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Opinion - David Shribman

BIPARTISAN CABINET GAINS INCREASING SUPPORT

Sat Aug 16, 7:58 PM ET

Recent political polls have shown that the slice of Americans who consider themselves independents is about the same size or bigger than those who consider themselves Republicans or Democrats. If that's the case, then why should the candidate who wins the November election surround himself exclusively with members of his own party?

  • NEW HAMPSHIRE'S POLITICS MATTER, EVEN AFTER THE PRIMARY Sat Aug 9, 7:58 PM ET

    FRANCONIA NOTCH, N.H. -- This year's New Hampshire primary was a dud. The presidential candidates roared out of Iowa, spent a mere five days in New Hampshire, then careered down to South Carolina. The vaunted first-in-the-nation primary was reduced to a drive-by.

  • NIXON'S MASTERY OF CHANGE EXPLAINS HIS DURABILITY Sat Aug 2, 7:58 PM ET

    YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- The house was built from a kit, like so many in that time and in this place, and Frank Nixon, who was handy and ambitious, added a fireplace to the plan. There was a piano in the parlor -- Frank's son would tickle the keys as a child and later into adulthood -- and all around the house stood lemon and orange trees, watered from the Santa Ana River.

  • ANOTHER VACATION SLIPS THROUGH OUT FINGERS Wed Jul 30, 4:50 PM ET

    HART'S LOCATION, N.H. -- There are only a few days left.