallying to his side
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How Obama can avoid becoming George Bush
feature A master of foreign policy must confront the march of the economic morons to evade the 41st president's fate
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Governor Perry, you're no Ronald Reagan
feature The GOP presidential frontrunner can't compete with his party's modern-day hero — and neither can the inauthentic Mitt Romney
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Is America still a serious nation?
feature A visit to Southeast Asia evokes memories of our folly-filled past — and serves as a reminder of the critical issues we face today
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Mitt's single-digit landslide, and Newt's singularly focused revenge
feature Romney can no longer avoid the fury of his desperate rivals. This weekend in New Hampshire, they'll pile on the frontrunner like never before
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Mitt Romney's taxing baggage
feature Mitt's tax avoidance embodies unfairness in a moment when economic justice is a driving issue. And to boot, he comes off as out of touch, unconnected, and unconcerned
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Monsieur Romney's attack on American values
feature The GOP frontrunner blasts the president as "tak[ing] his inspiration from the capitals of Europe." But the truth is, that's exactly what Mitt's doing
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Is Obama a liberal?
feature What the first murmurs of revisionism on the Right tell us about Obama's presidency.
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Will Democrats fumble health reform?
feature Abortion and the tax on "Cadillac" health plans are still contentious issues, and the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat is heightening Democratic anxiety. In this sudden death overtime, there's no margin for error.
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Democrats won — now what?
feature Democrats surprised Republicans — and probably themselves — Tuesday. Now Obama must define the campaign narrative that can keep his party in power past November.
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Cheney demands a Torture Commission
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Rescuing Elena Kagan from "smears"
feature Republicans predictably are waging a faux battle against the nominee's make-believe radicalism. But why must the White House validate bigotry in defending her?
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The Republican Ruins
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The Republicans' Paranoid Style
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Smear Britannia: Conservatives open a new front on health care
opinion In their effort to destroy health-care reform in the U.S., conservatives have been heaping lies upon government-run health care in the U.K. Britons would never surrender their National Health System. Once Democrats pass reform here, Americans won
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The doomsayers are wrong about Obama, again
opinion The press, Republicans, and frustrated progressives think Obama is struggling and his health plan "on the precipice of defeat." That just proves that those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat their own mistakes.
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