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Conservative Bloggers Make One Of The Worst Lists Ever

August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Political Fringe, Politics, Republicans

Take a look at this list– compiled by conservative blogger John Hawkins– of the 25 worst figures in American history: 23) Saul Alinsky 23) Bill Clinton 23) Hillary Clinton 19) Michael Moore 19) George Soros (8) 19) Alger Hiss (8) 19) Al Sharpton (8) 13) Al Gore (9) 13) Noam Chomsky (9) 13) Richard Nixon (9) [...]

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An End To Liberal Apathy

August 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Democrats, Elections, Politics, america

From Jon Cohn via Bob Cesca: To be clear, sometimes ass-kicking is good. Call Kent Conrad a hypocrite on the deficit. Blast Joe Lieberman for carrying water on behalf of the insurance industry. Hold Obama accountable for the bureaucratic neglect that enabled the Gulf disaster. Liberals won’t get anywhere by meekly accepting every compromise that [...]

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Who Is Alvin Greene?

June 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Politics, america

Tuesday’s biggest primary night of the year saw relatively few surprises.  Women–especially GOP women–stood tall, with the likes of Blanche Lincoln, Nikki Haley, Sharron Angle, Carly Fiorina, and Meg Whitman all prevailing in their primary challenges.  One of the most shocking developments taking place Tuesday happened in South Carolina (surprise).  The winner of the Democratic [...]

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Voters Are Cruel To Party Switcher In Alabama Primary

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Voters in Alabama repudiated former Democratic- turned- Republican congressman Parker Griffith in the Republican primary held Tuesday– becoming the second party-switcher in as many weeks to go down hard in a primary battle.  Senator Arlen Specter lost in his bid to garner the Democratic nomination after changing his political affiliation from Republican to Democrat: Griffith [...]

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Super Tuesday Results: What Do They Mean?

May 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, News, Politics

Here are the results of primary night in America: Rep. Joe Sestak wins the Senate Democratic primary in Pennsylvania against Republican-turned-Democrat incumbent Senator Arlen Specter. Democrats Sen. Blanche Lincoln (44%) & Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (43%) will go to primary runoff. Democrat Mark Critz wins race against Republican Tim Burns in a special election in [...]

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Will Obama Create More Jobs In One Year Than Bush Created In Eight?

May 15th, 2010 · 12 Comments · News, Politics, america

Think about this one folks. Ron Brownstein: PUNDIT PREP — Ron Brownstein, in the new National Journal: “If the economy produces jobs over the next eight months at the same pace as it did over the past four months, the nation will have created more jobs in 2010 alone than it did over the entire [...]

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Is The Tea Party Movement Nationalism In Whiteface?

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, News, Political Fringe, Politics, Republicans, america

The Tea Party movement’s influence and rabid energy is being felt throughout the corridors of the capitol in Washington, D.C. as well as the hot pavement and dusty plains of America.  The group, who believe in less government, is the driving force behind the republican party’s efforts to retake congress in this year’s midterm elections.  [...]

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Eric Massa’s Judgment Fail

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Democrats, News, Politics

The consequences of failure.  Utter failure: Judgment Fail by failblog From Josh Green: According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells the story of his friend Stuart Borsch, with whom Massa shared a hotel room while on leave during the first Gulf War. “Stuart’s at [...]

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Maybe Democrats Can Govern After All…

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Democrats, Politics

Well what do you know? The New York Times looks at the economic stimulus bill passed a year ago and notes that despite the bad publicity and political grandstanding, it actually worked. “Perhaps the best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody’s Economy.com. They all estimate that the bill has added [...]

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Why Intelligent Governance Is The New Cool In The White House

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Politics, america

If you watched or heard anything from Friday’s monumental meeting between President Barack Obama and House Republicans, then you may have come away  impressed.  In today’s heavily covered political landscape, pure political gamesmanship is going the way of the dodo and the brontosaurus.  The art of deftly pointing and counter-pointing your political rival doesn’t make [...]

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