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Michael Dukakis, Prof. Politics
The man who made his political bones handling Boston's blizzard of 1978 has spent the last 17 winters in the sunshine glow of UCLA. Michael Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential candidate for president, is a...
Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Antonio Villaraigosa, John Edwards, George H.W. Bush
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Republicans block Senate proposal to keep student loan rates low
WASHINGTON -- The political battle over President Obama’s plan to keep student loan interest rates from skyrocketing escalated as Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal to tax wealthier earners to pay for it. Republicans stopped the...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Harry Reid
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Lugar wasn't just an 'out-of-touch' centrist; he was 80
The easy – but still important – thing to say about Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar’s involuntary retirement is that it deprives the Senate of a long-serving, studious and open-to-compromise wise man. In an eloquent statement after his...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate, Robert Byrd, Richard Lugar
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Previewing the White House Correspondents' Dinner
WASHINGTON -- They call it the "Nerd Prom" around here. Otherwise known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it gives the usually staid official Washington a chance to bring a taste of Hollywood to the Potomac. This year is no different, even if...
Tags: The Huffington Post, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Fred Armisen, Lindsay Lohan, Eric Stonestreet
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Analysis: Pivotal congressional races six months ahead of election
Six months from Tuesday, Americans will reset the power equation in Washington, and not only for the presidency. Control of Congress is also at stake. In each of the last three national elections, voters opted for change, and they may be about to do so...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, 2010 Census, Parties and Movements, Claire McCaskill
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Olympia Snowe endorses Scott Brown in Mass. Senate race
MassachusettsSen. Scott Brownhas picked up the endorsement of outgoingSen. Olympia Snowe, the Republican senator from Maine who last week scolded the chamber for becoming a “parrallel universe” of extreme partisanship.
The endorsement from...Tags: Politics, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senate, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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A harsh judgment on obstructionism in the Senate
Opinion L.A.The delay in Senate confirmation for President Obama's judicial nominees is symbolic of the partisan gridlock that drove Sen. Olympia Snow back to Maine.... -
Mitt Romney has girl trouble
This post has been corrected as indicated below. You’d think a handsome guy like Mitt Romney would not have a problem with the ladies, but his poll numbers show something different. In the 12 swing states that will determine whether he goes to the...
Tags: Republican Party, Birth Control, Parties and Movements, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney
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Consumer Confidential: Amazon fallout, hybrids galore, Ford recall
Money & CompanyBusiness news from around the Internet, Dec. 9, 2011. Sen. Olympia Snowe calls out Amazon.com. Exxon predicts a trend toward hybrid and other alternative-fuel cars. Ford announces a recall.... -
Furor surrounds Amazon's price-comparison app
Amazon.com Inc. and the nation's bricks-and-mortar retailers are in combat again, this time over the online giant's price-comparison tool that enables shoppers to quickly check out prices at rival merchants.
An uproar over the Price Check shopping app,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Amazon.com Inc., Taxation
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House Republicans' budget plan defeated in the Senate
The Senate roundly rejected the House GOP budget on Wednesday, with five Republicans joining most Democrats in shooting down the proposal to dramatically alter Medicare that has rattled the Republican Party.
The 40-57 vote essentially ends the...Tags: Republican Party, Lisa Murkowski, Jeff Sessions, Patty Murray, Budgets and Budgeting
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The 'lost' Hillary Clinton Afghan briefing transcript recovered and published here
Top of the TicketHillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates take over the Afghan security briefing when President Obama leaves....
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