Articles filed under Robinson, Eugene
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A new America speaks
Nov 11, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: On Tuesday, the America of today asserted itself. Four years ago, the presidential election was about Barack Obama and history. This time, it was about us -- who we are as a nation -- and a multihued, multicultural future.
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Was Sandy a wake-up call?
Nov 5, 2012 1:45 PM - Columnist Richard Cohen: How, at this point, can anyone deny the scientific consensus about climate change? The traditional dodge -- that no one weather event can definitively be attributed to global warming -- doesn't work anymore. If something looks, walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
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What America will we pick?
Oct 30, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: Issues may explain our sharp political divisions, but they can't be the cause of our demographic polarization. White men need medical care, too. African-Americans and Latinos understand the need to get our fiscal house in order. The recession and the slow recovery have taken a toll across the board.
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Obama outpoints Romney in third debate
Oct 25, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: The "horses and bayonets" moment is probably the headline. But the larger story of the third and final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy, is that Mitt Romney didn't really lay a glove on President Obama. For most of the evening, he didn't even try.
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Why the chill on climate change?
Oct 22, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: Not a word has been said in the presidential debates about what may be the most urgent and consequential issue in the world: climate change.
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Obama punches back
Oct 18, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: President Obama sought to demonstrate that Mitt Romney's bold words are backed up by nonsensical policies. He wanted to make Romney sound more like a salesman than a statesman. We won't know until new polls come in whether he succeeded.
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Biden to the rescue
Oct 14, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: Biden didn't do anything fancy. But I think his performance will be enough to snap Democrats out of their funk -- for now, at least.
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Hearing an echo on foreign policy
Oct 10, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: I'm not arguing that Obama's foreign policy has been perfect. I can think of a number of situations I believe he should have handled differently. But I defy anyone who heard Mitt Romney's speech to explain how he differs from Obama, practically or even philosophically.
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Giving Romney an opening
Oct 4, 2012 1:29 PM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: Preisdent Obama is a reflective speaker who pauses frequently to find the right word. Mitt Romney just spits it out. Either style can be effective. The real problem last night was what went unsaid, or unasked.
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Deluded by 'skewed' polls
Oct 2, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Eugene Robinson: If a polling sample shows Democrats outnumbering Republicans by, say, 32 percent to 24 percent (with most of the rest calling themselves independents), GOP partisans shouldn't worry about a conspiracy. They should worry that this is a snapshot of how Americans feel about the two major parties.
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