David Broder
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Lacking a Bush gauge, Obama's popularity fallsJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - In a conversation the other day with a White House official, I heard something I'd never expected from an employee of Barack Obama's. "I wish," he said, "George Bush wou...
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Heavy lifters for a health billJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Fifteen years ago, when Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle was running interference for the Clintons' effort at health care reform, his goal in life was to enlist Sen. Bob Dole...
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Obama faces high stakes this fallJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - It was probably inevitable that the elections for governor, taking place in November in New Jersey and Virginia, would be seen by many people outside those states as a r...
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Between a rock and a health reformJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The goal of the Obama White House is to come up with a health-care plan that can attract bipartisan support. The president has told visitors he would rather have 70 vote...
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Summer's biggest battle will be over health care reformJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - While headlines talk about a fight over confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court that may never develop, a much bigger battle is about to break out over Pr...
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Tangled web ties Obama, Reid, BurrisMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - When he was elected president, Barack Obama inherited Harry Reid as Senate majority leader; the choice wasn't his. When the Illinois Democrat was elevated to the White H...
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Obama tries on his new role as commanderMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - No new president finds every aspect of the job suits him at once; some duties are inevitably more comfortable. What we have witnessed in the last few weeks is Barack Oba...
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The conservative 'happy warrior'May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - On the very day last week that Jack Kemp, the former quarterback, congressman and 1996 vice presidential candidate, succumbed to cancer, other Republicans were honoring ...
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Can the Big 3 still survive after ignoring signs?May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was in high school, my parents gave me 15 shares of General Motors stock, worth maybe $600, and a lecture on investing in America. This is a great company, they ...
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Switch is no surprise from 'the defector'May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been more than four decades since Arlen Specter, the senator from Pennsylvania, earned the nickname "Specter the Defector." This week, he confirmed that it is indee...