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No, Obama is not Nixon

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for audits, have caused some to liken President Obama to Richard Nixon...
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People wave flags during the 2011 NYC LGBT Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 26, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of revelers had reason to celebrate since New York state legislators approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage which Governor Cuomo signed in to law on Friday June 24. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

How Obama changed the gay marriage debate

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay marriage debate...
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At CPAC, Republicans remain resistant to change

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Five months after their second straight electoral drubbing, leading Republicans remain reluctant to articulate what the party must change in order to win presidential elections in the future...
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, arrives for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol where he unveiled his budget plan on March 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with both Republican and Democratic caucuses this week about the budget, starting today with the Senate Democrats. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans still trying to dump Obamacare

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - The inclusion of repeal in the House budget illustrates a broader problem for the GOP: a lack of vision on many major issues...
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Why Obama's new charm offensive could work

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - At first glance, President Obama's new initiative to court congressional Republicans over lunches, dinners and private phone calls seems fruitless...
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the media after being named Chairman of the National Constitution Center's Board of Trustees December 6, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will succeed President William J. Clinton, who has served as Chairman since January 2009. Governor Bush's father President George H.W. Bush served as Chairman prior to Clinton. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

GOP still groping for a direction

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Five months after Election Day, the Republicans are still grappling with how they should reorient their party to win presidential elections in the future...
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Supreme Court's 'post-racial' America

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - The nation's first black president says race still matters, while the Supreme Court is effectively suggesting it does not. And on this issue, the Court, not the president, is the decider...
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Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama cheer during the Obama Election Night watch party at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama is going for reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Welcome to Obama's more progressive America

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go into effect on March 1 has obscured the new reality of Washington...
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Why GOP is fighting Obama on the sequester

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as the sequester, centers around one fundamental question: how much has President Obama's victory in November changed the nation's political dynamics on fiscal issues?...
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Liz, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, holds a sign reading, 'Obama's Drones Kill Americans, Too,' as she joins others in a protest in front of a Raytheon company building which they say is building military drones on August 23, 2012 in Largo, Florida. The protest is one of many planned by activists who want to state their views on the economy or other issues before and during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida during the week of August 27th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Is President Obama wrong about drones?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Would law professor or senator Barack Obama have supported effectively giving a U.S. president unilateral power to kill American citizens abroad if they are suspected of being involved in terrorism?...
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