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'Binders full of women' reconsider voting for Mitt Romney | Ana Marie Cox
Until now, the Republican 'war on women' was mostly a meme wielded by Democrats. But Mitt's mask has slipped on equalityMitt Romney's real success in the first presidential debate was to not emerge...
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Debating points: what we learned about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney | Ana...
That both are thin-skinned nerds, whose confidence about their command of facts is more certain than the facts themselvesWe've reached a moment in American history where debates can be judged by who...
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Hurricane Sandy blows away election ephemera, leaving stark choice | Ana...
Some things truly transcend politics: a hurricane emergency is one. But Sandy also asks what kind of leader we really wantIn any election, politicians' pretty much always-false modesty prompts them to...
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Bloomberg's Obama endorsement is a vote for big government in time of crisis...
After Sandy, endorsing Obama counts not because we care what he thinks, but because of what New York's mayor is getting doneIt would be weird if Hurricane Sandy didn't play a role in New York Mayor...
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Chris Christie and the 2016 presidential speculation | Ana Marie Cox
Post-Sandy cosiness with President Obama was transactional, but not cynical: Christie already has a big job – in New JerseyThe people who are gaming out what New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's praise...
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Why I'm not freaking out about the idea of a Mitt Romney presidency | Ana...
I'm not complacent: bad things would happen. But I also have faith that, despite partisan politics, America arcs toward progress• Follow all the Guardian's US election coverage and full resultsSo, to...
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Thirty unforgettable moments from the 2012 election campaign | Ana Marie Cox
From Perry's 'oops', to Biden's 'big stick', via RuPaul and Lena Dunham, here are my highlights of this political crazy seasonIt's been the costliest election in American history and it sure feels like...
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How gay equality became the new normal of US politics in 2012 | Ana Marie Cox
From the ballot initiatives to Tammy Baldwin's Senate win, this was a historic election for gay rights. With barely a rippleIt was not so long ago – 2010, to be exact – that the best gay rights...
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Republicans' choice: fantasy follies or reality-based relevance | Ana Marie Cox
The GOP's electoral future hangs on whether it prefers the 'conservative entertainment complex' to America as it finds itRepublicans' belief in the feel-good Fox News fantasies of what "real America"...
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Fiscal cliff hype and the future of Grover Norquist's taxpayer pledge | Ana...
The renewal of President Obama's mandate showed Americans favour a more complex solution to US debt than just 'no' to taxesThere are many the similarities between Los Angeles and Washington, DC (the...
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How the Obama White House has won the hashtag wars | Ana Marie Cox
The #My2k Twitter hashtag is just the latest example of how the president's communications team has deftly used social mediaThe administration's latest attempt to excerpt pressure on congressional...
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British monarchy v American dynasty | Ana Marie Cox
Americans are fascinated with the UK royals. Yet we too have a tradition of inherited privilege – with no pageant but lots of cashIs Americans' fascination with the British monarchy due to it being...
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Pundits like Rove come and go – Fox News only cares about the numbers | Ana...
Before we accept a post-election 'repositioning' of Fox, bear in mind that its president cares about ratings, not ideologyWho could have guessed that Karl Rove would be Fox News' Howard Beale? "Turn...
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The Clinton model: what the Republican party can learn from Hillary | Ana...
Four years ago she was beaten and bitter, and now she's practically a shoo-in for 2016. GOP contenders, take noteNewt Gingrich's declaration this week that "the Republican party today is incapable of...
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The ring of truth behind the right's 'Obamaphone' fantasy | Ana Marie Cox
Just because the vote-buying story is conservative fantasy does not mean the program isn't an absurd government boondoggleNo one seems to know who the "Obamaphone" lady is.Last September, she gave a...
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Tim Scott meets with GOP base approval as Jim DeMint's successor | Ana Marie Cox
The South Carolina Republican congressman's appointment to the Senate is less a win for diversity than for Tea Party orthodoxyWhen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appoints Representative Tim Scott...
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Wayne LaPierre and the NRA: so defensive it was downright offensive | Ana...
The leading gun rights lobbyist gave a performance so tone-deaf that only he missed why 'put more guns in schools' sounds ineptWayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle...
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Chris Christie, New Jersey's surprisingly standard-issue Republican | Ana...
Don't be fooled by theatrics like his lambasting of John Boehner. New Jersey's governor cleaves pretty close to the GOP baseIs Chris Christie the future of the Republican party or its past?With...
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Chuck Hagel: is the enemy of their GOP enemies the Democrats' friend? | Ana...
By his choice of defense secretary Obama has picked a fight with Republicans, but it won't make Hagel a paid-up progressiveIn the midst of some of the most pitched partisan battles in congressional...
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Does Barack Obama have a women problem? | Ana Marie Cox
Let's put 'Bro-bama' talk aside, but the president can and should do more to promote women to senior posts in his administrationLabor Secretary Hilda Solis's statement to colleagues upon her departure...
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