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Daily Archives: August 31st, 2012

RNC Postmortem: Republicans head home after last day of convention in Tampa, Florida

Excerpt: Yes­ter­day was the final day of the 2012 Repub­li­can Nation­al Con­ven­tion in Tam­pa, Flori­da. Here are a few part­ing thoughts on the con­ven­tion from The Seat­tle Times‘ Jim Brun­ner, The Stranger‘s Paul Con­stant, and oth­er jour­nal­ists who were in town cov­er­ing the con­ven­tion from a nation­al perspective. Paul Con­stant has an essay in The Stranger […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Events, Party Politics
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Flashback to the Bush Error: In 2001, Paul Ryan defended budget-busting tax cuts

Excerpt: Today, we’re begin­ning a new series on The Advo­cate called Flash­back to the Bush Error that will fea­ture new install­ments on Fri­days each week through Elec­tion Day. The pur­pose of this series is to doc­u­ment and explore Paul Ryan and Mitt Rom­ney’s sup­port for the failed poli­cies of George W. Bush dur­ing the eight years […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Patient Protection Act a start, but U.S. still needs true healthcare reform: Medicare for All

Excerpt: Along with eco­nom­ic secu­ri­ty, the future of Medicare has emerged as a sig­nif­i­cant issue in the pres­i­den­tial cam­paign. The Patient Pro­tec­tion Act, passed more than two years ago and recent­ly upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court,  pro­vides insur­ance reform, not health­care reform. But both are needed. The Patient Pro­tec­tion Act imposed new require­ments on health […]
Written by:Ralph Gorin
Categories:Healthcare, Policy Topics
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