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...made the announcement of his presidential bid earlier this month in Springfield, Illinois, in front of the Old State Capitol, the very same place where, in Obama’s words, “[Abraham] Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together.” You can bet that this will not be the last time that Obama frames himself as Lincoln 2.0; the marketing opportunity is just too good to miss...
...that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States...
Unfortunately, the needed repairs are not the ones the new Democratic majority on Capitol Hill has been proposing. For them, the main problem is a lack of federal dollars...
...universities. “For students at institutions throughout the country that don’t have significant institutional resources, this is even more important,” she said. Democrats were quick to cast the potential Pell Grant increase as an early prize of their newfound control on Capitol Hill. “I definitely think that the fact that this is coming up now is a product of the Democratic control of Congress,” said Brigit M. Helgen ’08, president of the Harvard College Democrats. “It really does show...
...National Security Adviser Steven Hadley. "The full flavor of what we had set out to do, it was by no means all lost, but ..." and his voice trailed off. The political stakes are much higher this time. And as Warner has learned, to make a real mark on Capitol Hill, it's not enough to simply look strong. You have to be strong as well...