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A New Obstacle to GOP Efforts to Repeal Obamacare
One in five Americans think the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has already been struck from the books
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Can Obama’s Campaign Team Win Back the House?
The same strategists who returned the president to the White House are now turning to the House of Representatives -
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The Death of the Political Sex Scandal
Mark Sanford's victory in South Carolina's primary runoff shows that what a politician does in the bedroom won't necessarily disqualify him from office -
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Why Republicans Won't Flip on Gay Marriage
The GOP's voter base will continue to hamstring its presidential contenders on marriage equality, even as young Republicans support it -
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The Senate's $3.7 Trillion, Feel-Good, Totally Meaningless 5 a.m. Budget
It's great that the Senate passed a budget, but getting it to the president is a longshot -
2012 campaign
The Best #GingrichSantorum2012 Campaign Slogans
A lively sampling of posts from Bloomberg Businessweek readers about the dreamed-of Republican "Unity Ticket" of 2012 -
The Secret Gingrich-Santorum 'Unity Ticket' That Nearly Toppled Romney
In the weeks before the pivotal Michigan primary, two of Romney's biggest rivals almost created a killer ticket -
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The GOP Still Won't Own Up to Its Real Problem With Voters
A new report from the Republican National Committee doesn't grapple with the real reasons so many—particularly African Americans—have tuned out the party -
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The GOP Feud That Triggered the Budget Sequester
The composition of the Republican Party has changed radically in the last three years—and military spending is no longer sacrosanct -
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Why Big Banks Are Right to Fear Elizabeth Warren
Regulators are heeding her demands to be more aggressive in prosecuting fraud and money laundering -
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The Right-Wing Case Against Paul Ryan’s Budget
Conservatives hate it for the same reason liberals do: It’s not much different from his last budget
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2012 campaign
Why Republicans Won't Flip on Gay Marriage
The GOP's voter base will continue to hamstring its presidential contenders on marriage equality, even as young Republicans support it -
Policy
John Boehner's Sequester Gift to Democrats
The House Speaker has provided Republican cover for the military cuts liberals have long sought but never dared to press -
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Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton
The president's biggest donors surprised the secretary of state by retiring her campaign debt -
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Only the Apocalypse Will Stop Simpson and Bowles
The deficit-fighting duo is back with a new plan. Yup, another one -
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Racy Twitter Pics Aren't Anthony Weiner's Only Problem
In a lengthy profile the disgraced former congressman makes clear he wants to be New York City mayor, but doesn't say why New Yorkers would want to… -
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Obama's War on Marijuana Rolls on in 'Oaksterdam' Raid
The Feds continue a crackdown on marijuana by searching the "Princeton of Pot," further alienating some former Obama supporters -
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What Margaret Thatcher Taught Hillary Clinton
At the urging of her chief strategist Mark Penn, Clinton modeled herself after the British prime minister for her 2008 presidential campaign -
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Is Mark Zuckerberg Getting Fleeced by Washington Consultants?
Facebook is lining lobbyists' pockets to get its way in Congress. It could turn out to be money well spent -
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Obama’s Budget Rescues the Pentagon
Although it doesn't advertise the fact, the new White House budget eliminates most of the military cuts imposed by sequestration -
Politics & Policy
The GOP Feud That Triggered the Budget Sequester
The composition of the Republican Party has changed radically in the last three years—and military spending is no longer sacrosanct
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Obama's $1.3 Trillion Budget Gift to Paul Ryan
The House budget chairman railed against the president's tax increases and Medicare cuts, but Ryan's new budget keeps them in place -
2012 campaign
Read the Fax Romney Sent to a Laid-Off Worker
The presumptive GOP nominee actually didn't like firing people, as this personal note makes clear -
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Han Solo Battles the Budget Sequester
The fastest pilot in the galaxy is trying to save small airports from becoming victims of automatic spending cuts
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Debt Debate: Did Pete Peterson Waste His Fortune?
With the chance of a grand bargain slipping away, his critics have begun to weigh in -
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Why Democrats Should Fear Budget Sequester Cuts
A new Bloomberg study shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, they'll be much harder hit by defense cuts -
2012 campaign
Why Republicans Won't Flip on Gay Marriage
The GOP's voter base will continue to hamstring its presidential contenders on marriage equality, even as young Republicans support it -
Politics & Policy
America Is Ever So Slowly Falling Out of Love With Guns
The Democratic coalition is changing in ways that make gun control more likely
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