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Decoder Wire Which gun control measures are gaining momentum in Congress? (+video)
Bipartisan support is evident for universal background checks, stricter laws against gun trafficking, and limits on high-capacity magazines. But consensus in the GOP-controlled House will depend on what the Senate accomplishes.
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Decoder Wire Ted Nugent to attend State of the Union. Will that backfire? (+video)
Ted Nugent, rocker and gun rights defender, will be a congressman's guest at Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night. Verbal broadsides expected, for better or for worse.
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Decoder Wire Immigration reform 101: How would Senate plan actually work?
Features of the bipartisan plan range from more drones along the Rio Grande to a path to citizenship for some 11 million people in the country illegally. But the fight is all about the details.
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Decoder Wire 'Fiscal cliff' proposal: Is Obama trying to peeve GOP?
President Obama's fiscal cliff plan calls for, among other things, $1.6 trillion in tax increases over 10 years. But what really appears to annoy Republicans is the lack of specificity on spending cuts.
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Decoder Wire What might Democrats give up in 'fiscal cliff' talks?
OK, Republicans have ceded ground on tax revenues. Now, under Obama's 'balanced' approach to averting the fiscal cliff, Democrats presumably would consent to spending cuts on entitlement programs or Obamacare. But what Dems would accept may not be what GOP has in mind.
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Decoder Wire Egypt embassy protests: Will Mitt Romney's comments matter in November? (+video)
Gaffes spoken in haste on the campaign trail can fade. But an inaccurate statement, geared for political advantage at a time of national crisis, could have a longer impact on the presidential race.
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Decoder Wire Obama gets convention 'bounce': Should Mitt Romney be worried? (+video)
Monday's polls give President Obama a 5 point lead over Mitt Romney after national conventions, but Romney pollsters say the state of the economy will be decisive in November's vote.
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Decoder Wire Bill Clinton's new ad for Obama: Will it help or hurt? (+video)
With soaring public approval ratings, Bill Clinton calls on Americans to back Obama's economic plan. But he also puts the focus back on a struggling economy – uncertain terrain for Obama.
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Decoder Wire Health-care reform: Has Team Romney embraced the individual mandate?
Conservatives have howled over the health-care reform law's requirement that people buy insurance. But recent comments from the Romney campaign have some wondering if the presumptive GOP nominee is now embracing it.
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Decoder Wire Tough new Bain ad from Obama 'super PAC': Does it go too far? (+video)
The conservative Twittersphere has erupted in anger over a new ad that targets Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital. In it, a former steelworker basically charges that Mr. Romney’s actions caused his wife’s death.
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Decoder Wire Does it matter if Mitt Romney was a bully in high school? (+video)
When Mitt Romney was a senior at suburban Detroit’s Cranbrook school, he led a 'posse' that forcibly cut the long blond hair of a nonconformist junior, according to a Washington Post report.
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Decoder Wire Should Mitt Romney have to defend Obama against 'treason' remark? (+video)
Mitt Romney did not rush to contradict a woman at a town hall who called for President Obama to be tried for treason. He's hardly the first politician not to rush to the aid of an opponent.
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Decoder Wire Obama ad hits Romney Swiss bank account. Effective? (+video)
A new attack ad accuses Mitt Romney of sending jobs overseas and stashing his cash in a Swiss account. Political scientists are dubious that attack ads are as powerful as some think they are.
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Decoder Wire Obama ad questions Romney's will to get Osama bin Laden. Fair? (+video)
The ad questions whether presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. It cites statements that Mr. Romney made in 2007.
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The Vote If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Obama embraces ‘Obamacare’
Ever since he launched it, President Obama’s health care reform program has been slammed by its critics as 'Obamacare'. Now Obama's reelection campaign has adopted the term.
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The Vote Etch-A-Sketch: Can Mitt Romney shake off his aide's Mr. Potato Head gaffe? (+video)
Mitt Romney rivals have had their fun with senior aide Eric Fehrnstrom's Etch-A-Sketch comment about appealing to moderates in the fall, but the jokes don't really undermine his strong position.
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Vox News Obama campaign video: what it may say about his reelection strategy
The Tom Hanks-narrated video, as judged from the just-released trailer, sheds light on the Obama campaign's likely themes. Among them, that voters should take the long view.
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Vox News Rush Limbaugh: Do Democrats want uproar to continue?
Conservatives see 'media-generated histrionic' over vulgar comments Rush Limbaugh made about law school student Sandra Fluke. Liberals see a ripe opportunity to pin wings of GOP candidates to the wall.
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Vox News Is Rush Limbaugh damaging the Republican Party?
Before Rush Limbaugh spoke up, the Republicans thought they had a winning issue on contraception in health-care plans. Now, everyone is on the same side: against Rush Limbaugh.
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Deficit super committee fails: Who's to blame?
The members of the super committee tasked with cutting $1.2 trillion from federal budgets announced that it failed to reach a deal. Polls and newspapers chime in on why that happened.
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Robert Gibbs mocks the 'professional left': Is it war?
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the 'professional left' is ungrateful for all President Obama and the Congress have achieved. Alienating your base ahead of a tough midterm election might not be the best idea, though.
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Palin, Limbaugh, Beck … now it’s Republicans seeing the downside
Some moderate conservatives see danger in the vociferous right, especially among broadcast pot-stirrers. They want to advance the GOP by changing the tone.
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