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5 Things to Know About the Michigan Primary

Dem FromCT, Daily Kos. February 26, 2012.

Will it be Santorum or Romney on Tuesday in Michigan? Both of them seem stuck in reverse.

Obama's Liberty Problem: Why Indefinite Detention by Executive Order Should Scare the Hell Out of People

Vince Warren, Bill Quigley, AlterNet. December 23, 2010.

he proposal to create a special new legal system by Executive Order is an extremely dangerous end run around Congress and the Judiciary.

Bob Woodward: Obama-Hillary Ticket for 2012 'on the Table'

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story. October 5, 2010.

The Washington Post reporter announces that many of Clinton's top advisors "see it as a real possibility in 2012."

Should Progressives Give Up on Obama? Chris Hedges vs. Rabbi Lerner

Chris Hedges, Michael Lerner, TruthDig and Tikkun. March 5, 2010.

Hedges: "The damage Obama and the Democrats have done is immense." Michael Lerner responds.

What Obama Is Up Against in His Own Branch of Government

Russ Baker, TruthOut.org. November 10, 2009.

Americans harbor a quaint belief a new president takes charge of a govt. eagerly awaiting his orders. But there are huge power centers that have their own agendas.

Book Says Obama's Life Is at Risk

Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. September 11, 2009.

Author Ronald Kessler warns that the rise in threats and inadequate govt. resources may be putting the commander in chief at risk.

Obama Has Amassed Enormous Political Capital, But He Doesn't Know What to Do with It

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. April 28, 2009.

Public approval of a president is not like a stock of savings. Obama has yet to decide what to invest in.

The Bushies Stole Us Blind ... So, How'd You Like Your Beer?

David Michael Green, AlterNet. January 19, 2009.

The eight years of national suicide known as the Bush administration is at last coming to an end.

Sparing Obama Criticism Isn't Doing Him (or Us) Any Favors

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. November 13, 2008.

Obama is about to enter a hornet's nest of entrenched interests and ideology. Electing him was the easy part. Now the real work begins.

Too Much Presidential Power -- We've Got to Address the 'Unitary Executive' Question

Dana Nelson, LA Times. October 14, 2008.

What do McCain and Obama think of the concept?

Where Would Obama Take the Nation?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. February 6, 2008.

We could expect more truth and transparency for starters.

Gangster Giuliani: The GOP's Worst

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. November 8, 2007.

If a potential Giuliani presidency in any way resembles a Giuliani mayoralty, then the country would be in for a truly awful time.

Carl Bernstein: Hillary’s Politics from 1968 to 2008

Jon Wiener, Truthdig. August 22, 2007.

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein on Hillary Clinton's journey from Republican to radical to White House hopeful.

President Richardson or Latino President Richardson?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. July 31, 2007.

As Democratic candidates prepare for a televised debate on the largest Spanish language network, Bill Richardson -- the only Latino in the race -- has to walk a thin line to have any hope of getting elected.

Why John Edwards changes everything

Bob Geiger, December 28, 2006.

Edwards ups the ante on other Democratic contenders

Christopher Dodd on withdrawing troops and Presidential bid

Bob Geiger, December 26, 2006.

Connecticut Democrat laying groundwork for 2008 ...

Bush's Direct-to-the-People Diplomacy

Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. October 9, 2006.

I realize that foreign relations were never W's strong suit, but his public response to North Korea's nuclear test was pathetic.

Why Does Romney Keep Talking About Carter?

Ed Kilgore, December 31, 1969.


Gingrich Proposed the Death Penalty for Pot -- Even Though He Admitted to Smoking It

David Edwards, December 31, 1969.


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