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Democrats had a better grasp of political reality in 2012

Source: Los Angeles Times, Nov 8 2012, 7:37am CST

As a candidate, Mitt Romney was his own worst enemy. He thought he could amass a majority saying things that would please the crowd in front of him and contradict himself with another crowd somewhere down the line without ...

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6 hours ago

Rove: Jeb Bush ‘Smartest Guy, Biggest Thinker’ in GOP

Source: NewsMax  |   May 22 2013, 9:37pm CDT

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is “the smartest guy, the biggest thinker” in the Republican Party as it looks toward winning the White House in 2016, GOP strategist Karl Rove tells Newsmax TV. “Six months ago, I ...

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7 hours ago

Blacks, Conservatives and Plantations

Source: The New York Times  |   May 22 2013, 8:29pm CDT

Why do Republicans keep endorsing the most extreme and hyperbolic African-American voices — those intent on comparing blacks who support the Democratic candidates to slaves? That idea, which only a black person could invoke without b ...

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27 weeks ago


Quote:
"You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time."


Source: Los Angeles Times

 

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9 hours ago

US immigration bill gets Senate boost

Source: China Daily  |   May 22 2013, 6:21pm CDT

WASHINGTON - Supporters of US immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over ...

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11 hours ago

Bad days on the Romney campaign

Source: The Hill  |   May 22 2013, 5:14pm CDT

A former official who served as a staff writer out of the campaign’s Boston office, Schoenfeld vows to “subordinate discretion and friendship” to provide insight into the campaign’s central failings. The 66-page account bills itself as the first p ...

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11 hours ago

Watch the high stakes political and media credibility game

Source: Standard-Examiner  |   May 22 2013, 4:46pm CDT

Forget the political “blame game.” The biggest game in town now is the credibility game — a high -stakes exercise that will end with America’s political middle deciding who is trustworthy and who isn’t. Some key players: President Barack Obama: In the ca ...

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12 hours ago

The Real (Really Real) IRS scandal

Source: The New Republic  |   May 22 2013, 3:58pm CDT

For Republicans attempting to make hay over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of small groups with conservative-sounding names, there is no bigger prize than President Barack Obama. The big question is, ...

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12 hours ago

Pilgrim's Way

Source: VC Reporter  |   May 22 2013, 3:49pm CDT

I’ve just read one of JFK’s favorite books, Pilgrim’s Way, by John Buchan (1875 – 1940). Kennedy quoted it to his friends, saying they had to read it to understand him. Buchan’s sterling integrity leaps right out. He depicts values from bygone days, when ...

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14 hours ago

The real Benghazi lesson: We should have left Gaddafi in power (Column)

Source: New Haven Register  |   May 22 2013, 2:03pm CDT

Nine months ago most people would have guessed “Ben Ghazi” was the name of a professional basketball player. Now, of course, we know it as the Libyan city where four Americans, including our ambassador, lost their li ...

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16 hours ago

Republicans target Democrats in conservative districts

Source: MSNBC  |   May 22 2013, 12:10pm CDT

By Megan Neunan, NBC News Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) is a member of a dying breed -- he's one of just nine Democrats to represent a congressional district that President Barack Obama lost in 2012. In fact, Mitt Romney carried Barrow’s Georgia distr ...

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