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'Top Line' -- Ambassador Oprah? Senator Oprah?

Oprah Winfrey's announced exit from her daily broadcast format has prompted new speculation in political circles about the next step for the talk-show queen -- one that just might involve playing off of her famous connection to President Obama.

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November 20, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (13)

Sen. Brown: Health Care Bill Needs More Subsidies

Even if Democrats -- as expected -- get the 60 votes they need to advance the Senate health care bill tomorrow, the legislation is in for a long amendment process, with pressure from both the right and the left

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November 20, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (3)

‘Top Line’ -- Did Breast Cancer Recommendations Revive ‘Death Panels’?

The new recommendations for breast cancer screening are entirely unrelated to President Obama’s push for health care reform. But, in a particularly unfortunate stroke of timing for Democrats, the two issues have become confused and conflated in the minds of many observers.

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November 19, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Palin: ‘Death Panels’ Are Like Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’

Sarah Palin is acknowledging that "death panels" aren't part of Democrats' health care bills.

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November 18, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (58)

'Top Line' -- Can Palin ‘Prove She Knows Her Stuff'?

While some in the GOP establishment are hardly thrilled with another Sarah Palin-filled week, the intense media focus on Palin gives her a chance to "rehabilitate herself," conservative blogger Erick Erickson said today on ABCNews.com's "Top Line."

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November 16, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Dick Armey: Palin More 'Cheerleader' than 'Captain'; Not 'Digging Herself Out' of Post-Campaign Hole

With Palin mania set to sweep the nation anew tied to the release of her memoir, key voices in the Republican establishment are voicing skepticism about the former Alaska governor's ability to rebuild her national standing.

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November 13, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (13)

‘Top Line’ Book Corner: ‘American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’

Supreme Courts are remembered by their chief justices -- the Warren Court, the Rehnquist Court, etc. -- but generations from now, historians may look back and reference the Scalia Court for a quick encapsulation of the current era of American jurisprudence. Joan Biskupic, who covers the Supreme Court for USA Today, is the author of a new biography of the nation’s first Italian-American justice: “American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”

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November 12, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Sen. Cardin: Senate Hopes to ‘Calm Down,’ Stay ‘Neutral’ on Abortion

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: As the House grapples with the fallout of a controversial compromise, Senate Democratic leaders are vowing to keep out provisions from the health care bill that abortion-rights advocates say would limit access to abortion.

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November 10, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (3)

‘Top Line’ -- Abortion-Rights Groups ‘Asleep at the Wheel?’

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Abortion-rights supporters suffered a major setback on Saturday, when House Democratic leaders cut a deal with conservative Democrats to allow a vote on a measure drastically limiting abortion coverage under the health care expansions in the works in Congress.

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November 9, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (2)

‘Top Line’ Book Corner -- ‘I Am Martin Eisenstadt’ and Adventures in the Fake Punditocracy

Washington has no shortage of pundits who pretend to know what they’re talking about. But there’s a real dearth of pretend pundits -- and even fewer who will talk about why they’re pretending in the first place.

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November 6, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (0)