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Obama speech: Already a bittersweet aura around his presidency
News analysis: The president again chooses to confront Congress rather than cooperate.
Ted Van Dyk
Ted Van Dyk has been active in national policy and politics since 1961, serving in the White House and State Department and as policy director of several Democratic presidential campaigns. He is auth
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Seattle loses Dr. William Gerberding, a great civic leader
Remembering the former UW president and constant civic champion.
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White House fever: Contenders galore for 2016
With Democrats and Republicans in turmoil, and President Obama in lame duck mode, media and political junkies have zeroed in on the (potentially crowded) race for president.
Health care done, get ready for financial reform
As Congress and the White House turn to financial-reform legislation, a new book by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz provides a good, pragmatic, and readable guide to the issues.
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The morning after the historic health-care deal
Obama may see an uptick in his popularity, but will Democrats be able to hold their congressional majority? And how solid were those projections that the reform bill wouldn't add to the federal deficit?