David Broder
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A warning Obama should heedDec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - On the day before Christmas, President Obama found two presents under his tree. One was the health care reform bill passed that morning by the Senate, a his...
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One is the loneliest numberDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - In the last year or so of George W. Bush's second term, commentators used to talk a lot about the conspicuous scarcity of other Republicans willing to stand up and defen...
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Dishing out some shock on debtDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - The 34 names are familiar to anyone who has followed economic policy in Washington for the past generation, one-third of them former chairmen or members of key committee...
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Give the general what he wantsNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose - and he ...
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Obama's clout will be tested in three races todayNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The first key votes of the Obama era take place this week, not on the floor of the House or Senate, but in Virginia, New Jersey and New York, where President Obama's end...
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A heavy question for our politicsOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Every time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted...
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Obama's moment of truth on health careOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Barack Obama has reached the moment of truth for answering the persistent question about his core beliefs and political priorities. The coming votes in the House and Sen...
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An opportunity for world to get to know ChicagoOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - He may have bigger challenges now and in years to come, but nothing will endear Barack Obama to some of us more than his decision to take a quick trans-Atlantic round tr...
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Obama's foreign policy team clicksSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - For President Obama, last week was rather like a major exam on his skills as a diplomat and architect of foreign policy. He can count on being tested again and again by ...
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In the muddled middleSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - In the early 1970s when Max Baucus, now the senior senator from Montana and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was contemplating entering politics, he sought ...