Partisan gridlock in US politics has led to the recent failure of Barack Obama’s gun reform agenda, which did not get through Congress last week despite public support.
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For all its international power, the United States government seems increasingly powerless to make laws for the benefit of its own people. The recent failure to implement popular gun control measures in…
The next four years in office for Barack Obama (and VP Joe Biden) will define his presidency and historical standing.
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Barack Obama’s re-election won’t generate the same exuberance as 2008. The lofty rhetoric of “Hope” and “Change” has been replaced by the much more sombre message of “Forward”.
And while four years ago…
The stage is set for the Romney/Ryan election night event in Boston, Massachusetts.
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It is now election day in the United States. You can compare being on an American political campaign on this final frenetic day to spawning salmon giving their all to leap waterfalls before they die…
Face off: finally Americans will go to the polls to decide between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president.
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While haranguing an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood stumbled upon the central metaphor of the 2012 election. The election has been, on the whole, about people who were…
Barack Obama had a good convention, but it won’t win him the election.
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The Democratic National Convention went about as well as the party could hope. The question is, in this partisan political climate, will it be enough to move the polls?
The common narrative throughout…
A warm welcome for the President from Julia Gillard and the Governor General, but Australia should take care not to give too much away to the Americans. AAP/Stuart McEvoy.
It’s third time lucky for President Obama. He’s cancelled his trip to Australia twice before, but now he has finally made it to Canberra. Julia Gillard has struck up a friendship with the US President…
