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The Party Won’t Win Back the Middle as Long As It’s Hostage to Social Fundamentalists
Words by Christine Todd Whitman and Robert M. Bostock
Four years ago, in the week after the 2004 presidential election, we were working furiously to put the finishing touches on the book we co-authored, “It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the [...]

Opinion: Should Barack Obama Start His Cabinet With Al Gore?

By Richard Cohen
If there is a single appointment Barack Obama could make to signal how dramatically things will change in Washington, it would be to name Albert Gore Jr. — former House member, former senator, former vice president, former presidential nominee and current Custodian of the Planet — as secretary of state. For all the [...]

A New Kind Of Pride…

Words by Eugene Robinson.
Whoever wins this election, I understand what Barack Obama meant when he said his faith in the American people had been “vindicated” by his campaign’s success. I understand what Michelle Obama meant, months ago, when she said she was “proud of my country” for the first time in her adult life. Why [...]