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Kucinich's health-care vote could be Obama's lucky charm
March 19, 2010According to legend, if you catch a leprechaun in the forest, the little creature must grant you three wishes. Our Kenyan Hawaiian commander in chief evidently has the luck of the Irish, because, just in time for St. Patrick's Day, President Obama bagged himself a leprechaun -- in Cleveland, of all places -- and on Wednesday his first wish was granted.
Republicans now facing Democrats' Deem Team on health-care reform
March 19, 2010Just days before the climactic vote on health-care reform, the "tea party" movement issued an unexpected surrender.
Dick Armey's 'tea party' history is a strange brew
March 19, 2010Dick Armey is intellectually versatile: The former leader of House Republicans went from being a rainmaker for a Washington lobbying firm to being the unofficial leader of the anti-Washington "tea party" movement.
Lawmakers put the 'dead' in health-care reform deadline
March 19, 2010 Members of Congress do not like to be rushed.
Massa flirts with the right, but Beck isn't tickled
March 19, 2010Just seven minutes into Glenn Beck's hour-long interview of Eric Massa on Tuesday evening, things had already gone very wrong.
From Greece, an economic cautionary tale for the U.S.
March 19, 2010Look into the face of George Papandreou, America, and see your future.
Rangel is alone in punishment but not wrongdoing
March 19, 2010It must have been a strange feeling for Charlie Rangel as he walked into Statuary Hall on Wednesday for fellow congressman Jack Murtha's memorial service. Murtha, who died three weeks ago, was being eulogized, but Rangel was the one getting buried.
Justices arm themselves with activism in Chicago gun ban case
March 19, 2010 It's about to get easier to shoot people in Chicago.
Wild pitches from Sen. Bunning
March 19, 2010In his 17 years pitching in the big leagues, Jim Bunning was known for his graceful curveball, his rising slider and his sidearm fastball. Now 78 years old and about to retire from the Senate, the Republican of Kentucky is apparently down to only one pitch: the screwball.
Professor Obama schools lawmakers on health-care reform
March 19, 2010Republicans had been hesitant to accept President Obama's invitation to participate in Thursday's White House health-care summit. Their hesitance turned out to be justified.
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