David Broder
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Now try the tough stuffSep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A great speech is a combination of words and music, of content and color, of substance and emotion. When the speech is as important as the health care address that Presi...
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On economic stimulus, some questions remainAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Before the opponents of health care reform turned congressional town meetings into shouting matches, they had picked another target. The naysayers announced to the world...
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Questioning of jurors begins in Brown's caseAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - As the defense and the prosecution began questioning prospective jurors Monday in the case of the People of the State of Illinois v. James Degorski, Cook County Judge Vi...
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Sotomayor's potential impactAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was explaining his decision to become one of the nine Republicans to support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, he said ...
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Competition healthy when reformingAug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Here's an irony for you: The health care bills in Congress are getting better, even as support for them diminishes around the country. It is just as well that President ...
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Politics needn't cloud judicial hearingsJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - There was never much doubt that Sonia Sotomayor would be confirmed for the Supreme Court. Her inspiring personal biography and her evident legal credentials ensured that...
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Putting teeth into Medicare reformJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans are familiar with - if not altogether comfortable about - nonelected officials exercising great authority over our lives. The nine justices on the Supreme Cour...
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Battle will continue between GOP and Obama's choicesJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The combination of an over-rehearsed witness and opposition senators fighting without much ammunition robbed the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings of th...
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Lessons to learn from McNamara, PalinJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Two vastly different public officials - Robert McNamara and Sarah Palin - shared the spotlight this past week, triggering fresh thoughts about one of the classic dilemma...
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Democrats still need the aid of GOP in SenateJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has ended the long count on the 2008 Senate race by awarding the seat to Al Franken, Democrats - at least on paper - have the power ...