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Lost in their own wilderness
WASHINGTON -- Republicans shouldn't worry that President Obama is trying to destroy the GOP. Why would he bother? The party's leaders are doing a pretty good job of it themselves. As they try to understand why the party lost an election it was confident...
Tags: Republican Party, Demographics, Abortion Issue, Barack Obama, MSNBC (tv network)
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Can the GOP escape its bubble?
Here we go again. Whenever I try to offer a little helpful advice to Republican leaders, I hear from cranky conservatives who blow me off, saying they're "not about to take advice from a liberal like you" — or words to that effect. To which I am...
Tags: George W. Bush, Todd Akin, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Robert B. Reich: The GOP crack-up and Obama's unraveling of the Republican coalition
American VoicesSoon after President Obama's second inaugural address, Speaker of the House John Boehner said the White House would try "to annihilate the Republican Party" and "shove us into the dustbin of history." Actually, the GOP is doing a pretty good job...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Republican Party, Demographics, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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GOP: R.I.P.?
Cal ThomasSome political commentators are dancing on what they believe to be the grave of the Republican Party, claiming that the only way the GOP can have a viable future is for them to behave like Democrats. Last weekend, National Review magazine sponsored a...Tags: Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Ronald Reagan, Belief and Faith, National Government
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GOP: RIP?
Some political commentators are dancing on what they believe to be the grave of the Republican Party, claiming that the only way the GOP can have a viable future is for them to behave like Democrats. Last weekend, National Review magazine sponsored a...Tags: Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Ronald Reagan, Belief and Faith, National Government
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Different paths for the GOP
WASHINGTON -- For a dozen years, Paul Ryan and Mike Pence were Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives and fellow soldiers in the conservative movement. Last week, they parted ways: one toward temperance, the other toward extremism....
Tags: Mike Pence, Religion and Belief, U.S. House of Representatives, Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party
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Noelle Nikpour: Numbers show GOP must change
Of all the results from this past November's elections, two numbers stand out: three, and 71. Three is the number of counties nationwide where, according to Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report, if President Obama had won a smaller percentage of...Tags: Philadelphia County, John McCain, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Ronald Reagan, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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States making moves on gun control
WASHINGTON — America has been here time and time again. After Columbine. After Virginia Tech. After Tucson. In the last three decades, the nation has grieved over more than 60 mass shootings. But something changed after the massacre last...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Personal Weapon Control, Chris Christie, Long Island, Republican Party
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Three with South Florida ties get Scott appointments to university board
Sun SentinelThree of the five appointees announced Thursday to the Board of Governors of the State University System have South Florida ties. All are prominent in the business community. Gov. Rick Scott’s appointees include Harry “Wayne”...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Colleges and Universities, Delray Beach, Hospitals and Clinics, H. Wayne Huizenga
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El futuro habla espanol (The future speaks Spanish)
WASHINGTON -- The new year has begun with an avalanche of Republican retrospectives: What went wrong? What must the GOP do? In attempting to navigate my own thoughts, I keep bumping into advice my father gave me a long time ago: "Learn Spanish. You will...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Bob Menendez, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 17
Michael’s messages on tax reform seem mixed To the editor: In his column in The Herald-Mail, George Michael used more than 700 words in analyzing the Republicans’ loss of the 2012 presidential election, while Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, The Herald-Mail
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Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever
BOSTON (AP) — The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever. Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans...
Tags: Democratic Party, Chris Christie, Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Gun Control
Jan 29, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 30, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 20, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jan 17, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 17, 2012
|Story| Herald Mail
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|Story| Petoskey News
