Topic: Mark Shields
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Can Republicans get their act together before Obama 'pulverizes' the right?
Meeting in Charlotte, N.C., this week, a weakened Republican National Committee laid out plans for how to regain the GOP's electoral footing after losses in 2012. But questions about where Republicans really stand went unanswered.
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The Monitor's View Just kidding
Today's American politics needs the mix of humor and civility heard on NPR's soon-to-end "Car Talk." Mass culture that includes self-deprecatory jokes and a friendly tone can influence the nation's political discourse.
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John Hughes Sticks and stones: the case for civility in American political discourse
Instead of dogmatism and hysterical clamor, we need more of the 'Shields and Brooks' kind of civility in our public discourse in America.
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Obama, GOP argue past each other on campaign finance
In his weekly radio address, Obama berates Republicans for blocking campaign 'reform and transparency.' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says it's all just a 'transparent effort to rig the fall elections' in Democrats' favor.
08/21/2010 06:23 pm -
Journalist Robert Novak’s farewell is religious, not political
08/21/2009 01:00 am -
The Vote Palin accepts Letterman apology for joke about her 14 year old daughter
06/16/2009 01:00 am
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