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What the GOP Needs Is a Bill Clinton

Gabriel Winant — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:28:23 CDT

Republican moderates like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter are right that the GOP has a hole in the center, writes Ross Douthat in the New York Times . The problem is that they’re not the right kind of centrists to fill it. Yankee Republican moderates are either just liberals...

Roosevelt. Reagan. Obama?

Jason Farago — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:26:44 CDT

The novelty of minorities seeking the White House has occluded the more profound historical importance of this year's contest, Gary Hart says. The 2008 election is a hinge moment that could usher in a new era in American life, writes the former senator in the New York Times , and a...

McGovern? Hart? Dems May Yet Repeat Sorry History

Jonas Oransky — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:29:48 CDT

The postwar legacy of Democratic candidates is one of failure, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon, with so many lost campaigns that any seasoned observer could lay out sorry futures for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Whether Obama and Clinton are McGovern and Muskie or Hart and Mondale, the party's "unresolved...

Clinton Rolls Out 'Nuclear Option' TV Spot

Nick McMaster — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:25:00 CST

Hillary Clinton today debuted an ad hinting at dire consequences of electing a commander in chief who isn’t “tested," ABC News reports. "It's 3am and your children are asleep," a voice says over images of sleeping infants. "There's a phone in the White House, and it's ringing. Something is happening...

Obama Surge Could Pull Plug on Bid by Bloomberg

Peter Fearon — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:18:44 CST

The ongoing popularity surge by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama may short-circuit potential plans by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to enter the race as an independent, reports the New York Times . “Obama is trying to reach out to independent voters, and that clearly would be the constituency that Mike...

Moderates May Field Indie Candidate

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:22:32 CST

Michael Bloomberg may run in 2008 after all, if a bipartisan group of politicos fail to see progress from the major parties, the Washington Post reports. Bloomberg and a gaggle of figures, including former senators and governors, will meet next week in Oklahoma. They plan to demand that major presidential...