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2024
Summer Lee Facing Headwinds in Re-Election Bid
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2016
Winning Delegates’ Hearts and Minds
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Will Wisconsin be Trump’s Waterloo?
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Obama Sired America’s Discontent
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Democrats in Disarray
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2015
With Great Traditions Comes Chaos
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The Left’s War on Religion
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Obama Puts Politics Ahead of Leadership
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The House, White House and 2016
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Biden Connects with Voters
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GOP Powerhouse Else Hillman Dies
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Making Environmentalism Divisive
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Dem Disarray Could Boost GOP
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GOP Puts PA in Play
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Star Spangled Banner Still Waves
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Main Street Overlooked by Elites
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Killing Middle Class Jobs
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Needed: Leaders With Moral Compass
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Where America, Big Government Collide
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Elites, Media and Character
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What Will 2016 Bring?
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Clay Cousins Illuminate Rand Paul’s Run
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Cotton’s Iran Letter Turns Tables on Dems
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PA Dems Have Image Problem
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Extreme Left Dems Pushing Away Middle America
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2014
Wisconsin Becomes 2016’s Ohio
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Repair Time On, Under Captol Dome
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D.C. Elites Miss Signs Pointing to GOP Senate
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Priebus Does a Gut Check
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Voters Poised to Hit Brakes on Obama, Democrats
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GOP Leadership Rooted in Wisconsin
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Divorced from Washington
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Lament of the Fed Up Voter
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Trust Issue in Florida Governor Race
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Democrat Coalition Showing Strain
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Why Obama Lacks ISIS Strategy
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Gillespie Takes on Warner in Virginia
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Real American Excellence
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Wisconsin Governor in Fight for Survival
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Left Behind in Rural Ohio
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Oregon Doctor Takes on Senate Race
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Border, Energy at Forefront for Jindal
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Bill Clinton Memorializes Richard M. Scaife
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Perry Ready for 2016
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Perry: Guardsmen Needed at Border
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Ready for Hillary?
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Paul Ryan Gets Serious About Poverty
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A Lack of Leadership
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GOP Has Problems, So Do Democrats
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GOP To Pick Next Nominee in Cleveland
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Century After WWI: U.S. Still on Brink of Change
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American Patriot Richard M. Scaife Dies
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Kasich: Nobody’s Guy
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Populism Gaining Ground
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Anti-Washington Tide Defeated Cantor
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The Greatest Generation
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Rules for Everyone, Except Conyers
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Voters Seek Middle, Want Results
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Women Candidates to Bolster GOP
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Media Missing New Populist Wave
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Historical Perspective for Benghazi Hearings
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Climate Change Creates a Wave
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Obamacare on Voters’ Minds
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Schwartz Doubles Down on Obamacare
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Time Marches On
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The Latest False Wedge Issue
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Play Ball !!
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W. Virginia May Tip Senate GOP
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An Unconventional Angel
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Original Tea Partiers Returning to GOP Fold
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Dispensing With Indespensability
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Giving Up on Washington
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Traces of Andrew Carnegie
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PA House Race Dem Bellwether
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Iowa’s GOP Family Feud
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West Virginia House Race a Bellwether
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Allegiance to Party Wanes
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GOP Chances Good in ’14 Cycle
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Cyclical Politics Can Lift GOP
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2013
Kane is Democrats New ‘It’ Girl
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Traditional Strengths
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Little Change in Main Street Life
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For Obama Everything is About Politics
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PA Town Clings to Guns, Ousts Mayer
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Obama Snubs Gettysburg
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Obamacare Widens Disconnect
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Obamacare Could Go Way of Prohibition
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No Evidence Dems Can Take Back House
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Breaking Ranks: Some PA GOP Reps for ‘Clean CR’
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Raise It !! Baseball the Great Equalizer
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Why City Governments Fail
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Jobs, Not Syria, Concern Voters
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Surviving the Urban Elites
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Bus Tour Plays to Skeptical Reviews
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Things Looking Up for GOP Down Ballot
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Wild, Wonderful GOP?
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To Tired to Care About VA Scandal?
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Former U.S. Senator Harry Byrd Dies
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Ohio Governor Kasich Rebounds with Voters
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Divided by Design
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Top Egyptian Military Leader Trained in PA
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Scandal Staining Hillary’s Record
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Gettysburg: Starting Over
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Victim/Entitlement Culture
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GOP Oddly Silent in Masachusetts Race
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A Loss of Trust
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Main Street Defends Its Way of Life
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A World War II Memorial Day
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Obama’s Incredible ‘Referent Power’
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Americans Fear Government
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When Will America Burst D.C.’s Bubble?
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Presidential Neglect
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Terror from Wall Street to Main Street
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Toomey Won’t Retreat from Background Checks
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Gettysburg: Part of America’s Soul
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DC-Main Street Divide Deepens
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Opening Day!!!
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America Roots for the Underdog
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Obama Aims for Legacy
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Signs Point to 2000 Redux in 2016
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Roaring Then, Whimpering Now
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GOP Has More Control Than You Think
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Rural & Urban America Share: Poverty
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Progressives Abandon Jacksonian America
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West Virginia GOP Senate Opportunity
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Could Electoral College ‘Fix” Backfire on GOP?”
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Republicans Gather to Lay Out Stragegy
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No Trust, No Solutions
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Vanishing Vote: Rural Influence Dwindles
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Joe Biden: Back to the Future
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2012
Perhaps We Are Still in Oz
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Campaigning via Celebrities
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TEA Party at a Crossroads
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Fiscal Debates Then and Now
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The ‘No Show’ Problem
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Putting Obamacare in Perspective
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Boehner Steps Back to Lead
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America’s Main Street Rebellion
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Ohio: Portrait of a State in Flux
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Colorado Could Determine Election
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Real America Still Believes
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Obama’s Coattails Short
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N.C. Dems Have Buyer’s Remorse
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Virginia Moves Toward Romney
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Romney Achieves Pinnacle of Career
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Ryan Rallies Supporters in SWPA
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Can Romney Seize Ohio Opportunity?
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Ryan: Bring on Medicare Fight
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Can Obama Keep Centrist Dems?
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Presidential Race Kicks into High Gear
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Yes, Pennsylvania is up for Grabs
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New Deal Democrats Not Part of Obama Electoral Map
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Romney Seeks Edge in Battleground States
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The Last American Independent
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Class Warfare’s Dismal Record
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The Man Behind Mitt Romney
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Biden’s Words Fall on Deaf Ears
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Average White Guy Vote
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Impact of House Races on Obama
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Class of 2006 House Democrats Are Gone
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THe Jacksonian-Jeffersonian Vote
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Ohio Tepid Toward Obama on Jobs
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Female Voters Problem for Obama
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Exceptionalism Key for Mitt Romey
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Santorum Won’t Give Up on Himself
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It’s the Economy Mr. President
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Coal Country Wary of Obama
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‘Welcome Home’ for Rick?
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Benefits of a Long Primary
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Santorum Struggles with Catholic Vote
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Ohio: Portrait of America
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‘Signature’ Battle in New 12th CD
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PA Tall Order for Obama
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Romney Repeating History?
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Populism Elusive for President
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Contrition, Honesty Keys to Weathering Political Scandal
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‘Battle of Ideas’ Shape Flordia GOP Primary
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Evangelicals Key to South Carolina
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Jobs Top Issue in South Carolina
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Obama Sinking in New Hampshire
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Focus Shifts to New Hampshire
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Obama’s Support Falters in Iowa
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2011
Spanning Past, Present & Future
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Our Economic Founder
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Bitter Residue Remains in PA
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Millennials Think Everything Will Be OK
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Unusually Quiet, S.C. Still Key for GOP
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Third Party Run in 2012
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Remembrance Still Matters
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Obama’s Populist Path
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Moderate House Dems a Vanishing Breed
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Politics Different in Oklahoma
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Obama’s Pennsylvania Problem
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Independents Drive Strategy
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Obama Lacks Jacksonian Instincts
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Unsettled Battleground
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The Next Wave
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Perry, Romney on Road to 2012
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Battlegrounds of Resentment
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Out of Touch on Economy
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GOP’s 2012 House Target Lofty
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Designed for Compromise
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White House’s Over-the-Cliff Moment
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Floods of Discontent
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Oh, Canada
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GOP: Obama Won’t Hold PA
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Lack of Jobs Could Cost Obama
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The Impact of Redistricting on 2012
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A Failure to Communicate
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Electability Top Trait for GOP Voters
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Quintessential America
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GOP Candidates Court ‘God’ Vote
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Dangerous Precedent for Press
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As Go Jobs, So Goes Ohio
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Pawlenty Critical of Obama on Libya
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Banking on ‘Medi-Scare’
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For Tom Ridge, Hunt for Osama Personal
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Guns & Religion Vote
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Presidential Region?
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Main Street Understands Compromise
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Obama & Lincoln
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Census Impact on Politics
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GOP Can’t Ignore Wisconsin Recall Battle
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Decision Time Looms for Barbour
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Wisconsin Stirs Democrat Base
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Shadows of D.C. Statehood
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Obama, Senate Seats & 2012
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Stimulated? Not Jobs!
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Our New Jeffersonian Era
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Conservatives Gather for CPAC
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Money + Playbook = 2012 Seats
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In the Long Run, Civility Prevails
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Our Forgotten Founder
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Aldo Santorum Dies, Father of Senator Rick Santorum
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Brown, Blue, Gray & Today
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PA Voters Develop a Taste for TEA
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Toomey Eager to Roll Up Sleeves
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2010
Redistricting Ain’t What it Used to Be
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From Dueling to Whining
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Compromising Positions
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Rendell: Blunt to the End
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Three Governors Got Start in Western PA
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America’s Awakening
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Pete Sessions Delivers
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Boehner in the Lead
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Disappointed, Disaffected Dems
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Boehner’s Job: Recapture GOP Brand
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From Anger to Fear
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Who’ll Gerrymander Next?
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Race to the Middle
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PA Democrtic Congress Members Face Stiff Challenges
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Connected by Disconnect
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Today’s Jacksonians
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A Democrat Rebellion in West Virginia
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What’s The Matter With Main Street?
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Toomey Tells GOP : Be True to Your Ideals
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Anatomy of a Battleground District
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Palin: Destination Unknown
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Volatility of House Mid-Terms
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Scott Brown’s America
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Northeast Revival for GOP?
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Majority Report
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Stupak Voting Bloc Struggles in Mid-Terms
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Debate Over Illegals May Benefit GOP
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Sizzle Trumping Steak
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Ohio: Ground Zero for Democrats
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Invisible Stimulus
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It’s Complicated
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‘Getting it’ Yet?
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Muddied Waters
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Democrats Losing the ‘Faithful’
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Democrat Governor Race Draws Little Interest
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House 2010: Nobody is Safe
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Specter’s Last Stand
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Race Card Overplayed
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Democrat Stakes High in PA-12
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Democrats: Which Way From Here?
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Rust Belt Battlegrounds
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‘Bitter” Western PA Takes Cener Stage”
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Beware the Gerrymander, My Friend
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Hillary Voters: Democrats’ Key
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Specter’s Snowball Effect
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PA: Battleground State Leaning Red
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Democrat Disconnect
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Main Street Speaks
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PA House Races: Political Thermometer
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Dem’s 2010 Strategy to Win
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Sestak Blames Dems for Pludge in Health Care Support
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2009
What Do Americans Want?
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Riddle of a Race
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Trying Times for the Big Apple
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Blue Highway Democrats
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Bedford Falls, USA
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Women, Vets: ‘Right Stuff’
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The Battle for Coal River Mountain
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Get Serious, Sarah
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Mood Sours Towards Both Parties
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Irate and Independent
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The Gap Between Main Street and the Elites
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In the Shadow of the War on Terror
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GOP Looking to Reclaim Congressional Seats
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Dem’s Green Dilemma
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Political Class Ignoring at Their Peril
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In Obama We Don’t Trust
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Senate 2010: It’s Complicated
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Obama’s Afghan Test
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Being Bill Clinton
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GOP Should Show Patience As They Rebuild
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Santorum Heads to Iowa
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Fall Eyes on Virginia
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The Sestak Advantage
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Here a Czar, There a Czar . . .
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Appointees Face Rough 2010
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Press Draws First Blood on Their Turf
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Supporters Concerned About Health of Ailing W. Virginia Senator
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Washington’s Defense Gap: Missile Funding
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Kasich v. Strickland: Ohio Center Stage Again
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How Obama Impacts the Future of the Press
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Specter’s Folly – Joe Sestak
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Anti-War Voices Lose Influence
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Sharp Left Turn on Intel
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GOP Obit Premature
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Mom’s Duties Prime Nancy Pelosi for Leadership
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Dismissing Tea Parties is Perilous
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Turnout Will Drive 2010 PA Senate Race
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Cable News’ Beck ‘Just a Guy’
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Card Check, Plan B, and 2010
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GOP Eyes Mid-Term Elections
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Specter Race a Toss-Up
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Faithful Turning Blue
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Steele’s Mission
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Remaking the GOP
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BREAKING NEWS: TOOMEY RUN AGAINST SPECTER ‘BACK ON THE TABLE’
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Obama’s Dogma
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Unstimulated
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Keep Hype Alive
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Gang of Seven 2.0
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Handicapping 2010
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Troubles for Harry?
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Bipartisan Hopes
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Our Celebrity in Chief
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2008
PA Is Still in Play
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Almost Home
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Howard Dean’s Empty Hand
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Union Dues?
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Joe Biden, Gritty Guy
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W, It’s Complicated
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Practical Change
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Dr. Dean Laughs Last
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Closing the Deal
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John the Populist
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McCain Still Lives
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Imagining a President Obama
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Pausing & Thinking
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How to Win Pennsylvania
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