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The Republican Presidential Recession Record

Jeff Madrick | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Recession, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Politics News

Eisenhower: 2 recessions; Nixon and Ford: 2 recessions; Reagan: 1 recession; George H.W. Bush: 1 recession; George W. Bush: 2 recessions; Democrats: 1 recession. Eight to one, you decide.

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Ghosts of Transitions Past

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Obama appointed old hands to his top economic posts, explaining Wednesday that "the vision for change" comes from him. That's a way to deal with a central problem of transitions.

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Obama's Fellowship of the Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Joseph Campbell, Nelson Mandela, Dreams, 2008 Election, Kelly Bulkeley, John Lewis, Barack Obama, Frodo Baggins, Living News

For the first time that I am aware of, dreams were part of the public conversation about who each of the candidates were and what they stood for.

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The Answer To, "Where Were You?" Is Still Crystal Clear

R.T. Eby | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, Oklahoma, Barack Obama, Ft. Sill, Kennedy Assassination, Politics News

We had a hard time believing that what we were seeing was real. Yet there it was. The crown prince of Camelot was dead.

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Spare Change

Stephen Molton and Gus Russo | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The G2, Richard Bissell, Cia, Colin Powell, Guatemala, Vietnam, Allen Dulles, The Best and the Brightest, Barack Obama, Cuba, Politics News

Barack Obama, like Jack Kennedy, combines great intellect, good looks, and grace. Unlike Kennedy, Obama seems uncluttered by the moral baggage that added to Kennedy's miseries.

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Team of Rivals: JFK's Lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

The new commander-in-chief would be wise to examine JFK's first year: Appoint the strongest team possible, yet be prepared to reject your counselors' advice, even when vastly outnumbered.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

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It's Time for Bush Appointees to "Spend More Time with Their Families"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Obama Transition, Robert Gates, Transition Team, Allen Dulles, Barack Obama, President-Elect Obama, Bay of Pigs, Obama Cabinet, Politics News

The people who served in the top echelons of the Bush administration owe us an apology for putting the nation through this prolonged nightmare. They do not deserve to keep their positions.

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The Day Hope Died

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, 1960s, John Whitehead, Hope, Barack Obama, Obama Hope, John Kennedy, 2008 Election, Obama Kennedy, Politics News

Hope for the future was the Kennedy theme and eventually his legacy. The young drew their inspiration for involvement from Kennedy.

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Obama's Forgotten Inspiration: Theodore Parker

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Obama did a much better job of reaching out to young, white evangelicals than Kerry did. It's therefore unsurprising that Obama employs the rhetoric of an earlier evangelical in his speeches.

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11/5/08 - A Quiet Day

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Obama Presidency, History, Michael Schwerner, November 4th, African-Americans, Andrew Goodman, Racism in America, Idealism, James Chaney, Barack Obama, Politics News

It's over. The long primary season and the fight for the presidency are finished. Everything crystallized on the night of November 4th when Barack O...

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My First Racist Letter Arrived Today

Eric Deggans | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Gotta be honest, I expected this way before now. And it's probably a measure of how scared some racists are that America is on the verge of electing its first black president.

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We Are the Heirs of the First Revolution

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Change, Social Justice, Thomas Paine, America, Revolution, American Dream, Peoria Illinois, Politics News

Is there any hope? Yes, there is. But that hope does not rest with a president, Congress or the government. And it never has.

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I Used To Be A Republican

Martha Miller | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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The Republican machine selects symbols for which we vote, symbols to sell us, but symbols have no character, no judgment. Symbols do not make decisions.

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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The Other, Darker Side of "W"

Russ Baker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Compared to Stone's deeply disturbing JFK, a film that encourages us to think big and dig beneath the familiar surface, W. is Stone at his most tepid and superficial.

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If You Want To Know Who'll Be The Next President, Watch The Debate With The Sound Off

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

McCain runs the gamut from rebellious teenager to grumpy old man without ever pausing at the stage of mature adult.

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The "Manchurian Candidate" Fantasy: Paranoia And Irony Abound

William Bradley | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

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There is a further irony, in that there actually is a candidate in this race who was not born in America and who was a prisoner of war. That would be, of course, John McCain.

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McCain & the Missiles of October

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.

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Four Ways to Civilize and Simplify Debates

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Shouldn't a president be concise on issues? Candidates seem to ignore the signals of blinking lights, so let's install an emphatic alarm that sounds somewhere between a fart and a fire engine.

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How McCain Will Steal the Election from Obama (Sort Of)

Tom Matzzie | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Conservatives are scared of a progressive majority. And they're going to lie, cheat and steal to prevent it from happening. But they can only be successful if we let them.

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NBC To Air Newly Discovered JFK Tapes Monday

Daily Nightly | Brian Williams | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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I wanted to alert our viewers (as Tom Brokaw will on Meet the Press on Sunday) to something we have coming up Monday night: newly-discovered audio tap...

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Obama And JFK Have Much More In Common Than Hope

James Sanders | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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JFK was no stranger to the plight of the African American of the 60's. On national television, he said, "One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free."

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We Now Know Who the Next President Will Be

Robert Shrum | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Tonight I think we know who the next President will be. McCain kept repeating that Obama doesn't "understand." But he clearly did. McCain made up no ground.

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McCain and Obama Prepare for a Showdown: Deja vu?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Tomorrow night is the night when Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are scheduled to meet in the first of three presidential debates. Whether it ta...

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