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By firing IRS boss, Obama buys into GOP's rush to judgmentThe real scandal: IRS gives tax exemptions to political partisansPartisan political bubbles distort Benghazi factsRidiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probeWill voters still love Chris Christie when he's not so fat?Permanent imprisonment at Guantanamo betrays American valuesExercising 2nd Amendment rights, Kentucky 5-year-old kills sisterTime to wake from the American Dream and face retirement realityThe hawks are squawking about Obama's rubbery red line in SyriaKoch brothers want to make your newspaper their megaphoneInternet imams may have inspired Boston Marathon bombersDemocrats, not Republicans, should be worrying about their futureL.A. County condom mandate pushes porn producers into Ventura CountyWhy did the suspected Boston bomber pivot from benign to brutal?Alex Jones has a sick theory about the Boston Marathon bombingsCowardly Senate runs away from gun background checksBoston Marathon bombing proves evil never leaves us in peaceRepublicans come to the heartland of the Hollywood liberalsKim Jong Un is a bratty, brutal prince from a darker eraRight-wing religious nuts limit Republican Party's futureNew brain study should probe shallow recesses of tea party mindsKim Jong Un is a pudgy punk with the power to create great miseryGays have an equal right to the folly of a Las Vegas weddingMitch McConnell may miss sharing the spotlight with Ashley JuddDespite fears, same-sex marriage will boost American marriagesSupreme Court appears timid about expanding same-sex marriageNo joke: NBC a good bet to bump Jay Leno for Jimmy FallonSequester shenanigans dug Congress into a deeper holeShooters rejoice: Feinstein's assault weapons ban is dumpedBetween RNC and CPAC, there is a war for the Republican soulFrancis, a New World pope, is Old World in church dogmaD.C. politicians fail to face up to U.S. income inequalityWhile most Americans shun guns, the fearful keep buying moreBarack Obama dining with 12 Republicans is an Aaron Sorkin sceneHoping to break the stalemate, Obama takes GOP senators to dinnerWith sequester, Congress goes over the cliff and off the railsScalia's slam of the Voting Rights Act is a bar-stool rantRetired, Pope Benedict will still be hanging around the houseDeficit-deluded tea party Republicans love the sequester schemePolitics of two kinds in 'Argo's' Oscar win over 'Lincoln'Republican fallacy: Average Joe is best served by Big Business'Downton Abbey' breaks our hearts and shows our world being bornEven deadly meteors and asteroids may not unite the human raceStale ideas, not a drink of water, sank Marco Rubio's speechPope Benedict's departure is a surprise; his successor won't beChristopher Dorner saga collides with State of the Union speechJohn Brennan's killer drones are new symbol of America in the worldPostal Service dying from 1,000 cuts and a GOP stab in the backShort of voters, Republicans gerrymander their way back to powerSex abuse scandal is a blemish on the powerful Catholic clergyImmigration is as American as a hamburger or an interstate driveDo gun absolutists want the right to bear rocket launchers?Sen. Harry Reid's filibuster deal infuriates liberal DemocratsHillary Clinton exits Benghazi probe looking stronger than everObama's inaugural speech provokes rattled RepublicansLincoln and M.L. King watch over Barack Obama's inaugurationNew Western governor sets his sights on climate change solutionsIn right-wing delusions, Obama's gun control plan is monarchyNeo-Confederates in Congress resist a rapidly changing worldAlex Jones and other pro-gun paranoids put the nuts in gun nutsAIG and big banks are the 'Takers' taking from the rest of usIn confirmation battle, big guns are aimed at Chuck HagelConservatives complain, but 'fiscal cliff' deal was a win for themDerelict 112th Congress sets new record for low achievementCampaign 2012 had a wildly preposterous, but true, storylineNew year likely to arrive with no rescue from the 'fiscal cliff'A gun in every Christmas stocking may not be the best ideaDo not pity the rich; they can handle higher taxesCongress should protect diplomats, not just bash Hillary ClintonNot all Americans mourn; some emulate the Newtown killerNewtown's martyred children and the cold hearts of the gun lobbyBlind faith of climate change deniers endangers us allTo avoid 'fiscal cliff,' our leaders need to be better than we areSame-sex marriage brings more citizens into a virtuous circleJohn Boehner's biggest struggle may be with his own right-wingersLincoln and FDR movies are a reminder politics is seldom prettyFiscal cliff is a trap Republicans have set for themselvesSome rules for Texas secessionists before they depart from usGrover Norquist, GOP ayatollah, is losing his grip on the partyOcean acidification is killing sea life, and we are the culpritsDespite storms and floods, humans willingly ignore global warmingThe greedy hordes of Black Friday are now plundering ThanksgivingTwinkies' demise proves the stupidity of U.S. labor relationsCan the bozos who created the 'fiscal cliff' save us from it?'Obama gifts' comment shows Romney is clueless about the real USATitillation of Petraeus affair comes at a high cost for AmericaObama's data geeks have made Karl Rove and Dick Morris obsoleteSame-sex marriage is creating a new divide in the United StatesRight wingers careen into craziness to explain Obama's victoryBillionaires wasted millions trying to buy the 2012 electionDemocrats had a better grasp of political reality in 2012Obama's victory is a harsh lesson for RepublicansTilted predictions point to an Obama victory -- or notAttack ads reach new lows in honesty and new highs in spendingChris Christie and Hurricane Sandy give Obama a timely boostWill Obama and Romney see climate change in Hurricane Sandy?Romney victory would vindicate right-wing smears of ObamaMitt Romney chokes on Richard Mourdock's rape commentCampaign 2012: All voters matter, but Ohio voters matter the mostPresidential debate: Romney says 'me too' to Obama policies

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Democrats had a better grasp of political reality in 2012

( David Horsey / Los Angeles Times )

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