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Mark Sanford South Carolina Victory Takes Him From ‘Free Fall’ To Rebirth
WASHINGTON –- Americans, journalist David Halberstam once wrote, are “remarkably tolerant of error, particularly if it is self-confessed.” Mark Sanford is thanking his lucky stars that’s the case. The former South Continue Reading
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EDITORIAL: Voting for Wendy Greuel because she’s a woman? It’s OK
May 15–Wendy Greuel’s candidacy for mayor, in a city that hasn’t had a woman mayor and generally has too few women in political office, raises a basic question as Los Angeles residents make their choices for Continue Reading
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Gay-marriage stance dogs Hanabusa
May 12–In December, when U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa applied for the appointment to replace the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, she told Democratic Party activists she supports marriage equality. The congresswo Continue Reading
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Emotional voter ID battle brews
May 09–Usually when Frank Jones takes his grandson and his great-grandson to their family gravesite in Sims, there’s some historic celebration he wants to share. He likes to go to the gravesite because Continue Reading
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Liberal groups strike back at Facebook
Progressive and environmental groups are declaring open warfare against Facebook, escalating their frustration over pro-oil, anti-Obamacare ads being sponsored by Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform campaign. A coalition of activist Continue Reading
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Obama Did It For the Money
The love fest between Barack Obama and his top fundraiser Penny Pritzker that has led to her being nominated as Commerce secretary would not be so unseemly if they both just confessed that they did it for the money. Her money, not his, financed hi Continue Reading
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As Hispanic voters’ numbers increase, politicians come calling
May 13–Democrats and Republicans who disagree on just about everything are in sync on one subject: If they want to win Florida’s governorship next year or the presidential election in 2016, they can’t afford Continue Reading