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Many Vietnamese immigrants in Orange County are socially conservative and run for office as Republicans.

Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

Changes in Orange County, Calif., long a conservative symbol, reflect the state and much of the nation.

Slide Show: Orange County's Changing Politics

The Caucus

Obama Addresses Economic Anxieties

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

President Obama on Monday chided Senate Republicans for blocking a bill that would offer tax breaks and ease credit to small businesses, and said the measure was necessary to boost hiring and economic growth.

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Obama Dismisses Faith Rumors

"It's not something that I spend all my time worrying about," President Obama said of persistent rumors that he is Muslim.

Senate Fields Are Set in West Virginia and Louisiana

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In the race to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Robert C. Byrd, Gov. Joe Manchin III won the Democratic nomination over the weekend, and John Raese won a crowded Republican primary.

Mr. Powell, 48, has called Mr. Rangel's conduct

Powell vs. Rangel: Testy Remake After 40 Years

By MICHAEL BARBARO

Adam Clayton Powell IV and Charles B. Rangel, the Harlem congressman, have been trading angry attacks.

Times Topics: Rangel | Powell

It's Easy to Take Spill Off Political High-Wire

By JAMES WARREN

Rod R. Blagojevich, Robert Dold and Gov. Pat Quinn are just a few Illinois politicians whom we should hold accountable if they walk an ethical high wire.

From Week in Review

Policy Options Dwindle as Economic Fears Grow

By PETER S. GOODMAN

It increasingly seems as if the policy makers attending like physicians to the American economy are peering into their medical kits and coming up empty.

Fall A marine watches as a statue of Saddam Hussein is taken down in Baghdad in April 2003. President Bush said in 2007:

Winning, Losing and War

By PETER BAKER

From shock and awe to a slow exit: It is still far too early to fill out the scorecard in Iraq.

IN LINE Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana, center, with President Bush and other governors in Washington in 2006.

The Height of Unfairness

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Does the presidency come down to one meaningless factor?

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Five Thirty Eight Blog

Predictable Governors' Races

By NATE SILVER

Governors' races seem to becoming increasingly more predictable: red states vote for Republicans, blue states vote for Democrats, and only a few swing states are truly worth watching.