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Not Wrong
Jonathan Chait is not wrong. Writing in this week’s New York Magazine, he posits the following: Pragmatic conservatives warned their tea-party brethren that shutting down the government would not harm...
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The Orcs Are In Trouble
Gee, you think the shutdown was a good idea for the GOP? I suppose you could if you think a permanent Democratic majority is a good idea: Washington (CNN) — In a sign of the political hangover...
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Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3
So it seems that the historic bi-partisan budget deal in the House last week – historic, in that it’s been years since we didn’t just pass a Continuing Resolution to fund the government – is falling...
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Occupy Gracie Mansion
Bill De Blasio was sworn in as New York’s mayor yesterday. Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Bill de Blasio assumed office as New York’s 109th mayor yesterday, sworn in by former President Bill Clinton at a...
View ArticleFirst on CNN: Liz Cheney to abandon Senate bid
CNN, By John King and Peter Hamby, January 6 New York – Liz Cheney, whose upstart bid to unseat Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi sparked a round of warfare in the Republican Party and even within her own family,...
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One Presumes They May Be of the Mental Kind
Item: Liz Cheney to quit Wyoming Senate race. WASHINGTON — Liz Cheney, citing “serious health issues” in her family, is ending her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming. A statement by the...
View ArticleKoch World 2014
Politco, By Kenneth P. Vogel, January 14 If the Koch brothers’ political operation seemed ambitious in 2010 or 2012, wait for what’s in store for 2014 and beyond. The billionaire industrialists Charles...
View ArticleArizona GOP censures McCain for ‘liberal’ record
AP, January 25 Phoenix — The Arizona Republican Party formally censured Sen. John McCain on Saturday, citing a voting record they say is insufficiently conservative. The resolution to censure McCain...
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Wendy Davis: A strong, capable woman…who therefore must be destroyed
In an article that was published on Real Clear Politics Thursday morning, Ann Coulter claimed that Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is nothing more than “a gold-digger who found a sugar daddy”...
View ArticleNice try Republicans, but marriage isn’t the solution to poverty
If conservatives want to help the poor they should improve education, cut inequality, and ensure access to contraception. The Guardian (Comment is free), By Jill Filipovic, January 30 It’s time for...
View ArticleGrimm Prospects
By now, you’ve read about or seen the assault on NY1 reporter Michael Scotto by Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm. As it turns out, it was all anybody talked about in the aftermath of the State...
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Imagine This Frightening Scenario
President Barack Obama wakes up on the morning of November 5, 2014 with a headache: When FiveThirtyEight last issued a U.S. Senate forecast — way back in July — we concluded the race for Senate...
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The End of the Teabaggers?
You may have blinked and missed it. At any rate, tomorrow will be a bellwether for this November, and 2016: The race has been cast as yet another skirmish in the ongoing GOP civil war, pitting the...
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Round Two
So the Teabaggers have another chance to pick off a few incumbent Republicans that they deem as too cozy with Obama. What? Voters head to the polls today in six states to cast ballots in a the latest...
View ArticleCantor ‘earthquake’ rattles Capitol Hill
CNN, By Paul Steinhauser & Deirdre Walsh, June 11 Washington – It’s the earthquake that rocked the GOP. In a year when mainstream Republicans have mostly bested tea party-backed challengers, a...
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When You Get Dissed By Bigoted Rednecks…
You’ve really shot your load: The Duck Dynasty clan — the family behind the popular A&E reality show — is backing one of its own for the congressional seat that may or may not be vacated by Rep....
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How Republicans Operate
The IRS “scandal” gives us an object lesson in the modus operandi of conservatives. 1) Grossly underfund an agency. 2) Task that agency to investigate an entirely new kind of possible fraud. 3) Whine...
View ArticleKentucky Getting Ready to Ditch Mitch As Democrat Grimes Leads McConnell 48%-46%
PoliticusUSA, By Sarah Jones, June 26 What looked like it could be an anomaly is beginning to look like a real thing in Kentucky. The Democratic challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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If You Had Told Me This Appeared on The Federalist Website….
…I would have laughed in your face. But it did: Why abandon K-Street, and acknowledge, then reject, the Big Business perception of the GOP? They’ve had the Republican Party’s back for some time,...
View ArticleGov. Rick Perry of Texas Is Indicted on Charge of Abuse of Power
New York Times, By Manny Fernandez, August 15 Austin, TX – A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts on Friday, charging that he abused his power last year when he tried to pressure...
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