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6 reasons Obama chose Chuck Hagel
January 7, 2013 Back at the 2004 Republican convention, when then-Sen. Chuck Hagel was weighing whether to run for president, he paid a call on the Iowa delegation. His obligatory joke about his devotion to ethanolwent over well. But then, to the puzzlement of some in the room, he started talking to his ...
Analysis: Newtown Rampage Proves a Turning Point for Obama
December 17, 2012 The latest slaughter of innocents and those who tried to protect them may not turn out to be a tipping point for the country. But President Obama has left no doubt that it was a tipping point for him. Forgive Republicans if they’d like to see this year end as ...
Analysis: Picking a fight over Susan Rice would not serve the country
December 6, 2012 President Obama has said many times that “part of a president’s job is to be able to deal with more than one thing at once.” But another part of a president’s job is setting priorities, and with the U.S. economy hanging in the balance, installing Susan Rice as secretary of ...
Why Debate Moderators Matter
October 15, 2012 The platonic ideal of a presidential-debate moderator is like the psychoanalyst who uses silence as a therapeutic tool. He or she sits out of sight of the patient, opens the session with a general question, and doesn’t say much beyond “Tell me more about that” and “Time’s up.” The technique ...
Rick Santorum suspends presidential bid
April 10, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the socially conservative former senator who was Mitt Romney’s chief remaining rival for the GOP nomination, said on Tuesday he was suspending his White House bid. Santorum announced his decision in Gettysburg, a day after his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, was released from the hospital. It ...
