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Ted Sorensen - Unassuming Insider at the Center of Power

Tom Alderman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Eisenhower, Leadership, Mike McCurry, American University, Cia, Harry Hopkins, Kennedy, American Power, Arthur Schlesinger, Joe Biden, Cuban Missile Crisis, Richard Goodwin, Richard Nixon, Kenny O'Donnell, Ted Sorensen, Clark Clifford, Special Counsel to the President, Jimmy Carter, Adlai Stevenson, Jfk, Nixon, Bay of Pigs, Media News
Tom Alderman

AUDIO BOOK: "Counselor, A Life at the Edge of History" AUTHOR: Ted Sorensen ("Kennedy," "The Kennedy Legacy") GENRE: Autobiog...

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McCain's Warped Worldview

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Social Security, Nixon, Oil, Republican, Mao, Petraeus, Candidate, Vietnam, Hero, John McCain, President, Politics News
Robert Scheer

A lesson McCain should have learned is that the world is a complex place, that today's enemies may be tomorrow's negotiating partners -- as Obama has at times dared to suggest.

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This Election, It's "Déjà Vu All Over Again"

Paul Peete | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Mukasey, Elliot Richardson, Watergate, Obama, Mccain, Nixon, Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, Areva, Home News
Paul Peete

No one expects Americans to riot or protest the war like my generation did. But we cannot let what the Bush Administration started continue into the next presidential administration.

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President George W. Bush Made Obama Possible

Seth Swirsky | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, Carter, Fear, Clinton, Nixon, 9/11, Cold War, Obama, Barack Obama, Election, Bush, Obama National Security, Russia Election, National Security, Russia Georgia War Benefits Mccain, Politics News
Seth Swirsky

Americans could only consider an Obama, because of the remarkable success of President Bush, through his decisive actions, in ratcheting down the fear Americans felt for many years after 9/11.

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Birch Bayh: What Leadership Ought to Look Like

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Kathleen Sibelius, Hate Crimes, Title IX, Gary Hart, Birch Bayh, Civil Rights Act, Fisa, Electoral College, National Popular Vote, Washington College, US Senate, Richard Lugar, Constitutional Amendments, Evan Bayh, John McCain, Paul Laxalt, Joseph Biden, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Bayh-Dole Act, Dale Bumpers, Starr Center, US Politics, Voting Rights Act, Enemies List, Tim Pawlenty, Nixon, Tim Kaine, Richard Cheney, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Here's why I like Bayh the father so much and why he sets a standard for leadership that we should be comparing others to.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Party Loyalty, Speech, Loyalty Oath, Mister Precedent, Cheney, Chris Dodd, Campaign, Telecom, Presidential-Powers, 2008, National Security, Separation-of-Powers, 2008 Campaign, Independent Counsel, Justice, Stonewall, Commander in Chief, Executive Privilege, John McCain, War, Amnesty, Scientist, Congress, 2008 Elections, 08, Stonewalling, Justice Department, Soviet, Subpoena, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Investigation, 08 Election, Precedent, Elections, 08 Campaign, Constitution, 2008 Presidential Race, Watergate, Executive Branch, Alberto Gonzales, Nixon, Party Card, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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NRCC Head: Obama Is "Nixonian To The Core"

The Hill | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nrcc, Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Public Financing, Public Financing, Tom Cole, Nixon, Politics News

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Tuesday that Barack Obama's decision to break a pledge and forgo public financing for the general election was "Nixonian....

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It's Isolation Stupid! Why Pre-Election Plans to Attack Iran Will Only Backfire

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: October Surprise, War With Iran, Neoconservative Movement, War, Obama, NeoCon Foreign Policy, China, 2008 Election, Bush, Iraq War, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Bill Kristol, Nixon, Necons, Politics News
Nathan Gonzalez

Conditions that Iran cease its uranium enrichment, as well as America's overt talk of bombing, only paint the Islamic Republic into a corner from which it can hardly get out, given its structure.

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Robert F. Kennedy: What if He Had Lived? -- A Golden Age That Never Was

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1968, Student Demonstrations, Civil Rights, John Kennedy, Mlk, Protests, Jfk, Anti-War, President, Chicago, Kennedy, 1968 Primaries, Black Liberation Front, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Mccarthy, Vietnam War, Revolution, Johnson, General Election, 1968 Primary, 1968 Election, California Primary, Weather Underground, Democratic National Convention, Carter, Ford, Rfk, Mcgovern, Peter Edelman, Ted Kennedy, Election, 1968 DNC, Humphrey, Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

Kennedy's death came when the world was on the cusp of transformation -- between authoritarian societies and social and political justice. Much of that change was stalled in the US for decades to come.

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Why Do Political Lies Work?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Lying Politics, Election 2008, Nixon, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Anyone who wants to reform American politics has to seriously consider the pros and cons of lying.

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Obama-Rendell in '08!

Matt Littman | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, Rendell, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jfk, Wesley Clark, Nixon, Eagles, Politics News
Matt Littman

Ed Rendell is to Hillary Clinton as he is to the Eagles-- he cheerleads, he exhorts, he pleads and he is intensely loyal to a team that cannot win and ultimately will break his heart.

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Debates Are Not About Issues.

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Candidate, Kerry, Campaign Issues, November, Tuzla, Kennedy, Obama, Democrats, Nominee, Elitist, Primaries, Gore, Clinton, Debates, Bittergate, General Election, Republicans, Nixon, Dukakis, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

They are about: Who Is the Best Candidate? Who can Win? Ever since the first televised debate between Kennedy & Nixon, voters have often judged can...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: White House, Gwen Ifill, Pat Leahy, Fisa, Rumsfeld, Telecom, Witch Hunt, Fatuous, John Kerry, Midotw, Contempt of Congress, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, News Hour, Special Counsel, Witch, Warrantless Wiretapping, Oversight, Democrat, Edwards, Congress, Joe Biden, Richardson, Justice Department, Democrats, Investigation, Mddotw, Interrogation Tapes, Wiretapping, Alberto Gonzales, Nixon, Up or Down Vote, Wiccan, Cocaine, Stuart Bowen, Cloture, Cia, Cheney, Filibuster, Iraq, Chris Dodd, Obama, Privacy, Bush, Pelosi, 10-Year War, Continuing Resolution, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Scooter Libby, Hex, Inspector General, Judiciary Committee, Specter, Attorney General, Contempt, Robert Wexler, CIA Tapes, Roadblock Republicans, Executive Branch, Independent Counsel, Wicca, Telecommunication, Torture, King George, Grassley, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 11]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Military Families, White House, Majority Whip, Cloture, Nuke, Cia, Jane Harman, Welfare Queens, Mccain, Iraq, Nuclear, Lieberman, Bush, Putin, Reagan, Iran, Special Prosecutor, Blackwater, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Russia, Obstructionism, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Inspector General, Jay Rockefeller, Hugo Chavez, Tapes, House, Specter, Army Field Manual, Mitt Romney, Dick Durban, Heckuva Job, Durbin, Condi Rice, Oil Companies, State Department, Independent Counsel, Nie, Sheldon Whitehouse, Republican Tool, Interrogation Tapes, Venezuela, Mddotw, Uranium, Leahy, Afghanistan, Waterboarding, Nixon, Pooty Poot, Senate, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

It's been a week of circular logic from the political world. To begin with, Mitt Romney gave a speech on religion. This speech was brilliantly summed...

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Brokaw Should Have Talked To Me

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 11.12.2007 | Media

Read More: Sixties, Nixon, Bob Hope, Smoke-In, Hippies, Harry, Yippies, Media News
Tom D'Antoni

Pan back: The army chorus, senators, congressmen, Kate Smith, Bob Hope, the army band, 4,000 hard hats, Nixon freaks, flag freaks, God's own prophet, Billy Graham.

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The Forgotten War

Julia Barry and Eli B. Dansky | Posted 09.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Candidates, Cancer, Nixon, Politics News
Julia Barry and Eli B. Dansky

The way we choose to address cancer going forward will represent the way we choose to address one another. It will be a statement on who we are and who we aspire to be.

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