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Opinions: Washington Post Opinion, Editorial, Op Ed, Politics Editorials - The Washington Post The Washington Post Opinions section features opinion articles,newspaper editorials and letters to the editor on the issues of the day. Offerings include the Post Partisan blog by Washington Post opinion writers, as well as political cartoons and political cartoon animations by editorial cartoonists Tom Toles and Ann Telnaes.

Jennifer Rubin: Guns or butter? We can't afford either Jan 17th 2013, 14:45 The president seems either to not understand the legislative process very well or to remain undecided as to whether he wants progress or more political fighting on the gun violence issue. How else to explain why he threw into his anti-gun violence plan giant, unattainable items such as an assault-weapons ban (which we couldn't adequately define in 1994 and didn't work) alongside some common-sense items such as armed school guards and funding for mental health? Read full article >> Greg Sargent: The Morning Plum: The question every member of Congress should answer Jan 17th 2013, 14:13 Every member of Congress, Democrat and Republican, needs to be asked this question: Do you believe people should be able to buy guns in America without undergoing a background check designed to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from getting their hands on lethal weapons that can ultimately be used in crimes and mass killings? Read full article >> Jennifer Rubin: White House struggles with Chuck Hagel Jan 17th 2013, 13:45 The effort to rehabilitate a witness whose credibility and competence has been severely damaged is never easy. If the witness changes his story, he looks like a liar. If he sticks with problematic statements, he turns off those who sit in judgment. What is true in a courtroom with a jury is certainly the case with Chuck Hagel and the U.S. Senate. Read full article >> Jennifer Rubin: Morning Bits Jan 17th 2013, 12:45 What a concept A budget! "Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee have put forward a schedule for producing a budget resolution this year to committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.). The Senate has not passed a budget resolution since 2009, and Murray last year suggested that a budget may not get done again this year. In a letter made public Wednesday, Republicans lay out a detailed hearing and markup schedule to meet the legal deadline for producing a budget." Read full article >> Jonathan Bernstein: Happy Hour Roundup Jan 16th 2013, 23:14 1. I completely agree with Ross Douthat: Anyone who believes that the 2012 election results are part of a long-term, stable, electoral "lock" of Republicans always winning the House and Democrats always winning the presidency is fooling themselves. Read full article >> Jennifer Rubin: Rand Paul: Obama 'arrogant and presumptuous' about Israel Jan 16th 2013, 22:14 In a conference call today with a small group of journalists, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that President Obama was "arrogant and presumptuous" in saying in recent weeks that Israel "doesn't know what its own best interests are." Read full article >>

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