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Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
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A new study by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation shows partisan politics will affect the new president in the U.S. in 2013, to the point of making it difficult to govern.
Calls for organizing U.S. public opinion for problem solving outside of the polarized and interest-group captive debate of both parties
10/25/2010
Expert opinion on the failure of Republicans and Democrats to do serious problem-solving because of the tendency to see and do everything for political and electoral advantage. Both parties beholden to interest groups reduce their ability for serious action for problem solving. Partisan positions in both parties and lack of moderate positions or policies.
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Budget Discord Simmers Among Democrats
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
The Two Parties Aren’t Crazy, Just Changed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2015
Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Washington Post 11/13/2011
Ted Koppel and other experts on the print and broadcast journalism of a new era.
10/25/2010
What is acceptable for consumers is not good for the American republic, as partisan news take over the non-partisan delivery of facts and information. Koppel calls it the death of news as we have known it.
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Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news
Washington Post 11/14/2010
Washington Post 11/13/2011
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
Rick Snyder, a G.O.P. Governor Who Eludes Labels
New York Times 08/18/2012
Polarization of life in Wisconsin U.S., with the Governor Walker recall effort
01/11/2011
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Recall Stirs Passion in a Purple State
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2012
Gov. Walker survives recall in Wisconsin - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/06/2012
Walker Survives Wisconsin Recall Effort
New York Times 06/05/2012
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
Tucson tragedy 'a real opportunity' for nonpartisan groups No Labels, Third Way
Washington Post 01/11/2011
New York Times 06/21/2011
Wisconsin and recall votes for eight legislators after Governor Walker's spending cuts
08/08/2011
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Recall Elections in Sharply Divided Wisconsin Are Ending on Frenetic Note
New York Times 08/08/2011
Two Wisconsin Republicans fend off recall efforts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/10/2011
Republicans Hold On to Wisconsin Senate After Recall Vote
New York Times 08/09/2011
Wisconsin Approves Recall Election for Governor Walker
New York Times 03/30/2012
Wisconsin recall election: Scott Walker’s fate will have November implications - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/27/2012
How Did Wisconsin Become the Most Politically Divisive Place in America?
New York Times 05/24/2012
Wisconsin Governor Walker and the recall election for governor in 2012
03/30/2012
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Wisconsin Approves Recall Election for Governor Walker
New York Times 03/30/2012
Wisconsin recall election: Scott Walker’s fate will have November implications - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/27/2012
How Did Wisconsin Become the Most Politically Divisive Place in America?
New York Times 05/24/2012
Recall Stirs Passion in a Purple State
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2012
Gov. Walker survives recall in Wisconsin - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/06/2012
Walker Survives Wisconsin Recall Effort
New York Times 06/05/2012
Governor Chris Christie of the U.S. state of New Jersey
10/22/2010
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Christie, McAuliffe Win Governor's Races
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2013
Governor Christie's Ultimate Test
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2010
Christie Splits With His Past in Backing Trump
New York Times 02/28/2016
Chris Christie: The conservative crush
Economist 01/08/2011
Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
New York Times 02/16/2011
In Wisconsin and Washington, budget battles reshape political landscape
Washington Post 02/19/2011
An account of how the debt ceiling showdown happened- 2011-2013
10/25/2010
The events leading to the debt ceiling showdown between Obama and Cantor, how and why it happened.
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Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Obama, GOP Open Talks Over Temporary Debt Fix
Wall Street Journal 10/11/2013
Poll Finds GOP Blamed More for Shutdown
Wall Street Journal 10/11/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
Jim DeMint: We Won't Back Down on ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
New York Times 10/20/2013
Cuts in state budgets in the U.S. after Republicans take over governorships and legislatures in many states.
01/05/2011
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Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/2011
New York Times 01/06/2011
Florida Governor Hits Road to Sell His Budget Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 02/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2011
New York Times 02/07/2011
In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Grover Norquist and the Republican "no new taxes" pledge
11/25/2011
Grover Norquist's advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform, has pushed hard for tax reform and sought pledges from Republican lawmakers for no new taxes.
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The Grover Norquist tax myth - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/25/2011
Democrats See Advantage in Payroll Tax Debate
New York Times 12/01/2011
Dana Milbank: Jeb Bush’s heresy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/13/2012
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
Grover Norquist: Washington Enemy No. 1
Wall Street Journal 11/23/2012
E.J. Dionne: Ignore Grover Norquist but learn from him - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/29/2012
Republican Governor Sam Brownback and the changes in the U.S. state of Kansas 2011-2013
12/22/2011
With a large Republican majority in the state legislature Brownback is making large spending cuts and reducing the footprint of government in Kansas, as a sort of laboratory for the kinds of changes Brownback would like to see in the U.S.
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GOP governor implements GOP economics, disaster ensues - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Washington Post 12/22/2011
New York Times 01/02/2012
Budget Overhaul Splits Kansas GOP
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2012
New York Times 03/27/2012
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
The Left and Liberals in America in 2011-2012
10/31/2010
Michael Kazin of Georgetown University offers an historical perspective on the Left and Liberals in America since the turn of the century. The momentum of the Progressive movement under Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, during the late 19th and early to mid 20th century.
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New York Times 10/31/2010
From 1889 to 2014, Political Parallels Abound
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2014
How Far Left Has America Moved?
New York Times 02/12/2016
What Clinton and Sanders owe progressives - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/2016
Whatever Happened to the American Left?
New York Times 09/24/2011
Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
The "cut, cap and balance" pledge of Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election
07/18/2011
The pledge is supported by candidates, Romney, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Perry and others. It requires an immediate reduction in spending, capping it as a percentage of GDP, and balancing the budget. The House version calls for capping spending at 19.9% by 2018.
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GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2011
Obama and the Narcissism of Big Differences
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2011
Perry criticizes government while Texas job growth benefits from it - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/21/2011
Policy, Geography Boost Texas Job Growth
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2011
Governor for sale - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/23/2011
The Republican Party in the U.S. in 2010-2012
10/21/2010
Grouped Articles
New York Times 10/21/2010
Economist 10/23/2010
Tea party antics could end up burning Republicans
Washington Post 10/28/2010
In Senate Races, New Republican Blood Is Mostly Old
New York Times 10/29/2010
New York Times 11/01/2010
Democratic Coalition Crumbles, Exit Polls Say
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
The Republican U.S. Budget proposal made by Paul Ryan in 2012
09/16/2010
Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, has outlined a bold proposal to bring the U.S. budget deficits down from the $1 trillion level of the last 3 years. It would bring changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and reduce the individual and corporate income tax levels from 35% to 25%. Medicare would become a premium support system with the government paying the premium for an array of private insurance plans, and Medicaid would become a block grant system.
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Budget Shell Games Are Contrary to Law
Wall Street Journal 07/14/2011
GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
BusinessWeek 09/16/2010
House GOP Budget Seeks Balance by 2015
Wall Street Journal 04/05/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/05/2011
Ryan's Plan for Medicare Is Huge Bet by GOP
Wall Street Journal 04/05/2011
The U.S. Republican party in 2012-2013
02/02/2012
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Congress Passes Debt, Budget Deal
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
To Fix Image, Republicans in House Think Small
New York Times 02/02/2012
Dana Milbank: Jeb Bush’s heresy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/13/2012
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2012
Public opinion leaders on the need for civility, constructive dialogue and more nonpartisan voices in U.S. politics
10/25/2010
It is interesting to note that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had serious political differences during the period of the French Revolution and yet their letters show they had a close relationship.
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Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Tucson tragedy 'a real opportunity' for nonpartisan groups No Labels, Third Way
Washington Post 01/11/2011
Palin caught in crosshairs map controversy after Tucson shootings
Washington Post 01/10/2011
In Tucson, Obama Urges Americans to New Era of Civility
New York Times 01/12/2011
Deeper Presidential Challenge for Obama - News Analysis
New York Times 01/12/2011
Washington Post 11/13/2011
The unimaginative and overly ideological solutions for renewing America of the Republicans and the Democrats in 2011-2014
10/25/2010
Views that say the best ideas from all sides of the political spectrum are a better way for renewing America than an unimaginative purely ideological way of thinking. This polarized mood has characterized both political parties in the U.S. Partisan politics and lack of moderate positions or policies in both parties.
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Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
The Two Parties Aren’t Crazy, Just Changed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2015
Washington Post 02/25/2016
New York Times 06/13/2011
Fixing the budget deficit in the U.S. state of Wisconsin- 2011-2012
02/11/2011
Wisconsin elected Republicans to the Governor's office and to both houses of the legislature. Governor Walker has a sweeping plan to fix the state's $137 million deficit. He is planning cuts to the public employees benefits unilaterally without negotiating with the unions.
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Wisconsin May Take an Ax to State Workersâ Benefits and Their Unions
New York Times 02/11/2011
Public-Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2011
Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
New York Times 02/16/2011
Wisconsin Senate Fails to Vote on Union Law
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2011
Michigan Gov. Says He Won't 'Pick Fights' With Unions
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2011
In Wisconsin and Washington, budget battles reshape political landscape
Washington Post 02/19/2011
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and the public sector unions in the U.S.
01/04/2009
Walker's confrontation with the unions as county executive for Milwaukee, USA.
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Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
Behind Scott Walker, a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions
New York Times 06/08/2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has history of going up against unions
Washington Post 02/19/2011
For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Was Long Coming
New York Times 02/19/2011
Indiana Democrats Block Action on Union Bill
Wall Street Journal 02/22/2011
Katrina vanden Heuvel - Wisconsin - it's about democracy
Washington Post 02/22/2011
Public workers collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin
02/18/2011
Governor Walker of Wisconsin's effort to restrict rights of public sector unions
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Wisconsin Senate Fails to Vote on Union Law
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2011
Michigan Gov. Says He Won't 'Pick Fights' With Unions
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2011
In Wisconsin and Washington, budget battles reshape political landscape
Washington Post 02/19/2011
Battle Fuels Wider War Over Labor, Spending
Wall Street Journal 02/19/2011
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has history of going up against unions
Washington Post 02/19/2011
For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Was Long Coming
New York Times 02/19/2011
Eric Cantor, Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives
02/15/2009
Eric Cantor is a key figure in the negotiations over the budget, deficit reduction, and raising the budget ceiling. Cantor firmly opposes any tax increases for deficit reduction.
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GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
GOP 'Young Guns' attack Obama and former party leaders in new book
Washington Post 09/03/2010
In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Resistance in G.O.P.
New York Times 02/15/2009
Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in Primary Upset
New York Times 06/10/2014
Cantor emerges as key player in debt negotiations - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/12/2011
Mr. Obama’s debt deal advice: Give peas a chance - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/12/2011
Changes in the Republican party in 2010-2013
09/03/2010
Cantor, Ryan and others try to recast the party in a different light, by rejecting the old Republican politics and leaders from an earlier era.
Grouped Articles
Congress Passes Debt, Budget Deal
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in Primary Upset
New York Times 06/10/2014
The Two Parties Aren’t Crazy, Just Changed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2015
Washington Post 02/25/2016
GOP 'Young Guns' attack Obama and former party leaders in new book
Washington Post 09/03/2010
New York Times 10/21/2010
The Tea Party movement and the Republican party in the U.S.
10/23/2010
Grouped Articles
That Monolithic Tea Party Just Wasnât There
New York Times 08/01/2011
Boehner Urges G.O.P. Unity in âEpic Battleâ
New York Times 10/04/2013
In Rural Iowa, Spending, Not the Shutdown, Raises Worry
New York Times 10/04/2013
Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Cruz’s Power to Disrupt Faces a Fresh Test
Wall Street Journal 12/08/2014
The Two Parties Aren’t Crazy, Just Changed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2015
Republican Efforts to Repeal the Obama Health Care Law in 2011
01/06/2011
Grouped Articles
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
New York Times 10/05/2013
Republicans Reject Cost Estimate of Health Law Repeal
New York Times 01/06/2011
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2012
The ObamaCare Bad News Continues
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2011
Obamacare: The reckoning - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/23/2012
Public sector unions and state budget deficits in the U.S.
01/04/2009
Public-worker unions are preparing to fend off cuts in benefits by newly elected Republican governors in the U.S..
Grouped Articles
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
The public sector unions: The battle ahead
Economist 01/08/2011
Public-sector workers: (Government) workers of the world unite!
Economist 01/08/2011
Wisconsin May Take an Ax to State Workersâ Benefits and Their Unions
New York Times 02/11/2011
Public-Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2011
Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
New York Times 02/16/2011
Sarah Palin and the Republican party in the U.S.
11/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 02/25/2016
Trump Can’t Break the Republican Party
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2016
Inside Sarah Palinâs Inner Circle
New York Times 11/17/2010
Inside Sarah Palin's Inner Circle
New York Times 11/17/2010
Post-ABC poll shows Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/16/2011
Washington Post 04/07/2011
Skeptical view in the US about Republicans in 2010-2011
12/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 02/25/2016
In poll, many still skeptical of GOP
Washington Post 12/15/2010
Republicans Shelve Medicare Overhaul Plan
New York Times 05/05/2011
The GOP Field: All Talk, No Do
Wall Street Journal 05/20/2011
Barack Obama and the Republicans: A beatable president
Economist 06/11/2011
Democrats See Advantage in Payroll Tax Debate
New York Times 12/01/2011
The Republican party and its plans to defund the Affordable Care Act (Obama Health Care Law) in the U.S.
09/30/2010
Plans in the GOP to defund the healthcare bill if the Republicans win a majority in the House of Representatives.
Grouped Articles
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
New York Times 10/05/2013
In Rural Iowa, Spending, Not the Shutdown, Raises Worry
New York Times 10/04/2013
Why Democrats Are Dug in on Shutdown Impasse
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013
Jim DeMint: We Won't Back Down on ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
Behind Debt Deal: Silence, Distrust and Hardball
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
The GOP Eyes Defunding Health Reform
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
The U.S. political system, politics and the U.S. Deficit in 2010-2013
12/30/2010
Republican positions that do not require offsets for tax reduction, and Democratic positions that go along with the status quo. The politics behind the debt ceiling talks as President Obama seeks re-election and advantage going into the election, and the conservative Republicans oppose any tax increases.
Grouped Articles
Budget Shell Games Are Contrary to Law
Wall Street Journal 07/14/2011
GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Bob Woodward: The inside story of how Obama and Boehner negotiate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
Why Democrats Are Dug in on Shutdown Impasse
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013
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