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January 01, 1990 - November 29, 2012 + Left, Right & Center
Hurricane Todd

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Congressman Todd Akin's remarks about rape hit the GOP's best-laid-campaign-plans like a hurricane. Predicted for next week's GOP Convention? An actual hurricane.
The Thirteen Percent Solution?

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With the Paul Ryan pick, does Romney get a deficit-hawking, fiscally disciplined conservative? A cold-hearted, shrink-government-at-all-costs ideologue? Both?
Campaign Heating Up... The Planet Too

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Latest polls show Obama’s lead widening. Your (kind-of) definitive guide to the Romney veepstakes and Eliot Spitzer says what he really thinks of Goldman Sachs.
Ted Cruz: Texas Tea Party and Ivy League

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GOP Senate hopeful Ted Cruz is a Texas Tea Party darling with a national fan base. Maybe that's because Ivy Leaguer Cruz is not your...
Romney In London

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Romney stumbles through London. Former CitiGroup CEO Sandy Weill rails against the mega-banks and Matt Miller spoils the Opening Ceremonies secret!
Shooting Rampage in Colorado

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Will a deadly shooting rampage in a Colorado movie theater push guns onto the election year political agenda? Can really effective gun control be legislated?
JP Morgan's 7-Billion-Dollar Surprise: Claw-Back to the Future?

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JP Morgan's losses from its hedge-managers-gone-wild London unit could go as high as $7 billion. Too big to manage? And Bain becomes Romney's bane...a-gain.
Middle Class Blues

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US jobs numbers stayed flat for June, and the Eurozone continues its downward slide. What's to become of America's middle class and who's to blame?
Obamacare? Romneycare? Robertscare?

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The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding (most of) President Obama's healthcare reform effort was a surprise for -- among other reasons -- who made up...
Obama, Romney and Latino Voters

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President Obama and challenger Romney talk to Latinos. Moody's is bearish on the big banks. The push and pull over Fast and Furious. And all...
Greek Drama

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Greece to vote on ditching the Euro. Egypt’s fledgling democracy faces a test. Obama by-passes Congress on immigration reforms. The GAO scorches Fed directors.
Will Europe Decide the 2012 Presidential Race?

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Democrats lose the Wisconsin recall. A drone strike takes out an al Qaeda leader. European economies slide. What will it mean for this fall’s election?
The Big Gulp

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Ugly job and manufacturing numbers for May confirm that March and April weren't any statistical blip. Markets took a dive. So whose downturn is this...
The Democrats' Private Equity Paradox

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If politics makes for strange bedfellows, campaign fundraising can make for one heck of an awkward morning-after, as leading Democrats were reminded this week.
Facebook Goes Public

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Facebook takes the leap. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon takes one for the team. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts gets rolled. Greece leaving the Eurozone?