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COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Three in Washington who set the example 
The three have little in common except character — and this: At crucial times in their lives, each of them abandoned what had been a comfortable life to take on a harder challenge and met it superbly.
By David Broder , April 07, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Debt woes, deep skepticism darken mood
This is a country that is feeling the pinch. It has little or no tolerance for politics as usual. And it is skeptical of anyone claiming to offer good deeds. That’s why Congress is in trouble.
By David Broder , March 31, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: A welcome ‘Race to the Top’ among schools
Achieving the kind of change that the education secretary is promoting would be a great gift for the country, especially when so many states are being forced by budgetary pressures to skimp on their commitments to education.
By David Broder , March 27, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: States say ‘Balance budgets’ while Washington says ‘La-di-da’
Discipline is visible in the states. It still is a stranger to Washington.
By David Broder , March 10, 2010
DAVID BRODER COLUMN: Fall of Charlie Rangel, a pol’s pol
This was a no-pretense guy who, like other military veterans in politics, had lived through much worse than his opponents ever could throw at him.
By David Broder , March 07, 2010
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COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Polls, politics hinder health care reform
By 52 percent to 40 percent, the voters he surveyed oppose the health care bills developed by the administration and congressional Democrats, with more than twice as many strongly opposed as are strongly supportive.
By a similar margin, 54 percent to 42 percent, they support the Republican argument for starting over.
February 26, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: A great effort to restore the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a truly bipartisan and binational enterprise, involving leaders and groups from eight states, innumerable communities and the two major political parties, plus our neighbors in Canada.
February 24, 2010
DAVID BRODER COLUMN: State governments may never be same
Some states already are selling assets, including toll roads and office buildings. They are consolidating and coordinating services and combining agencies.
By David Broder , February 21, 2010
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COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Don't underestimate Palin's populist appeal
The snows that obliterated Washington last week interfered with many scheduled meetings, but they did not prevent the delivery of one important political message: Take Sarah Palin seriously.
February 11, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Door open for Obama to win some GOP support
The president and his people may not realize the degree to which Republican frustration with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s management of the House has created opportunities for Obama — if he is willing to engage as directly as he did in his Illinois Senate days.
By David Broder , February 07, 2010
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COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: U.S. must — must — tackle entitlement reform
The sad truth is that until the federal government steps up to the issue of health care and entitlement costs, the country will continue to pay the price.
February 05, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Senate flunked test by nixing commission
If you want to know where anger should really be directed, look at the Tuesday Senate roll call and focus on the 22 Democrats, 23 Republicans and one independent who combined to scuttle what one sponsor has called “the last, best hope” to avert a catastrophe.
January 27, 2010
DAVID BRODER COLUMN: Court repudiates common sense
The holding in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, allowing corporations to spend unlimited corporate funds on their own election messages, means that the 2010 campaign likely will see a vast infusion of business-backed independent expenditures.
By David Broder , January 24, 2010
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David Broder: Obama’s first year gets mixed grades
As Barack Obama nears the first anniversary of his inauguration as president, a faculty friend of mine renders what strikes me as the right assessment: “If he were a student, I’d have to give him an incomplete.”
By David Broder , January 17, 2010
DAVID BRODER COLUMN: Sen. Chris Dodd, a straight shooter Senate will miss
During the past three decades that I have been covering politics in Washington, there was never a time when I could not reach Sen. Chris Dodd to check what was happening. It didn’t matter whether the question was about a House race in Connecticut or someone’s presidential chances or the prospects of a big bill in the Senate, the answers always came back — straight, quick and informative.
By David Broder , January 09, 2010
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