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Senate's First African American Tea Party Member? | Reduction

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Senate's First African American Tea Party Member?

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DeMint, the unofficial leader of the Tea Party faction in the Senate, has actually been a thorn in the side of leadership for many years. However, his decision to leave the "club" on Capitol Hill doesn't indicate that he'll make life any type of simpler for GOP innovators like Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or brand-new NRSC chairman Jerry Moran. Get more pure politics at ABCNews. com/Politics and a lighter take on the updates at OTUSNews. com
DeMint's resignation to head the Heritage Foundation has huge consequences that surpass the Palmetto State. Right here are some of them:. 1) Wither the Tea Party? Simply two years after upending Washington (and the GOP), the Tea Party movement has actually lost its steam. Michele Bachmann hardly gained re-election in Minnesota.

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Opinion: 10 reasons a woman should head the CIA | Redux

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Opinion: 10 reasons a woman should head the CIA

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Is Bin Laden Dead? by Ben Sutherland
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(CNN) -- One of the most high-profile appointments President Obama will make in his second term is the director of the CIA. Here's a tip for the president: The time is ripe for the first woman to head the agency. Choosing a woman isn't just about narrowing the intelligence community gender gap. It's also about drawing from the whole pool of talent to ensure the best national security apparatus and responding to Americans' apparent desire for more women in government. Here are the Top 10 reasons President Obama should name a woman as the next CIA director. Tara Maller 1) It would inspire more women to enter the fields of foreign policy and intelligence. The intelligence and foreign policy community is predominantly male.

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Granderson: For 2016, Bush vs. Clinton | Redux

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Granderson: For 2016, Bush vs. Clinton

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Editor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN. com, was named reporter of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for comments. He is a senior author and reporter for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ locs_n_laughs. (CNN)-- For all our post-2012 election talk about the altering culture, the altering demographics and, possibly, a changing party, preparatory thoughts out of D.C. about the 2016 election have us headed to nothing change at all: Clinton vs Bush... again. I am as fascinated by the prospects of these 2 juggernauts, Jeb and Hillary, locking ideological horns as I am repulsed by the idea of half of my life being dominated by 2 family names. One, Clinton, has actually climbed from the ashes after the White House.

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