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A favorite story about Chicago politics involves Roman Pucinski , who served six long terms of political apprenticeship in the Washington minor leagues of the U.S. House of Representatives before the Windy City's vaunted Democratic political machine allowed him to step up and serve on ...
White House
Barack Obama
Foreign Policy
Health care
Several bipartisan statements of condolences over the death today of Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania at 77 from complications of gallbladder surgery. (See them below.)
The political fallout of his passing was immediate.
Within hours Stu Rothenberg, probably the most ...
Congress
John Murtha
House of Representatives
Barack Obama
When it comes to media accessibility, it's not like President Obama has been a shrinking violet.
"We have probably done more interviews with more reporters at this point in our presidency than anybody else has," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said recently.
But the ...
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Barack Obama
Youtube
Today was supposed to be the deadline for Democrats to bring a jobs bill to the Senate floor.
But this weekend's epic snowstorm shuttered Washington, turning the roads into snow banks and shutting down staples of normalcy -- like the Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution -- that ...
Congress
Foreign Policy
House of Representatives
Barack Obama
Well, they've played Big Game XLIV. And this time the South won the war.
But it was such a historic, life-changing moment for everyone that they'll have another one next year anyway.
More importantly, however, maybe some of you remember this huge pre-game fuss over the extremely ...
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Not that there's any hard feelings in the Obama White House toward the International Olympic Committee.
All the international conglomerate of elderly delegates did was allow Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama to fly the 4,000 miles from Washington to Copenhagen last fall to pitch the 2016 ...
White House
Barack Obama
Canada
Joe Biden
Washington, D.C
Today is Super Bowl XLIV and so President XLIV of the United States is having a few folks over to the White House to eat and drink and maybe watch. What a numerical coincidence!
And in the spirit of Barack Obama's professed bipartisanship, the Democrat has invited one Republican to join ...
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Joe Biden
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Well, here it is. Here she is. After
all the talk and the other Republicans pulling out,...
Alaska's very own ex-Gov. Sarah Palin showed up Saturday night at the national Tea Party convention in Nashville (with Piper) . And, by and large, she ...
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The complete Sarah Palin Tea Party speech video
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For once, it's not only the White House that's white. The grounds are too, thanks to a major snowstorm that swept up the East Coast quieting the weekend's political dialogue. A more natural kind of snow job. (More photos below.) .....
Snow blankets the statues of U.S. ...
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Barack Obama
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ABC This Week with Jake Tapper: Treasury Secy. Tim Geithner, George Will, Peggy Noonan, Ruth Marcus, Al Hunt and John Podesta.
Bloomberg Political Capitol with Al Hunt: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI).
CBS Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
CNN GPS with Fareed ...
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Sarah Palin
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Afghanistan
Barack Obama
ABC News reported late Friday night that former U.S. President Bill Clinton had denied any plans to effectively take over governing the impoverished and now devastated island country of Haiti. Clinton, a Democrat who was term-limited out of U.S. office in 2001 after eight years, runs two ...
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Ronald Reagan was born on this day 99
years ago, and his presidential library is preparing to...
mark the day in style with a live webcast of the festivities from the facility near Simi Valley, Calif. The webcast will be streamed on the library’s ...
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On Ronald Reagan's birthday, plans take shape for next ...
Weekly remarks by President Obama, as provided by the White House
Even though our economy is growing again, these are still tough times for America. Too many businesses are still shuttered. Too many families can’t make ends meet. And while yesterday, we learned that ...
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Barack Obama
Foreign Policy
Health care
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If the National Tea Party Convention hoped to
keep its focus on political organizing and its message...
on limited government, it has had little success so far. Capping the first full day of the meeting, right-wing instigator Joseph Farah spent ...
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Joseph Farah, to cheers at Tea Party Convention, again ...
Virtually everywhere President Obama goes outside the White House, a press pool follows, composed of media members taking turns on this usually thankless duty. Their notes are then distributed to many others as community property and provide the media fodder for much subsequent ...
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If the 2008 presidential election were an Apple commercial, there's little question who would play the dorky PC and who would be the hip, laid-back Mac guy.
It's probably no surprise that President Obama 's staffers are apparently slaves to the Mac. Take a look at the kid's corner in the ...
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Barack Obama
A week ago, Rick Boucher 's seat as a Virginia House representative was very much in question. He may be losing popularity among a section of his constituents. But the Democratic representative won some definite points on Thursday with a large tech-savvy crowd.
In Thursday's congressional ...
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On Dec. 30 seven operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Today, both President Obama and CIA Director Leon Panetta spoke at a closed memorial service at the agency's Virginia headquarters. Seven new stars are added to the CIA's ...
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Barack Obama
Afghanistan
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Quick update on the unfolding Republican primary race
for Texas governor: As The Ticket previously reported ,...
incumbent Gov. Rick Perry is being challenged by GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and by Debra Medina , a businesswoman and Tea Party ...
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New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra ...
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President Obama has named Tim Purdon as the
chief federal prosecutor for North Dakota. As of early...
Friday morning, the White House transparent appointments website was not displaying the name of the 41-year-old Bismarck trial lawyer as being an ...
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Politicizing Justice? Obama names DNC member Tim Purdon ...
