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Poll: Raising the eligibility age for Medicare
Medicare may not be the third rail of American politics -- that distinction belongs to Social Security -- but politicians who alter it put their careers at risk. For proof, just look at how Republicans lost a congressional seat in a conservative upstate...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Health Insurance Cost, Republican Party
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When government does things better than private enterprise
Budget discussions in Washington these days always seem to deteriorate into arguments over what government is supposed to do for its citizens, and what should be left aside. Is the reach of government strictly defined in the Constitution? Or tradition?...
Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Politics, Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Paul Ryan taken to task for fashion choices
Los Angeles TimesWhen Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) billowed onto the national political stage in Norfolk, Va., as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate this month, the reaction was swift and unanimous — at least among the fashion-focused. Press pundits,...Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Barack Obama, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sarah Palin
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Rep. Bono Mack concedes defeat in Coachella Valley race
PolitiCalRep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Palm Springs) on Friday conceded defeat in her Coachella Valley congressional race against Democratic emergency room doctor Raul Ruiz. "Today, I called Dr. Ruiz and congratulated him on his impressive victory. Dr. Ruiz will do a....... -
Bono Mack declines to concede, citing uncounted ballots
PolitiCalRepublican Rep. Mary Bono Mack of Palm Springs, who is trailing Democrat Raul Ruiz by just over 4,500 votes with all precincts reporting, on Wednesday declined to concede defeat because of a large number of ballots that have yet to...... -
2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
FrameworkOn the final day of the RNC, presidential nominee Mitt Romney addressed the convention delegates.... -
Ruiz leading Bono Mack in tight race for 36th Congressional District
PolitiCalAn often-caustic political slugfest between Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Palm Springs) and Democratic emergency room doctor Raul Ruiz over a Coachella Valley congressional seat remained tight Wednesday, with Ruiz leading by a slim margin.... -
Raul Ruiz defeats Mary Bono Mack in Riverside County upset
L.A. NOWRaul Ruiz, a Democratic emergency room doctor, ked out a victory over Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Palm Springs) in the race for the 36th Congressional District seat in the Coachella Valley.... -
Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Sherrod Brown, Politics, Barack Obama, Tammy Baldwin
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Kinsley: The more things change ...
Bill Clinton became president on a platform of "change." Not change in any particular way — just change in the abstract. Like characters in a Chekhov play, Americans found daily life unbearable in some usually unspecified way, and dreamed of escape....
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney, Kevin Phillips
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A Thanksgiving Day good news list
Along with giving thanks for making it to another Thanksgiving Day, The Times' editorial board is grateful that: The 2012 elections are finally over. And that after the June presidential primary, the November general election, this coming March's...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, The Walt Disney Co.
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Can the bozos who created the 'fiscal cliff' save us from it?
On Monday, investors on Wall Street sent stocks soaring on the airy hope that the president and Congress will come up with a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" that looms at the close of the year. This only proves that the masters of finance have all the...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson
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