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Alaska incumbent Sen. Mark Begich avoids even saying 'Obama'
The simple question is at the top of many minds this grumpy election season, even among the 1,000 or so high school students gathered for a televised debate: "How will you work to reach across partisan lines to accomplish real goals?" Incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, a Democrat in a tight race, started his answer by shoving his party's president gently under the campaign bus, talking about the need to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, anathema to the Obama administration. Only then did he get around to his record of working with anyone, "no matter who they are." Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a libertarian and tea party favorite....
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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (2nd from R) administers the oath of office to U.S. President Barack Obama as first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha look on during ceremonies on the West front of the U.S Capitol.
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Alaska incumbent Sen. Mark Begich avoids even saying 'Obama'
The simple question is at the top of many minds this grumpy election season, even among the 1,000 or so high school students gathered for a televised debate: "How will you work to reach across partisan lines to accomplish real goals?" Incumbent...
Few Latinos 'angry' over Obama immigration policy, but support slips
Only a small minority of Latino voters report that they are ?angry? over President Obama?s decision this year to delay executive action on immigration reform, but disappointment over his deportation policies is widespread, and...
In Wisconsin campaign, Obama is asked to preach only to the choir
If there is a place in America where President Obama can guarantee a warm welcome, it should be this city's North Division High School, a polling place for a largely African American precinct. In the last two presidential elections, Obama's two GOP...
A D.C. cure: Take the hard votes
?What day is it?? ?It's today,? squeaked Piglet. ?My favorite day,? said Pooh. As a proud member of the ?don't just do something, sit there? school of politics, I don't fret much...
Rick Perry seeks Ronald Reagan mantle 50 years after iconic speech
Past and potentially future presidential candidate Rick Perry grasped for the mantle of Ronald Reagan on Monday with a scathing denunciation of President Obama that asserted the Democrat was so lacking in competence his tenure would usher in a new...
Israel announces plans for new construction on disputed land
After breaking for a turbulent summer, Israel?s parliament reconvened Monday for what looks to be a stormy autumn session against the backdrop of tensions with the United States and Palestinians, exacerbated by new plans for construction on...
Obama urges Americans to honor aid workers fighting Ebola in Africa
President Obama on Tuesday urged Americans to set aside their fears of the Ebola virus and make sure U.S. healthcare workers who go to West Africa are ?applauded, thanked and supported? when they return home. If those workers are...
Science, politics face off in grudge match over Ebola rules
Confused by the ins and outs of how the governors of New York and New Jersey are coping with the Ebola crisis? Relax, there is an answer, but in this midterm election year, it appears that politics is trumping science. As German social...
Jonah Goldberg and the GOP's Harry Reid obsession
Times columnist Jonah Goldberg swings his rhetorical hammer Tuesday at congressional dysfunction, arguing that polarization wasn't as big a problem as politicians' eagerness for self-protection.
Obama is no strategic genius on the Middle East
To the editor: Brian Michael Jenkins stretches credulity by comparing President Obama to Roman general Fabius Maximus. ("Is Obama a...
Key races may hinge on what voters distrust more: Obama or Congress
Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes brought in a couple of aging rock stars last week to boost her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. One was Jon Bauman, better known as Bowzer from the '50s-nostalgia band Sha Na Na, who sprinkled in...
In key election states, conservative groups build a ground game
For much of her 17 years as a financial planner, Molly Vogt never imagined she'd become a political activist. But she was outraged by the financial crisis, launching an economy-focused women's group called "My Purse Politics" and ultimately taking a...
Views diverge in race for Inland Empire's 31st Congressional District
In many close election contests, candidates run to the middle. Not Paul Chabot. The Republican military veteran vying for a congressional seat in an increasingly Democratic Inland Empire district is trumpeting his conservative views. He is...
Latinos, angry with Obama, may sit out midterm vote, hurting Democrats
Leaving church on a recent Sunday, Jose Trujillo paused to consider the upcoming midterm election and two of the hottest Senate and gubernatorial races in the country, blazing away right here in Georgia. Trujillo hasn't paid much attention to...
Red state Democrats parrot Republicans at their peril
How?s this for a profile in courage? The Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, Michelle Nunn, has boldly confessed that she voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. What an amazing thing ? a Democrat admitting she voted for...
Mary Landrieu, Republicans gear up for two-part Louisiana Senate fight
Ask Cajun food caterer Greg Latiolais how he plans to vote in Louisiana's too-close-to-call Senate race and his answer leads to another question: Which time? The disgruntled Democrat from the state's crawfish capital plans to cast his ballot...
Democratic candidates seek gains from Republicans' tarnished business image
Rep. Scott Peters of San Diego had a major disadvantage in seeking the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for November's midterm election: He's a Democrat. The views of the nation's largest business group are closely aligned with the...
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Why U.S. citizenship matters
To most Americans, it may seem obvious that someone permanently residing in the United States should be able ? and should desire ? to become a U.S. citizen. Yet in the debate over legalizing some 11 million immigrants living in this country...
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