Articles filed under Commentary
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Romney’s trifectaOct 07, 2012 5:00 am - The presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed ...
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At the House of Kennedy, Arnold shrugsOct 05, 2012 5:00 am - Leslie Stahl’s face evinces shock as Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about cheating on his wife, Maria Kennedy Shriver, on a CBS “60 Minutes” interview. The former bodybuild...
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Giving Romney an openingOct 04, 2012 1:29 pm - DENVER — I would be careful about declaring the presidential contest “a whole new race” following Wednesday’s debate. Polls show that most voters have made up their mind...
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Going for exceptionalOct 04, 2012 12:23 pm - One large, strategic question at the center of the presidential race: In order to beat President Obama, does Mitt Romney need to be an exceptional candidate or merely an...
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Polls don’t voteOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - “Polls don’t vote. People vote.” That’s what Vice President Walter Mondale used to say at every stop in the closing days of the campaign. The only problem, of course, i...
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In politics, hate can backfireOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - Republicans were supposed to have an easy time of it in North Dakota’s U.S. Senate race. The multi-term Democrat, Kent Conrad, wasn’t running for re-election, and this r...
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Muffling the drums of warOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - If you want to read a cautionary tale about whether Israel will attack Iran, I suggest Kurt Eichenwald’s “500 Days,” which is not about that question at all. It describe...
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The women who led the wayOct 03, 2012 5:00 am - Gloria Steinem is unmistakable. Across the room surrounded by a clutch of admirers, she is utterly ageless — sleek and svelte in black form-fitting pants and top, a gol...
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Deluded by ‘skewed’ pollsOct 02, 2012 5:00 am - Conservative activist circles are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing President Obama with a growing lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by...
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It’s debatableOct 01, 2012 10:27 am - The spectacles we persist in dignifying as presidential “debates” — two-minute regurgitations of rehearsed responses — often subtract from the nation’s understanding. Bu...