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Election Day 2002

It seems so many politicians put so much at stake on this one day. Careers made. Careers broken. Stars born. Stars snuffed out. I don’t know. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We’re so riveted by the here and now, that we forget that it’s just here, …

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Gretchen's Take: Time to simplify the tax code

Yep. It’s Tax Day. Not like I’m celebrating. In fact the only good news may be that for those of us paying taxes — we’re all in the same boat. So, I don’t know about you but more than ever I’m ready to join the fight to simplify our tax …

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CNN's Begala and Carville to Advise Kerry?

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Testimony Based on Testimony? A Vietnam veteran who testified in the so-called “Winter Soldier Investigation” in 1971 now says he was encouraged by anti-war leaders, including John Kerry, to make up statements. In a recently signed affidavit, Steven Pitkin says, “John Kerry and other …

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