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Obama and Same-Sex Marriage: The Kids Are All Right

Sandip Roy | Posted 05.11.2012

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Unless the law changes at a federal level, it won't make a difference when it comes to immigration for gay couples a friend cautioned. The president was careful to say this just what he feels "personally." "But it still feels good," my friend said.

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Romney's Running Mate Dilemma

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.26.2012

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It is a sad reflection on the state of the Republican Party, but nonetheless true, that nominating somebody with a basic knowledge of the economy, foreign policy and history was not a given.

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The Struggle to End Violence Against Women Encounters a Road Block

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 05.15.2012

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Every single day, three women are killed by husbands or boyfriends. Every year, victims suffer two million injuries. A strong renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is critical.

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Joe Biden: GOP Super PACs Will Raise $200 Million To $800 Million

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 03.13.2012

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Vice President Joe Biden held a fundraiser on Monday evening at the Georgetown townhouse of Sen. John Kerry, during which he ominously warned donors t...

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Biden To Visit Mexico And Honduras

AP | Posted 04.23.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Mexico and Honduras next month. The White House says Biden will meet with M...

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"Scientific Development" and China's Leadership Transition

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.05.2012

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The coming year will see China's leadership transition from a decade under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new cadre of younger leaders.

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Joe Biden, Hilda Solis Cheer Ohio Workers, Admonish Kasich

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has tread lightly with regards to getting involved in the collective bargaining battles being waged largely on ...

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Biden: GOP Crowd Members Booing Gay Soldier Was 'Reprehensible'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Appearing on ABC's "The View," Vice President Joseph Biden said it was "reprehensible" for members of the audience at the most recent Re...

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Biden's Power Grows As Obama's Foreign Policy Team Shuffles

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The early review of President Barack Obama's withdrawal plans for U.S. forces from Afghanistan is that, in an effort to give each side s...

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Beyond the Medicare Fight: GOP, Centrist Dems Targeting Medicaid

Art Levine | Posted 07.06.2011

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With all the attention paid to Medicare, what's going to happen now to Medicaid -- the principal payer for health and long-term care for nearly 60 million low-income Americans --amid all the budgetary deal-making underway on Capitol Hill?

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Joe Biden Steps Into Debt Ceiling Void As Outlines Of Deal Materialize

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling will hit a heightened, more critical phase on Thursday when a bipartisan, bicamera...

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Libya: Resisting the Siren Call of Creeping Intervention

Doug Bandow | Posted 06.21.2011

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Washington and its NATO allies have bungled the Libya crisis. Unless they change course, they face endless entanglement in an interminable civil war in North Africa. The only worse option would be to double down and escalate.

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LISTEN: Biden Fires Up Union Activists: Organized Labor Keeps 'Barbarians From The Gate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Biden gave the Obama administration's most forceful statement of solidarity with organized labor in its current battles a...

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China Wants Big Brother; Does the Middle East Need Him?

Michael Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe Muslims, like China, need autocracy. Maybe stability means more than political freedom. Maybe some cultures or countries are just not capable of. . . of what? Responsible democracy?

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WATCH: 'Sh*t My Vice President Says'

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Biden, current Vice President of the United States and formerly a longtime senator of Delaware, had made some dubious remarks over his years in th...

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All for One and All for One

Pat Choate | Posted 05.25.2011

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Protecting the assets of the super rich seems to be the primary goal of the Senate Republicans and President Obama in this lame duck session of Congress.

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Biden Blasts Out DGA Fundraising Email Day After RGA Announces $31 Million Haul

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day after the Republican Governor's Association announced that it raised a jaw-dropping $31 million over the past three months, the Democratic Gover...

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Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden

Jules Witcover | Posted 05.25.2011

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The trepidation that early existed about Biden, whose occasional ad libs that have caused some embarrassment, has largely been eclipsed by his gregarious engagement in the serious business of the administration and broad mandate given him by Obama.

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Biden Dances the Tough Dances

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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With occasional blind spots aside, Biden's policy breadth is impressive compared to virtually anyone else on the Obama team. Only Bob Gates comes close to Biden's versatility -- and even there, Biden wins hands down.

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Biden: White House Wanted Bigger Stimulus; Republicans Howl Immediately (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice-President Joseph Biden said on Sunday that the administration understood the need to pass a larger stimulus package upon entering office but chos...

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Another Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobody can win the soul of the party because the party has no real soul. There are no real core principles to which the party ascribes either currently or historically. This is the nature of the Democratic Party.

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Confessions of a Pro-Israel Obama Supporter

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama's no Haman. He's made it clear from the outset that he'd like to be a force in bringing about the two-state solution for Israel to remain a Jewish democracy for longer than a few years.

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Biden Predicts 700K To 1.4M Jobs By Year's End, 'Trouble In Paradise' For GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice President Joseph Biden predicted Wednesday night that the United States will add between 700,000 and 1.4 million workers to the list of the emplo...

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THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

The fact that Israeli commandos were allowed to kill 10--and possibly as many as 20--pro-Palestinian activists aboard a small flotilla of boats, presu...

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President Obama Should Embrace the Socialist Label

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Obama wants to be a transformational President like Ronald Reagan, inspiring a new generation of Americans to believe as he does, he would be wise to own the label and change the public perception of it rather than running from it.

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