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polarized stories: 3 news summaries
Analysis

School Speech Uproar Shows Country Divided

In addressing kids, Bush 41 didn't have problems like Obama's

Sep 4, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - When George HW Bush gave a televised address to a public school in 1991 and urged schools around the country to show it in class, no one much cared. When President Obama announced plans to do the same, he drew outrage and comparisons to Chairman Mao. That’s America in... More »

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education • Barack Obama • high school • Department of Education • partisanship • George HW Bush • polarized • Obama administration

OPINION

'Post-Partisan' Prez Can't Get Traction Across Aisle

Dems and Independents approve of the Prez, but the GOP still doesn't

Apr 12, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ratings are sky-high among Democrats but have reached a Bush-esque low among Republicans, making for a 61-point gap for the president who campaigned on a "post-partisan" platform. What's causing this problem? It starts with the fact that the public is more polarized than ever, writes Clarence Page... More »

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cable TV • talk radio • partisanship • polarized • bipartisanship • approval ratings • President Obama • post-partisan

Polarized
Court Damages Own Legacy

Analyst not excited to
see ‘childish’ panel back in session

Oct 1, 07 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the chief justice’s declared intentions, the Roberts Court ravages the idea of “rule based on principle,” acting instead like a polarized political body, the New Republic’s Benjamin Wittes argues. Speeches about division's acidic effects aside, John Roberts smirks at precedent even as lefty colleagues on... More »

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John Roberts • Earl Warren • unanimous • polarized • US Supreme Court

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