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Hendrik Hertzberg: How badly did the Republicans lose?

Source: The New Yorker, Nov 25 2012, 11:23pm CST

Thanksgiving was still two weeks away when the Republican Party, to its evident shock, found itself stuffed, trussed, roasted, and ready to be served with all the trimmings. This was not the menu that the Par ...

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A POINT TO PONDER: Obama administration shoots itself in the foot

Source: The Bristol Press  |   May 19 2013, 9:38pm CDT

This has been a very interesting time for the American people, in many ways. We watch the traditional American political shenanigans play out during the second four years of the Obama administration — the lame-duck years. T ...

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Gabriel Gomez will attack Ed Markey on national security votes at rally with John McCain

Source: MassLive.com  |   May 19 2013, 9:13pm CDT

Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez will attack Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey on national security at a Monday rally with Sen. John McCain. McCain, an Arizona Republican and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, will hold a rally with Gom ...

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24 weeks ago


Quote:
"You know what? It won’t kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires"


Source: The New Yorker

 

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Aide: Criticism of Obama 'offensive'

Source: TwinCities.com  |   May 19 2013, 8:52pm CDT

do this? How high up in government did it go?" A senior White House adviser mounted a combative defense Sunday, May 19, against Republican lawmakers' accusations of mismanagement, saying that the criticisms of Presiden ...

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GOP ticket stumps in Va. Beach

Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press  |   May 19 2013, 8:27pm CDT

VIRGINIA BEACH — A day after a late-running, closely-watched convention, the top three members of the state GOP ticket campaigned together for the first time on Sunday. Speaking before a crowd of about 150 outside of h ...

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White House fights back on IRS scandal

Source: Star Advertiser  |   May 19 2013, 7:07pm CDT

WASHINGTON » A senior White House aide said today that President Barack Obama learned only from news reports that an Internal Revenue Service office had singled out dozens of conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while ...

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GOP leader blasts IRS flap

Source: FOX Sports  |   May 19 2013, 6:51pm CDT

President Barack Obama's team emerged on Sunday to defend his handling of revelations that the IRS had targeted conservative groups for scrutiny, as senior Republicans conceded they lacked evidence — so far — that the president directe ...

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Puerto Rico Statehood Bid Gets New Push

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 19 2013, 6:39pm CDT

By Arian Campo-Flores Puerto Ricans have debated for decades whether their island territory should become the 51st U.S. state. Supporters of statehood, while still facing long odds, are now pressuring U.S. ...

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As President Obama tells Morehouse grads he strives to be ‘a better man,’ Republican critics suggest he ought to

Source: New York Daily News  |   May 19 2013, 6:02pm CDT

President Obama got personal in a heartfelt commencement speech Sunday, telling graduates he strives to be “a better man” -- a sentiment Republicans in Washington were hoping for as well, as they demanded their own improvements from the White H ...

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Obamacare: 3 years in, it faces steep climb

Source: Zanesville Times Recorder  |   May 19 2013, 5:43pm CDT

WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act is sure to survive the latest vote by the House of Representatives on Thursday to repeal it  since the Senate doesnÂt plan to take it up and President Barack Obama would ...

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