The Bullpen
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The blame game
feature America's economic panic is the fault of Tea Partiers, S&P, speculators, and Big Business. And it's up to Obama to convince us to put country first
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The enduring greatness of JFK
feature Fifty years after his inauguration, John F. Kennedy's words continue to enlarge America
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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 momentous April
feature The president faces a critical month for the American military mission in Libya, and the raging budget battles in D.C.
By Robert Shrum Last updated
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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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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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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
By Robert Shrum Last updated
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The budget battle could be a defining moment for Barack Obama
feature If he speaks the plain truth about the GOP's real ideological agenda, he can win the contest for America’s future
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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.
By Robert Shrum Last updated
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For Obama, success is at hand
feature The premature gloom about Obama's presidency will soon be swept away by the reality: Obama is resurgent.
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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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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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The GOP dumps the Gipper
feature Mired in anger and vituperation, seemingly hell-bent on becoming a small-tent faction rather than a big-tent governing party, Republicans have betrayed the leader they ritually canonize. The GOP is now the party of malaise.
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