David Broder
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With stimulus bill, patience is paramountFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi accomplished two things when she announced there would be no mid-February congressional recess unless the giant economic stimulus bill ...
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How could we have been so stupid?Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - "How could we have been so stupid?" That was the refrain of several experts at a session of the World Economic Forum last week about "What Went Wrong" to produce the glo...
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Governor no media darling, just a menaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Something very strange - and disturbing - has happened with Rod Blagojevich. Even as legal wheels turn in Springfield to remove him from the governorship, he has become ...
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Fading dynasties make politics less predictableJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - The dynasties are disappearing. The latest proof came when Caroline Kennedy, the only daughter of John and Jackie Kennedy, dramatically removed herself as a possible rep...
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Obama's background sets stage for compromisesJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - When Barack Obama declared in his inaugural address that a new era has begun and that "the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply," ...
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'Health is heard by the heart'Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - When George W. Bush was running for the presidency, he aspired to be an education president. He followed through in his first year by pressing Congress to pass the bipar...
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Illinois Democrats look foolish in Burris spectacleJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Opportunism comes in many forms in Illinois politics. Unfortunately for the reputation of my home state, the nation is learning about all of them. Thanks to court-approv...
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Transportation pick highlights Republican riftDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - As a rule, the choice of a secretary of transportation makes few headlines, even when the appointee is a member of the opposition. In 2001, George W. Bush appointed Norm...
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Political system may be Daschle's biggest obstacleDec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - On the same morning President-elect Barack Obama introduced Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader, as his prospective secretary of health and human services and...
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Illinois needs to expand ethics reformDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich was a scandal waiting to happen. When he was running for governor of Illinois for the first time in 2002, he had two impressive opponents in the Democrat...