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January 01, 1990 - February 07, 2013 + Left, Right & Center
A Nation Divided: Why Is America This Deeply Polarized?

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Politics has certainly shown its partisan face over healthcare, the stimulus and the Wall Street bailout. But why is there so much anger? Is demagoguery...
Nuclear Deal; Mortgage Relief; GOP and Healthcare; The Pope

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President Obama signed a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia. Also, today the Obama Administration announced a mortgage relief deal. Will it work, or is...
Healthcare Reform, Up or Down? Deeming or Redeeming?

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What does it mean to the left if the healthcare reform bill passes the House this weekend? (Bob likens the bill to losing his virginity.)...
Healthcare; Financial Reform; al Qaeda Seven; Hurt Locker

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Obama postpones his Asia trip for the final push on healthcare. Also, a shocking report on Lehman Bros financial manipulations. Will it hasten financial regulation...
Healthcare Endgame; Jobs; Education; KSM Flip-Flop

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No matter what, we will have a healthcare bill – whether three-quarters of Americans like it or not. The question is: vote it in and...
Healthcare Summit; Goldman/Greece; Toyota/Toyoda in DC

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Did President Obama's healthcare summit achieve anything? Is Goldman Sachs bringing down the world's economy? Is it Wall Street gone wild or just the progress...
Tiger; Housing; CPAC; Interest Rates; Healthcare

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It's hard to avoid the Tiger Woods apology. So we won't. About paying to help the housing crisis: Is Obama's $1.4 billion offer too little,...
Can Obama Reboot; Is Sarah Palin for Real; The Economy

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With all four of the panelists in KCRW's studio together for the first time ever, it's a lively show about the direction that President Obama...
Global Markets Reeling; China Flexes Its Muscle; Apologies

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The jobs report is mixed, the stock market's reeling and the global economy is in a tumble over Greek debts! We opine on the Obama...
State of Obama's Union and Bipartisanship

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We review the speech, the messages, the challenges, the throw-downs and the smack-downs. Then, is bipartisanship dead?
MA Election; Healthcare DOA?; Obama v Wall St; SCOTUS on Corp $$

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Emotions swing at the current state of political affairs. Are we in a permanent state of voter revolt? And is there any way to save...
Haiti; Banking Commission; Healthcare-MA Special Election

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This week's tragic earthquake in Haiti allows us to consider whether this as much a story about poverty and failed governance as it is of...
Jobs Report and Banks; Countering Terror; Dems Doomed?

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Bad news on the employment front. Can the Obama administration survive the negative numbers, on the jobs front and his own job approval ratings? If...
A Look Back at 2009

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Was the Obama presidency the biggest story or the year or was it the economy? Will America lose its place as the global economic leader?...
Healthcare; Copenhagen; Fat Cat Bankers

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Is healthcare doomed? Democrats are revolting. As the left positions itself to fight for public option, will the healthcare-reform baby go down with the bathwater?...