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Between Barack and three hard places

A conspiracy theory to cover up a terrorist attack, tax investigations into the finances of political enemies, secretly stolen information from members of the press… Are we in some kind of a movie?

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Sometimes, it pays to be moderate

A year ago, in the face of almost universal conservative opposition to raising taxes to deal with the national debt, I urged Republicans to accept a politically uncomfortable compromise. In light of House Speaker John Boehner’s failed attempt at a

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Post-election post-mortem: what’s wrong with the GOP?

Mitt Romney’s severe electoral defeat Tuesday night offered the clearest and most public illustration to date of the myriad of problems that plague my party. While most of the cries of my fellow reformers have gone straight to the GOP’s

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Can We Engineer Our Way out of Gridlock?

In February, Congress broke yet another record – and not the good kind either. 

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Conservative Counterattack Grows in Wake of Healthcare Ruling

Within minutes of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare, thousands of conservatives kicked their efforts to repeal the law into high gear.

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