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John Nichols: Ron Johnson, R-Delusion

Source: Madison.com, Nov 27 2012, 4:57am CST

Could there be a more delusional member of the U.S. Senate than Ron Johnson? The Oshkosh Republican, who bought himself a Senate seat in 2010 but still hasn’t figured out what to do with it, seems to think ...

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8 hours ago

GOP seeks a plan

Source: The News & Observer  |   May 25 2013, 4:22pm CDT

This session of the Republican-led General Assembly has not lacked for theater. There have been the Moral Monday mass arrests, a tug-of-war over Raleigh’s Dix park, a bushel of controversial social issue bills and infighting between Republicans that has ...

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16 hours ago

Improving economy changes political landscape

Source: WRAL  |   May 25 2013, 7:48am CDT

WASHINGTON — Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama' ...

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25 weeks ago


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"The president misled the American public ... I don’t believe enough Americans really understand the depth of our fiscal situation and what it will take to solve it."


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1 day ago

The Women Versus the Ted

Source: The New York Times  |   May 24 2013, 7:20pm CDT

Let’s discuss how much better Congress would work if most of the members were women. The Senate seems to be a tad less polarized since the female population rose from 17 to 20 this year. It’s also possible that there’s been more productivity sin ...

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1 day ago

Republican Overreach, Coming Soon

Source: The American Prospect  |   May 24 2013, 2:40pm CDT

A number of people have asked whether the Republicans will overreach in their reaction to the current collection of scandal-ish controversies (by the way, someone really needs to come up with a name that encompasses them ...

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Mass. Senate hopeful Markey releases tax returns

Source: ABC6 Columbus Ohio  |   May 24 2013, 2:08pm CDT

BOSTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Edward Markey has released his last eight years of tax returns. During the period dating back to 2005, Markey reported earning a cumulative $1.2 million, mostly from his salary as a member of th ...

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1 day ago

Why John McCain Hates Republicans Again

Source: New York Magazine  |   May 24 2013, 11:23am CDT

John McCain is a cranky man in general, and the latest punks he told to get off his lawn include tea-party hoodlums Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. (Addressing the latter, McCain growled, “maybe the senator from Utah ought to learn a little b ...

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Fewer Americans Identify as Economic Conservatives in 2013

Source: Gallup  |   May 24 2013, 3:44am CDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Forty-one percent of Americans now characterize their economic views as "conservative," or "very conservative," the lowest since President Barack Obama took office in 2009 and on par with wh ...

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2 days ago

Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners

Source: Reuters  |   May 23 2013, 8:54pm CDT

WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated two U.S. Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said in a statement. Kara Stein, who wo ...

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2 days ago

In Case You Missed It: Ron Johnson grabs headlines, County Board has to write its own

Source: Madison.com  |   May 23 2013, 4:42pm CDT

Thanks for being a frequent visitor to host.madison.com . You have now viewed of your FREE premium pages this 30-day period. After you have viewed FREE pages, we will ask you to purchase a subscription. "We need to simplify our tax code. F ...

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