Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek. Follow her on Twitter.
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Obama Unleashes Tax-Cut Campaign
The White House is stepping up a media blitz to pressure the Republicans to extend the payroll tax... MORE
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Norquist: Don’t Give an Inch!
The antitax king debates Ross Douthat on the supercommittee’s failure and the future of taxes. MORE
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Obama's Cunning Truman Strategy
With the supercommittee in tatters, the president’s hands-off approach suddenly looks savvy. MORE
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Obama Gets a GOP Gift
The president’s prospects for 2012, dismal just a few months ago, are brightening thanks to GOP... MORE
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The Debt-Talks Roller Coaster
Democrat Chris Van Hollen describes the debt supercommittee’s tortured efforts to make a deal.... MORE
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Perry’s Respectable Rebound
The Texas governor had a lot to prove after the "oops" heard round the world.... MORE
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Debt Committee's New Gang of Six
Six supercommittee members have broken away to try to make a deal on debt reduction.... MORE
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Behind Bill Daley's Demotion
The chief of staff grew frustrated as congressional complaints about him mounted—and Obama tacked... MORE
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Bill Clinton Schools Obama
Obama can’t be thrilled with Clinton’s economic criticism, but Obama’s already borrowing Clintonian... MORE
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Supercommittee, Super Stakes
Behind the scenes there may be more agreement within the debt-reduction panel than meets the eye.... MORE
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Hillary’s Amazing Mom
Dorothy Howell Rodham overcame a difficult childhood to give her daughter the life she never had.... MORE
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GOP Doesn't Care About Jobs
Transportation secretary says fellow Republicans want to defeat Obama more than create jobs.... MORE
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Cain's Jovial Denial
The GOP candidate flatly denies sexual-harassment allegations dating to the 1990s, Eleanor Clift... MORE
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Democratic Women Vow Comeback
Hoping to put the 2010 historic losses behind them, several women are trying to surge back in 2012,... MORE
