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Is anyone listening to Obama?
feature To regain the attention of a dispirited and angry public, the president must overcome his temperamental aversion to the populist politics
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Reaganomics is dead
feature Sworn into office facing similarly high levels of unemployment, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama pursued starkly different policies. A comparison of their results should put the final stake in voodoo economics
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The Republican war on the Constitution
feature For a GOP doubling down on a strategy of division and discrimination, the Constitution appears increasingly old and in the way.
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Obama's three fateful tests
feature By the middle of next month, the die will be cast on the economy, health-care reform and Afghanistan. These are the tests that will decide Obama's presidency.
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Rotten decade, remarkable year
feature The gloomy appraisals of the past decade missed a key point: America turned the corner in 2009. In a tough but historic year, we got back on course to becoming a fairer, stronger and more prosperous nation.
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The degradation of John McCain
feature Angrily scorning his own past positions, McCain behaves like a batty, deluded uncle. But his hypocrisy is tragically rational
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The economy trumps Trump
feature Obama has deflected the birthers. The real danger for the president now is the GOP's political ploy to dead-end the economy
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Bin Laden, the fringe Left, and the torturous Right
feature The killing of the architect of September 11 has provoked predictable remonstrance from the usual suspects
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Obama's transformation
feature The killing of Osama bin Laden gave the president new strength and credibility – and widened the gap with his 2012 rivals
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Why Republicans can't find a decent presidential candidate
feature The party's ideology is out of whack and nobody wants to lose to Barack Obama. Meanwhile, time is running out
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The referendum on Obama
feature Republicans took a joyful victory lap last week for next year's 2010 midterm elections. Now all they have to do is run the race.
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Liberals must choose: Purity or victory?
feature The health care bill and Copenhagen prove yet again that Obama knows how to win on important issues. His detractors on the left should be taking notes
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Israel's moment to be bold
feature The crisis in Egypt will present Israel with an opportunity to seize the high ground — and maybe peace, too
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Obama's crucible is overseas
feature Having averted a double-dip recession in America, will the president fall prey to a double-dip war in Iraq?
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