Dan Balz
Can the same president build a new landscape?
THE TAKE | After a long and arduous campaign, a newly reelected President Obama confronts his next challenge: binding together a deeply divided nation and turning from campaigning to governing.
Republicans need to wise up
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They are so out of step that Dems get a pass.
The Fix by Chris Cillizza
Crossroads targets five Dem senators on 'fiscal cliff'
Crossroads GPS goes on the air, Boehner sends a new proposal, Reid doesn't think they'll be home for Christmas, and McConnell's numbers aren't great.
Dan Balz
Obama’s reelection, by the numbers
THE TAKE | On Tuesday night, as much as anything, numbers told a story of how President Obama won a second term despite a climate that had long favored Mitt Romney and the Republicans.
Dan Balz
After election, a time to ask, ‘What if?’
THE TAKE | Politics, like so much in life, can be haunted by questions of what could have been.
Right Turn
A crash course in modernization
Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus has an ambitious plan for the GOP.
Wonkblog
Reconciliation
John McAfee is on the lamb in Central America, the health benefits of having grandmothers, and other things we missed today.
Wonkblog
The austerity crisis and 2016
There are a number of powerful Republicans who would see their futures dimmed by a grand bargin that deals with deficits. That's going to make it harder for them to agree to such a deal -- a particular problem given that one of them chairs the House Budget Committee.
Wonkblog
Five facts about veterans health care
The Veterans Administration runs the country's largest health care system, with more than 1,400 hospitals and employing nearly 15,000 doctors.
Al Kamen
Heavy vetting? A law firm can help.
IN THE LOOP | O’Melveny & Myers looks for potential clients among big-time Obama donors.
Al Kamen
Housing in Yemen loses all its bonus points for diplomats
IN THE LOOP | Jim Messina signs on to talk; more don’t-miss holiday shopping tips. Rove still a target.
Al Kamen
In the Loop: Time for another round of White House musical chairs
What happens to Susan Rice is a big part of the equation of who goes where at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Walter Pincus
U.S. overseeing a mysterious construction project in Israel
COLUMN | What’s the purpose of Site 911, a $100 million underground complex?
Walter Pincus
Blowback to high-tech warfare
A report notes that last year there were 680 drone programs worldwide as countries and groups try to narrow the U.S. lead in high-tech warfare.
Walter Pincus
Lessons from the past for today’s Iran
Walter Pincus discovers lessons for handling Iran’s nuclear program in the declassified CIA self-analysis of its misreading of the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Joe Davidson
House GOP targets congressional retirement benefits
It’s not unusual for House Republicans to call for limits on federal retirement benefits, but this time the targeted benefits are their own.
Joe Davidson
Survey shows falling satisfaction among federal employees
Pay freezes and budget cuts may not fully explain the degree of discontent among federal workers.
Joe Davidson
Unusual team opposes Defense cuts
FEDERAL DIARY | A federal workers’ union and a contractor organization oppose workforce cuts in Senate bill.
Dana Milbank
Republicans wave the white flag
The question isn’t whether GOP will cave on taxes, but how and when.
Eugene Robinson
No contest
All of the GOP’s potential 2012 candidates are uninspiring or unelectable.
Richard Cohen
The power of ‘Mona Moments’
Bursts of intense love will not fade with Mona Ackerman’s passing.
Ruth Marcus
Medicare dominoes
Raising the eligibility age would have far-reaching, often unintended consequences.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gorbachev at 80
Though poorly appreciated at home, the former Russian leader should be honored for his great vision.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin - it's about democracy
Unions' fight is the fight of every U.S. worker.
Robert J. Samuelson
A lost generation?
Bleak economy for the young is harming marriage, birth rates.
Robert J. Samuelson
Bad-faith bargaining
Protecting retiree benefits is the left’s version of “no new taxes.”
Anne Applebaum
Looking to their roots
Republicans should focus on their own ideas, not stealing from Democrats.
In London, killing time before U.S. election results roll in
Chatting about James Bond movie, faking tweets from Prince Charles.
PostPartisan
If you can't say anything concise...
Rather than the full drum-major quote or the abbreviated version, the carving will be removed entirely from the Martin Luther King Jr. monument.
PostPartisan
Robinson and readers on Republicans checking the polls
Readers respond to Eugene Robinson's column urging Republican moderation.
PostPartisan
Using long-term budgeting sensibly
Long-term Social Security balance should be a rough guideline, not a goal.
Kathleen Parker
An era of 'hard-core women'
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
Kathleen Parker
An era of 'hard-core women'
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
Fareed Zakaria
End the war on terror
Eleven years is long enough, especially when we can save billions — and our liberties.
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