PostPartisan: March 1, 2009 - March 7, 2009

Obama Sets the Ground Rules

President Obama prefaced his push for broad health-care reform today with a 120-person summit at the White House, inviting a gaggle of politicians and wonks, including some of the very people responsible for torpedoing President Clinton’s health-care proposal. Every...

By Stephen Stromberg  | March 5, 2009; 6:43 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Why Doesn't Rush Run for President?

When Rush Limbaugh explained to the Conservative Political Action Conference last Saturday that he wants President Obama to fail for ideological reasons, CNN gave old Rush the same treatment as a president or presidential candidate. For minute after minute...

By E.J. Dionne  | March 3, 2009; 10:02 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (79)
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Candidate Obama vs. President Obama

One of the challenges for presidential candidates who turn into presidents is finding ways to wiggle out of unaffordable or ill-advised campaign positions without attracting too much notice. President Obama managed to do this twice in his new budget:...

By Ruth Marcus  | March 2, 2009; 12:27 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (34)
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