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Monthly Archives: November 2012
The Jiu-Jitsu Mandate
BY SUSAN ESTRICH The electoral map looks strikingly similar to the one four years ago, but the post-election landscape could not be more different. Four years ago, the president went to Washington with a mandate for sweeping “change,” Democratic control of the House and a filibuster-proof Senate. This time, he faces the same sort of […]
Republicans Need To Take Their Party Back
BY FROMA HARROP Americans wanted to keep the country they know, and said so Tuesday. Now it’s time for responsible Republicans to take their party back from the fringe that loses them elections. It’s not true that Republicans needed better candidates. They had excellent contenders. The problem was that the electable ones couldn’t leap the […]
When Obama Won, So Did America’s Future
BY JOE CONASON What Barack Obama tried to tell America in the hour of his remarkable victory is that the nation’s future won on Election Day. Seeking to inspire and to heal, the re-elected president offered an open hand to partisan opponents in the style that has always defined him. “Tonight,” he said, “despite all […]