Articles: Politics
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After Obama's Speech, It's Back to Wooing the Skeptics
The President's health-care address was more targeted at the public than the Congress, but now he has to focus his powers of persuasion on the skeptics in his own backyard
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Obama's Health-Care Challenge: Keeping the Focus on the Larger Goals
On the morning after President Obama's dramatic bid to push the most ambitious undertaking of his presidency toward a goal line that is in sight and yet still out of reach, the instant polls suggested that he had indeed made headway
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Rep. Joe Wilson, Presidential Heckler
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Obama's Appeal: A Test of National Character
Obama's health-care speech was effective. What comes of it will say more about us than about him
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'You Lie!': Representative Wilson's Outburst
Joe Wilson violated congressional rules of decorum, but he may have given Obama an unintended gift
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Halperin's Take: What Obama Achieved — and What He Didn't
The President's big speech on health care made an effective case, but may not have solved some of his political problems
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Can Pelosi Win Over Wary Dems on Health Care?
For all the attention being paid to the painstaking negotiating process that's under way in the Senate, the House now holds as much, if not more, risk for health-care reform
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Amid Signs of Movement on Health Care, Obama Readies His Speech
Back President Obama into a corner, and his response is usually a big speech. Will it work on health care?
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Some Schools to Big Brother Barack: Stay Out!
The White House plan to have the President address schoolkids in a televised speech has stirred up conservative opposition everywhere — most fervently in Florida
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Why the Stimulus Is Helping the Economy but Not Obama
Because the stimulus is primarily funneling money to the poor, Obama isn't getting much credit for shortening the recession
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Why Grassley Turned on Health-Care Reform
Senator Charles Grassley once looked like President Obama's best hope for winning GOP votes for health-care reform. But that was before Grassley got an earful in Iowa
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Rookie Mistakes: Time for Obama to Lead
If he wants a successful presidency, Obama will need to start taking responsibility for tough decisions
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