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Republican Victory Is A Rejection Of President Obama

President Obama’s net negative rating across key battleground states was a staggering 30 points. With numbers like that, it’s not at all surprising that the Republicans took control of the Senate tonight, especially considering the polling going into today’s contest.…

As America Heads To The Polls, Momentum Is In Republicans’ Favor

Election night is always exciting. Even when polling has predicted the overall outcome well before November 4th arrives, there are always upsets and victories across the nation that make staying up until the bitter end worth it. I’m sure that…

Paul Could ‘ Indefinitely’ Delay Yellen Confirmation

Sen. Rand Paul, (R-KY), plans to make a motion in the Senate to “indefinitely” postpone a confirmation vote for Janet Yellen as the next chair of the Federal Reserve in his fight to win a vote on his legislation to…

Politics Of PRISM: White House In Crisis, Obama Doubles Down

Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Watch Top U.S. Intelligence Officials Repeatedly Deny NSA Spying On Americans Over The Last Year (Videos) Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff The start of President Obama’s second term has been a difficult one. To be sure,…

The Bipartisan Way Forward

It has been just over a week since the election and it has never been more apparent that neither party, nor the President himself, emerged from this election with a clear mandate to govern. President Obama promised the American people…

We are still living in deeply divided times

“We know what the best thing would be. It would be an agreement that sends the signal to our economy, and to the world, that after years of punting on the major fiscal challenges we face, 2013 is going to…

FR. JONATHAN MORRIS: How Did Most of the Media Miss Nancy Pelosi’s Political Sermon On the Budget?

During last week’s blistering budget debate, most in the the media missed a fascinating political sermon delivered by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. During a photo-op for the Hunger Fast Coalition, while posing with Rev. Jim Wallis, Ms. Pelosi pointed…

Blaming the Tea Party? Stop the Political Games

As the deadline for a government slowdown approaches, liberals are leading the charge to blame the budget impasse on the Tea Party movement. This progressive political strategy serves a two-fold objective. First, by assigning responsibility for the failing budget negotiations…

At Long Last, Universal Health Care

The House of Representatives will almost certainly vote to pass health care reform on Sunday. For fifty years we Democrats have sought to make health care a right not a privilege for all Americans. Over that time Republicans have delayed,…