They don't make families -- or politicians, or liberals -- like Teddy and the Kennedys anymore
By Alan Wolfe Aug 27, 2009
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Justice David Souter's upcoming departure wasn't entirely a secret in Washington. The administration had already started planning for a Supreme Court vacancy before the news broke.
By Mike Madden
May 2, 2009
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In the last moment before hope collides with the awesome task ahead, the president-elect retraces Lincoln's historic rail journey to Washington.
By Rebecca Traister
January 18, 2009
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As Biden and Clinton say goodbye, the Senate's Democratic majority girds for ... collegiality.
By Mike Madden
January 16, 2009
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The loneliness of the vice president-elect.
By Gabriel Winant
December 2, 2008
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Ted Kaufman, a longtime aide to Joe Biden, will replace his old boss in the Senate, but is he just keeping Beau Biden's seat warm?
By Gabriel Winant
November 24, 2008
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The "first post-baby boomer" president and an enormous supporting cast celebrate Barack Obama's victory in Grant Park.
By Edward McClelland
November 5, 2008
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The Republican base greets its true leader in small-town Pennsylvania. And hits me with a car.
By Rebecca Traister
October 31, 2008
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Obsessed by "lipstick on a pig," economic "free fall" and other "great stories," America has failed to see the real challenges it faces.
By Joan Didion
October 17, 2008
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McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater.
By Gary Kamiya
October 7, 2008
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Sarah Palin's Pentecostal supporters in Alaska hail her debate performance and her rise to the national stage as the work of God.
By Deirdre English and Gail Sheehy
October 3, 2008
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Debating Joe Biden, Palin avoids another train wreck, delivering Republican talking points with robotic determination. But she also fails to convince undecided voters to stop their movement toward Obama.
By Mike Madden
October 3, 2008
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The Alaska governor has become a drag on her ticket; strategists who've worked with vice presidents and hopefuls on both sides offer advice on how to relaunch the Palin brand.
By Alex Koppelman and Gabriel Winant
October 2, 2008
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Back on the campaign trail in Michigan, this time for Obama, Hillary Clinton urged her former supporters to get behind the Democratic ticket.
By Mike Madden
September 28, 2008
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Sarah Palin is trying to seduce independent voters. But she comes across like a whip-wielding mistress who wants to discipline a naughty America.
By Gary Kamiya
September 9, 2008
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Before Barack Obama's surprise appearance, a tag team of Democrats, including Bill Clinton, piles on John McCain. And Joe Biden, Rove-style, goes right for McCain's supposed strength.
By Walter Shapiro
August 28, 2008
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The moral backbone that led the V.P. nominee to stand up to Milosevic and pass the Violence Against Women Act was bred into him by his father.
By Norman Kurz
August 27, 2008
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All signs are that Joe Biden won't back away from the job ahead of him -- combat with John McCain.
By Walter Shapiro
August 26, 2008
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By picking Joseph Biden as his running mate, Barack Obama chooses experience over hope.
By Walter Shapiro
August 23, 2008
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He's got experience, foreign relations chops, and a moving personal story. Is Joe Biden near the top of Barack Obama's veep list?
By Walter Shapiro
July 2, 2008
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In three different Des Moines precincts, a vote-by-vote account of how the Obama wave built.
By Mike Madden, Walter Shapiro and Joan Walsh
January 4, 2008
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Rumors fly about Bill Richardson and Joe Biden throwing support to Barack Obama. Don't believe them, the long shots say.
By Mike Madden
January 3, 2008
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Iowa is either the beginning or the end for the 2004 vice-presidential nominee, who has more to gain and more to lose than his two chief rivals.
By Walter Shapiro
January 3, 2008
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Biden pushes for a strong finish in Iowa, but will his supporters stick by him?
By Mike Madden
December 30, 2007
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With the Iowa caucuses looming, victory-hungry Democrats want to know -- who is the most "electable"? Here's our best (totally wild) guess as to how each candidate might fare in November.
By Walter Shapiro
December 29, 2007