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Articles by Jill Lawrence:

The Republican War of Words on College

Obama’s Message to GOP Rivals: I'm No Sitting Duck

Gingrich Unloads on Paul: Worse Than Obama

Who's More Radical, Gingrich or the Courts He Wants to Abolish?

Newt Gets Religious, Santorum Cries: Only in Iowa

Has the GOP Overreached?

Rick Perry's Dogged Damage Control

The GOP's Nightmare Debate

The Two GOP Candidates Being Shut Out

Romney's Killing It in New Hampshire

Can Obama Win as a War President?

Can Rick Perry Come Back?

The GOP's Campaign Whisperers

Occupy Wall Street Comes to D.C., but Can It Take Root?

Romney Plays Hardball

Rick Perry's Missing Piece

'I Wasn't Born at Harvard': Elizabeth Warren Meets the Voters

Why Is the GOP Fussing Over Social Security? Medicare Is the Real Problem

Rick Perry's Jobs Strategy: Raiding Other States

Obama on Jobs: Leading from Out Front

Romney vs. Perry: Worth Waiting For

Rick Perry's Swing-Voter Problem

Michele Bachmann's Tough Fall

The GOP's Two-Man Race

Obama's Boeing Union Headache

The Awkwardness Olympics

Jon Huntsman Goes 'Crazy'

Rick Perry's Domino Effect

The GOP's Three to Beat

Behind Bachmann's Iowa Victory

Michele Bachmann's Promise and Peril

How Congress Can Redeem Itself

Washington's Next Debt Showdown

The 11th-Hour Debt Deal

Obama Keeps His Eye on 2012

Health-Care Law Could Give Rise to Entrepreneurs

How Perry Could Win

Romney's Failed Jobs Record

Bachmann's Political Headache

Why Class Warfare Helps America

The Submissive Michele Bachmann

Why 'Obamacare' May Live

The New Antiwar Republicans

Pawlenty's Huge Iowa Gamble

Why Do GOP Candidates Have So Many Kids?

What's Next for Weiner?

Bachmann and Palin: Beneath the Surface, Two Very Different Women

Tea Party Targets: Which Senators Will Survive?

Candidates Wanted: Republicans' Void for 2012

The 2012 Flip-Flopping Olympics

Will There Be a Campaign Without Medicare-Bashing?

Is Cheri Daniels Ready for Prime Time?

Mitch Daniels' Hamlet Complex

What Are Lawmakers Hearing About the Deficit? Not What You Might Think

What Obama Put on the Line to Get bin Laden

Jon Huntsman Bets Against History

Haley Barbour's Wife Vetoes 2012 Presidential Bid

Christie Vilsack, the Woman Who Could Shatter Iowa's Glass Ceiling

GOP's Slow-Moving Race for 2012 Producing a Ragtag Team

Budget Deal: Was Obama's Hand Worse than Boehner's?

In Iowa, ‘Social Issues' Emphasis Could Limit GOP Presidential Field — and Focus

Can Seven Reports Be Wrong About the Risks of Spending Cuts? GOP Says Yes.

GOP White House Hopefuls Need to Get Real About Libya, Egypt and Obama

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Has a Choice: Union Buster or Real Leader?

Mitch Daniels, Michael Dukakis, George Will and the ‘Charisma of Competence'

A Fan's Case for Ending Federal Support to Public Radio and Public TV

Would Women Support Newt Gingrich for President?

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour — From Inside Player to White House Contender

Ideological Smackdown in the Courts Will Determine Fate of Health Care Law

Obama, Gingrich and ‘Winning the Future': Petty Larceny or Fair Game?

The True State of the Union: Unsettled, and in Need of Tough Love

Should Democrats Give Up on the Individual Health Insurance Mandate?

Obama's Call for Renewal: Democracy ‘as Good as Christina Imagined It'

Would Republicans Rush to Repeal Health Law If They Could Make It Stick?

The Left and the Coming Fiscal Crisis: Get In the Game Before It's Over

What I Want to Hear From President Obama on Iraq: Never Again

John McCain: I Haven't Changed My Positions, and Don't Ask Me About Trust

Seven Things Republicans Were For, Before They Were Against Them

John Edwards and ‘Camera Girl' Rielle Hunter: Did Reporters Miss the Picture?

Health Summit Underscores Unbridgeable Gulf Between Democrats, Republicans

Sandra O'Connor's Choice: What Her Missing Supreme Court Vote Means to Women and America


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