Dan Balz

Washington Post: Colorado Indicative Of Democrats' National Struggles

Dan Balz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

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DENVER In 2008, Colorado became a symbol of the changing politics in a region once firmly in Republican hands -- and also of the grass-roots power an...

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The "Government Take-Over" Isn't About the Public Option

Richard Kirsch | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Richard Kirsch

Even if the public option weren't part of the Obama reform plan, the Right would still be screaming about a "government take-over" as loudly as it is now.

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Dan Balz: Pelosi's Comments Raise Interrogation Debate to New Level

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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But in attempting to defend herself, Pelosi took the remarkable step of trying to shift the focus of blame to the CIA and the Bush administration, cla...

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The Torture Moment

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

The way we respond to the revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture will define the kind of country we are. It is a test of our courage and our convictions. So far, the media are not getting high marks.

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Publishers Racing To Deliver Election Books

Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

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Now that President-elect Barack Obama has won the election, the race is already under way among book publishers to examine the historic campaign. Pol...

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Sunday Watch 10-12-08: In Which False Equivalency Struts Its Fraudulent Stuff

Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

Once again, Brokaw's round table was a liberal-free zone. He concluded with the idiotic prediction game, John McLaughlin's gift to the game-show-as-phony-sophistication genre.

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Advice for Obama: Listen to Mark Twain

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Sanford D. Horwitt

The problem with the word "change" is that it's soft and vague -- and that's how too many blue collar and undecided voters perceive Obama.

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