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- Majority government, U.S. style
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- Oh no, not more chads!
- Friday, October 24, 2008 Henry Champ
- The numbers just don't add up for McCain
- Monday, October 20, 2008 Henry Champ
- Informative exchanges? That's debatable
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Henry Champ
- Lawmakers fume at excess of failed firm's execs
- Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Henry Champ
- Now it's up to McCain for the game-changer
- Friday, October 3, 2008 Henry Champ
- Strange bedfellows pulled the plug on bailout bill
- Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Henry Champ
- Measuring McCain: The 'distraction' of a would-be dealmaker
- Friday, September 26, 2008 Henry Champ
- A push for politics in the pulpit
- Thursday, September 18, 2008 Henry Champ
- Candidates, can you spare a solution?
- Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Henry Champ
- Vapour ads create successful campaign smokescreens
- Thursday, September 11, 2008 Henry Champ
- The parties are over
- Friday, September 5, 2008 Henry Champ
- The attack dog fights back
- Thursday, September 4, 2008 Henry Champ
- The plan for Sarah Palin
- Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Henry Champ
- Paying a high price for Palin
- Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Henry Champ
- Gustav has a Republican silver lining
- Monday, September 1, 2008 Henry Champ
- McCain's gamble on Sarah Palin
- Friday, August 29, 2008 Henry Champ
- Is Obama following JFK's New Frontier?
- Thursday, August 28, 2008 Henry Champ
- Hillary wins for the party and for herself
- Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Henry Champ
- Michelle Obama makes a big hit
- Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Henry Champ
- Restless Democrats ready to punch back with Biden
- Monday, August 25, 2008 Henry Champ
- Why Obama has not sealed the deal with America's voters
- Friday, August 22, 2008 Henry Champ
- Obama's choice: A running mate not named Hillary
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Henry Champ
- Oops. Barack Obama has his very own Washington insider
- Thursday, June 12, 2008 Henry Champ
- A campaign based on issues? It feels almost un-American
- Thursday, June 5, 2008 Henry Champ
- Roll over Henry Ford, Americans are driving less
- Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Henry Champ
- Age, the presidency and McCain's health records
- Friday, May 23, 2008 Henry Champ
- Taking stock of Ted Kennedy
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Henry Champ
- The push for an Obama/Clinton 'dream ticket'
- Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Henry Champ
- For Democrats, the black vote is the key to power
- Monday, May 12, 2008 Henry Champ
- Good try, Hillary. But this race is done
- Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Henry Champ
- Cutting loose from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Henry Champ
- The bloodying of Barack Obama
- Friday, April 25, 2008 Henry Champ
- It's the economy, stupid! And the cost of the war
- Thursday, April 10, 2008 Henry Champ
- Why Obama's race gamble may not have worked
- Friday, March 21, 2008 Henry Champ
- Race in America: Obama's state of the union
- Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Henry Champ
- Blow out the candles, Iraq turns five
- Friday, March 14, 2008 Henry Champ
- The night Hillary brought the hammer down
- Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Henry Champ
- NAFTA rears its campaign face
- Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Henry Champ
- Fidel's last dance
- Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Henry Champ
- Danger: Falling incumbents
- Thursday, February 14, 2008 Henry Champ
- Just how big is the Democrat's tent?
- Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Henry Champ
- Going down to the wire in the U.S. primaries
- Friday, February 1, 2008 Henry Champ
- Handing over the keys to Camelot
- Monday, January 28, 2008 Henry Champ
- Better duck, the mud is flying
- Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Henry Champ
- Another primary, another winner. Maybe
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Henry Champ
- Afghanistan: The politics of sending in the marines
- Friday, January 11, 2008 Henry Champ
- Hillary's moment
- Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Henry Champ
- Hillary's dilemma: She's not Barack Obama
- Monday, January 7, 2008 Henry Champ
- The prize that Obama offers
- Friday, January 4, 2008 Henry Champ
- Turning the corner in Iraq?
- Thursday, November 8, 2007 Henry Champ
- And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
- Friday, November 2, 2007 Henry Champ
- Future generations ought to be terrified
- Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Henry Champ
- Waiting for Fidel to die
- Friday, October 26, 2007 Henry Champ
- Coughing up their customers' records
- Friday, October 19, 2007 Henry Champ
- So let's ignore Washington
- Monday, October 15, 2007 Henry Champ
- Will Al Gore run for president?
- Friday, October 12, 2007 Henry Champ
- Only in America, you say? Must be primary season
- Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Henry Champ
- Watching Mitt and Fred in the Republican marathon
- Friday, October 5, 2007 Henry Champ
- Read my lips: Troop reductions may happen
- Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Henry Champ
- Make them stop lying
- Thursday, July 26, 2007 Henry Champ
- Excuse me Madam, but your list is showing
- Friday, July 20, 2007 Henry Champ
- Playing the Osama card
- Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Henry Champ
- Life in George's house
- Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Henry Champ
- A new day in America's halls of justice
- Friday, July 6, 2007 Henry Champ
- The problem with a free Scooter
- Tuesday, July 3, 2007 Henry Champ
- Heading for the exits in Iraq
- Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Henry Champ
- Brace yourself for a medicare moment
- Thursday, June 21, 2007 Henry Champ
- Washington's turn at the plate
- Friday, June 15, 2007 Henry Champ
- Not the smartest border we have here
- Monday, June 11, 2007 Henry Champ
- Canada and the fate of a Bengal Lancer
- Thursday, June 7, 2007 Henry Champ
- A particularly bloody May in Iraq
- Thursday, May 31, 2007 Henry Champ
- Another hearing, another Monica
- Friday, May 25, 2007 Henry Champ
- Democrats surrender, Iraq war marches on
- Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Henry Champ
- Showdown in intensive care, roll cameras
- Thursday, May 17, 2007 Henry Champ
- Are we becoming less chummy with Washington?
- Friday, May 11, 2007 Henry Champ
- Try to keep up, Mr. Bush
- Tuesday, May 8, 2007 Henry Champ
- When in Canada, leave your fingerprint kits at home
- Thursday, April 26, 2007 Henry Champ
- Privacy and community safety, a delicate balance
- Friday, April 20, 2007 Henry Champ
- Gun control and Virginia Tech
- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Henry Champ
- Love and loathing at the World Bank
- Friday, April 13, 2007 Henry Champ
- The super-duper way of picking a president
- Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Henry Champ
- Munching your way to an early grave
- Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Henry Champ
- A dark horse for president
- Thursday, March 29, 2007 Henry Champ
- Politicized or not, cancer is a knee-knocker
- Friday, March 23, 2007 Henry Champ
- Enter the secretive Victoria
- Friday, March 16, 2007 Henry Champ
- When Democrats go to war
- Monday, March 12, 2007 Henry Champ
- From Selma to Asian Week, a troubling disconnect
- Friday, March 2, 2007 Henry Champ
- When the Christian right goes wooing
- Monday, February 26, 2007 Henry Champ
- Bearing the burden of war
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Henry Champ
- State of the nations: interview with Canada's Ambassador in Washington
- Friday, February 16, 2007 Henry Champ
- Get with the net, that's where the news is
- Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Henry Champ
- For Hillary and Obama, an inconvenient truth
- Friday, February 9, 2007 Henry Champ
- Sometimes a great game
- Monday, February 5, 2007 Henry Champ
- The billion dollar presidency
- Friday, February 2, 2007 Henry Champ
- What to do in Iraq as the Iranians move in
- Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Henry Champ
- Starting a dialogue
- Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Henry Champ
- Scootergate? Official Washington goes on trial
- Friday, January 19, 2007 Henry Champ
- Obama makes his move
- Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Henry Champ
- Jimmy Carter and the politics of provocation
- Friday, January 12, 2007 Henry Champ
- Surging troops, surging violence
- Monday, January 8, 2007 Henry Champ
- Listen to Joe
- Friday, January 5, 2007 Henry Champ
- Bringing home the bacon
- Wednesday, January 3, 2007 Henry Champ
- Just doesn't get it
- Friday, December 22, 2006 Henry Champ
- It's New York, baby!
- Monday, December 18, 2006 Henry Champ
- Another Arrow?
- Friday, December 15, 2006 Henry Champ
- Do we bore you?
- Monday, December 11, 2006 Henry Champ
- Assessment, or indictment?
- Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Henry Champ
- What a difference a week makes
- Monday, December 4, 2006 Henry Champ
- Mom's pot roast back on the menu
- Friday, December 1, 2006 Henry Champ
- The Grinch in Fairfax County
- Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Henry Champ
- Decision day
- Monday, November 27, 2006 Henry Champ
- Hard to understand
- Monday, November 20, 2006 Henry Champ
- Iraq and the art of postponement
- Thursday, November 16, 2006 Henry Champ
- Playing catch-up with Rudy and Mel
- Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Henry Champ
- In with the old guard
- Friday, November 10, 2006 Henry Champ
- It's the war in Iraq, stupid
- Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Henry Champ
- Just a few more days
- Friday, November 3, 2006 Henry Champ
- Nancy Pelosi's tough new rules
- Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Henry Champ
- Guns and the U.S. election
- Thursday, October 26, 2006 Henry Champ
- Is it Obama time?
- Monday, October 23, 2006 Henry Champ
- The Generals are worried
- Friday, October 20, 2006 Henry Champ
- Send us your huddled 300 millions
- Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Henry Champ
- Who will control the U.S. Senate?
- Monday, October 16, 2006 Henry Champ
- Waiting on China
- Thursday, October 12, 2006 Henry Champ
- Republicans fighting back
- Friday, October 6, 2006 Henry Champ
- Republicans feeling the heat
- Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Henry Champ
- And another Washington scandal
- Monday, October 2, 2006 Henry Champ
- America's changing face
- Thursday, September 28, 2006 Henry Champ
- Life in prison
- Monday, September 25, 2006 Henry Champ
- Rebuilding Afghanistan
- Friday, September 22, 2006 Henry Champ
- A good man leaves the Hill
- Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Henry Champ
- Blimps over the border
- Monday, September 18, 2006 Henry Champ
- Are walls the answer?
- Friday, September 15, 2006 Henry Champ
- Bill and Melinda's gift
- Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Henry Champ
- The president's address
- Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Henry Champ
- No link between Saddam and al-Qaeda
- Monday, September 11, 2006 Henry Champ
- Nicotine on the rise
- Thursday, August 31, 2006 Henry Champ
- Paying deserters
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Henry Champ
- Where are the space junkies?
- Monday, August 28, 2006 Henry Champ
- Troubling questions about our mission in space
- Friday, August 25, 2006 Henry Champ
- Uncle Sam having trouble recruiting
- Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Henry Champ
- Who will help Lebanon?
- Tuesday, August 22, 2006 Henry Champ
- Democratic lobbyists a sign of the times
- Friday, August 18, 2006 Henry Champ
- Any apologies?
- Thursday, August 17, 2006 Henry Champ
- 'We are in deep trouble'
- Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Henry Champ
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