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Obama and Boehner’s Grand Bargain: Gullible Democrats are Falling for the Ol’ “Good Cop, Bad Cop” Routine

Source: Naked Capitalism, Dec 11 2012, 5:44am CST

Generally political analyses of the last four years suffer from two main faults: they either describe an almost undifferentiated environment of complete political corruption or they pinpoint a single main source of our political dow ...

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Party opinion usurps public opinion

Source: Reuters Blogs  |   May 21 2013, 5:38am CDT

We are witnessing the slow death of public opinion in this country. It’s being displaced by party opinion. These days, more and more Americans are inclined to judge issues from a partisan viewpoint. In March, ac ...

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Virginia Republicans Panicking Over Their Choice for Lieutenant Governor

Source: National Journal  |   May 21 2013, 5:22am CDT

A minister who compared gays to pedophiles and Planned Parenthood to the Klu Klux Klan is not the No. 2 candidate Republican Party reformers had in mind for the marquee race of 2013. So how in the world did a ...

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O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 21 2013, 2:48am CDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-kn ...

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Senate set to grill IRS officials as White House seeks to clarify timeline

Source: MSNBC  |   May 21 2013, 2:34am CDT

By Michael OâBrien , Political Reporter, NBC News As the White House works to contain the political fallout over its knowledge that the IRS had targeted conservative groups applying for nonprofit status, the outgoing agency chief and IRS inspector gene ...

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5 hours ago

Never Mind Impeachment; Keep your Eyes on the Prize

Source: American Thinker  |   May 21 2013, 1:04am CDT

Conservatives and Republicans would be unwise to pursue President Obama's impeachment as my colleague Bruce Walker today argues. The odds are the effort would backfire, and there is a much more important goal that should be at the center of ou ...

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Virginia GOP Nominates Conservative Slate

Source: American Thinker  |   May 21 2013, 1:03am CDT

Virginia Republicans nominated a conservative ticket for the November 2013 Virginia elections on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The Virginia GOP snubbed the unwelcome advice of Karl Rove urging Republicans across the country to nominate uninspiring mod ...

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6 hours ago

New Froma Harrop for 05/21/2013

Source: Creators Syndicate  |   May 20 2013, 11:46pm CDT

Eight Republican governors say they'll do it anyway. Cuccinelli insists that he would not. Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reser ...

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Guest columnist: A fine line in budget negotiations

Source: The Asheville Citizen-Times  |   May 20 2013, 11:43pm CDT

President Obamas recent offer to use the chained consumer price index to calculate cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits has engendered a storm of criticism from Republicans, special-interest groups and prominent members of h ...

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7 hours ago

Rules and politics

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |   May 20 2013, 11:13pm CDT

Why would Tea Party organizations be eligible for tax-exempt status when the Democratic and Republican parties are not? When I donate to the political party of my choice, I do not get a tax exemption for that don ...

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Coming Soon to a TV Screen Near You: President Obama is Responsible for a "Culture of Intimidation"

Source: Mother Jones  |   May 20 2013, 11:02pm CDT

Apparently this is the latest Republican thing. They can't show that Obama has been actually involved in the IRS scandal—or in any of the other squabbles currently roiling Washington DC, for that matter—so now they've g ...

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