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Two heavyweights square off on national security, and personal honor
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The former New York governor is rumored to be considering a run for U.S. Senate or statewide office. He's already laid the groundwork.
Two heavyweights square off on national security, and personal honor
Does his support of abortion rights represent a mark against his Catholic faith?
Virginia liberals get their first chance to counterattack a leading Republican for governor after his master's thesis is revealed
The McChrystal report leads to debate about how to fight the war, or whether it needs fighting anymore
Despite some speculation and urging, most agree that Mitt Romney would lose a race to succeed Ted Kennedy in the Senate
Kennedy was a prolific legislator and campaigner so it only reasons that some of his achievements have been overlooked
The worst moment of Ted Kennedy's life, that led to the death of a woman, remains a hot-button issue for detractors and a historic turning point in the senator's career
The estimated $9 trillion deficit over the next decade has people crediting Obama for saving the economy and others this is deadly profligacy
The online encyclopedia will require editors sign off on changes contributors make to biography pages
John McCain lost the presidential election, but he still effects the political discourse judging from the reactions to his health care statements
The RNC chairman gets hit as a Big Government Republican, liar, and hypocrite after he pushes for a "Senior's Health Care Bill of Rights"
The man who predicted housing crisis and recession said he's worried the economy will tank again after a short recovery
John McCain's hour-long interview Sunday has brought into question whether he matters to today's political debates
The FBI pursues even the smallest terrorism leads, but is this attention, time, and energy warranted when no plots have been foiled?
Legendary CBS News' producer Don Hewitt passes away and industry veterans reflect on how one man changed TV news
The quiet of the Iraq war's final months was broken by attacks that killed 100 people and question the end-stage of America's campaign
Liberals accuse the president of treating prisoners in Afghanistan the same way Bush did with those in Guantanamo Bay.
Obama's lawyers step up the rhetorical attack on the Defense of Marriage Act
Commentators compare the president to Machiavelli, LBJ, and FDR over his health care push
Liberals grapple with whether principles or political expediency are more important in the health care fight.
A new poll shows most don't see effects of the economic recovery package, prompting comparisons with sagging support for medical reform
Elections and a new war strategy raise questions about how the U.S. should continue its eight-year old war
A cabinet official said the public option is expendable for health care reform, but the White House pushes back. Decoding the two-step.
If former presidential candidate confirms that he is the father of an 18-month-old girl, other lies could be confirmed as well
Bill Clinton's other troubled marriage: his relationship with liberal bloggers.
Talking about the tug-of-war between Secretary Clinton and her husband
Health care reform is starting to look like a big bailout for the insurance industry to a range of commentators
Defying predictions, it appears that two of Europe's largest economies are starting to grow.
A G.O.P. senator's remark has left-leaning voices urging an end to working with Republicans on health care
Obama's pledge to address illegal immigration in 2010 might be a blunder or a savvy political play.
A Wall Street Journal op-ed and a National Review writer spar over counting non-U.S. citizens in the 2010 Census.
Expect the debate about who's responsible for furthering "birther" stories to fire back up with news that a lefty blogger was baiting right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Is the Left extending the life of the birther story to distract the public from issues dogging Democrats?
Republicans lead Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia by 14 points in two new surveys
Bank of America was charged with lying to investors in a lawsuit filed Monday, but the company settled the complaint by paying $33 million
A memo argues America's overstayed its welcome in Iraq and that, as shabby as the country's security forces are, they're good enough for us to leave.
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