Latest articles by Robert Shrum
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The increasingly worthless GOP nomination
feature Mitt Romney is pandering so desperately to the far-right fringe that he's become all but unelectable in November
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The unholy alliance between Catholic bishops and the GOP
feature Catholic leaders are self-righteously trying to infringe on the liberty of all Americans. And head-in-the-sand Republicans are cheering them on
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Romney on the precipice
feature Santorum is surging toward an improbable win in Michigan — a victory that might just push the juggernaut Romney campaign right off a cliff
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The Republican Ruins
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The GOP decline starts Phase Two
opinion Republicans seem to be enjoying their August delirium and perhaps they should. For them, it only gets worse from here as the economy improves and Democrats ride growth—and their enactment of health-care reform—into the midte
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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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Cheney demands a Torture Commission
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The Republicans' Paranoid Style
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Obama threaded the needle in Egypt
feature Judge the president's diplomacy by the results — not by the critics
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Obama gets his groove back
feature In his State of the Union address, Obama offers no retreat on his agenda, and no place to hide for the Republicans.
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Decision time for Obama, Dems and GOP
feature The GOP must decide whether to follow the Tea Party over a cliff. Dems must decide whether to distance themselves from Obama. And the president must prove once again that he can tip events in his favor
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President Cuomo
feature The bold New York governor who brought same-sex marriage to the Empire State has become a civil rights hero — and a 2016 contender
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Populism is Obama's path to victory
feature Critics berate the president for taking his inspiring new progressive message to the American people. But it's the critics who ought to be ashamed
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In defense of Jon Corzine
feature MF Global may have gone down on the Democrat's watch. But first, Jon Corzine was a proud progressive who made New Jersey proud
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The GOP's desperate hunt for anyone but Mitt Romney
feature Herman Cain unravels. Rick Perry stumbles. And Republicans keep praying that someone will rescue them from the flip-flopping Romney
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Mitt Romney is the only adult in the room
feature After Rick Perry's abysmal debate and Herman Cain's transparently false sexual harassment defense, it's more clear than ever that Romney's the one
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Mitt Romney has the GOP strapped to the roof of his car
feature Republican voters are the Seamus of 2012 — slowing Mitt down by dumping on him, but unable to stop him from reaching his ultimate destination
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Will a Tea Party Supreme Court guarantee Obama a second term?
feature The court's conservative wing appears ready to engage in some despicable judicial activism on ObamaCare. Politically, at least, the justices are doing Obama a favor
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It was a Super Tuesday for Democrats
feature A battered Mitt Romney is still a near lock for the GOP nomination — and that's good news for Dems not just in 2012 but in 2016 too
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Mini-Mitt's massive Super Tuesday challenge
feature Romney just barely eked out a win in his home state of Michigan. The robotic Republican will have an even tougher time in Ohio
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Krugman and Douthat both wrong on Kennedy
opinion The Op-Ed page of The New York Times published two columns on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the same day. From Paul Krugman on the Left, and Ross Douthat on the Right, we got two fistfuls of error.
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Sharia politics at Notre Dame
opinion In the neo-Caths’ view, if Obama disagrees with Catholic doctrine, he must be condemned and silenced—even if he’s not a member of the church. This assertion of an almost limitless role for the church in public lif
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The case for Nancy Pelosi
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