Articles: Politics
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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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Comedy in the Obama Age: The Joking Gets Hard
With a President who isn't a punch line, these are trying times for stand-up comics. But they are trying
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Can the U.S. 'Offshore' Its Afghanistan War?
The Obama Administration faces uncomfortable choices on how to proceed with what the President calls a "war of necessity." Others aren't sure that boots are needed on the ground
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The AARP and Seniors: Clashing on Health Reform
The 40 million–member advocacy group, after all, signed on early as a key supporter of President Obama's health-care-reform plan, and now it finds itself on the defensive, scrambling to win back much of its own membership
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Kerry Prepares to Protect Kennedy's Legacy
The new senior Senator from Massachusetts talks to TIME about learning the lessons of Ted Kennedy's career
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The Kennedys Face Death: The Agony of Grieving in Public
When the Kennedys are most lost, they have to show the way; when they want to hide, they are expected to lead. It has been this way in life — and particularly in death — for decades
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Health-Care Reform After Kennedy: A Scaled-Back Bill?
Democrats are talking about a September relaunch — and possibly jettisoning some of the most controversial elements
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Ted Kennedy's Quiet Catholic Faith
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Ted Kennedy's Legacy: His Darkest Moments
For all his achievements, Ted Kennedy's career was dogged by tragedy and personal trials — many of which he brought on himself
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Barnicle on Kennedy: Of Memory and the Sea
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Ted Kennedy: Bringing the Myth Down to Earth
He got the chance to be the one thing his revered brothers never could be: merely human
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The Kennedy Succession: The Coming Scramble
Massachusetts pols will wait for Ted's widow and nephew to decide about running. After that, as an observer says, it will be a "battle and a half"
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