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Practically no one thinks Republicans can hold the House

Except at the White House and the top reaches of the Republican National Committee, I can hardly find a single ..


Democrats should build on Bush’s drug plan, not wreck it

Despite abundant evidence of its success, Democrats are still on the warpath against President Bush’s 2004 Medicare prescription-drug plan – ..


GOP arrogance vs. democratic weakness

Just when Republicans thought they had Democrats caught in another election-year “terror trap,” The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward sprung them ..


Moderate Shays tries to find ways to win in Iraq, and Conn.

Henrik Ibsen’s play “An Enemy of the People,” currently showing at Washington, D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre, contains a devastating portrait of ..


Can Karen Hughes change America’s image?

Charlie Wick, the ex-Hollywood agent and producer, took no end of guff when then-President Ronald Reagan appointed him to head ..


Democrats appear poised to win House – and we’ll know early

We won’t have to stay up late on Nov. 7 to see whether Democrats win back the House. By shortly ..


Despite growth, economy isn’t helping GOP

Even though the economy generally is strong, as the White House proclaims, new data illustrates why President Bush’s polls ..


Congress faces tests: Can parties fight terror together?

The manifest danger Islamic radicalism presents to the United States ought to be unifying American politicians around programs to keep ..


Both parties ‘play politics’ over terror

The notion that “politics stops at the water’s edge” hasn’t prevailed for much of U.S. history, but the current level ..


Bush sets record for ignoring laws passed by Congress

Congressional leaders let loose a bipartisan roar in May after the first-ever FBI raid at a legislative member’s office. ..


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