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Obama Exhorts Republicans To Resist Jockeying For White House In 2012

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Ending a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama is appealing to newly-empowered Republicans to resist jockeying for the White Ho...

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White House Privately Pushing Data Showing Bush Tax Cut Extension Politically Popular

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to build support for the tax-cut deal that the president reached with Congressional Republicans, the White House has begun pressi...

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Tim Kaine Rips Mitch McConnell For Abandoning Post-Election Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The notion that the results of the 2010 elections could somehow produce an element of political harmony always seemed a bit detached fro...

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McConnell Open To Talks On Bush Tax Cuts Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky) office expressed openness on Wednesday to a compromise proposal on the Bush tax cuts, saying that the Minority Leader wo...

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Sam Stein On Mitch McConnell's Comments About Obama's Religion: "The Whole Idea Is To Seed Doubt"

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein went on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews tonight to discuss Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's ...

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GOP Leader Using Obama's Words Against Dems

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) invoked the words of President Obama on Monday to pressure Democratic leaders into accepting an alterat...

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Obama To Meet With Congressional Leaders On Economy

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Monday with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss their legislative agendas includi...

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Obama Taps Veteran Dems For Pentagon, State Handover

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's brain trust continues to grow. The president-elect has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pe...

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