American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

• Charles Blow Explains to Rand Paul How the GOP Lost the Black Vote

  

  Charles Blow's rejoinder to Rand Paul in the New York Times today about precisely how and why the GOP has lost black voters is priceless. Read more

  The 11 april 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Rob Boston Eulogizes David Kuo: A Whistle-Blower Who Deserves Praise

  

  At Talk to Action, Rob Boston eulogizes David Kuo, who died last week. As Boston reminds us, Kuo was a valiant whistle-blower who paid a high price for blowing... Read more

  The 11 april 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• List of How Members Voted::Senate Overcomes GOP Led Filibuster On Motion To...

  By Susan Duclos The motion to proceed on the Senate gun control bill has passed with a vote of 68-31, below is a list of members who voted to proceed and those... Read more

  The 11 april 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• GOP Is Trusted Least To Fix The Economy

  

  The Republicans haven't been very popular lately. Even though they talk of rebranding themselves, they continue to follow the same old failed policies, and... Read more

  The 11 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Helping The Rich To Get Richer

  

  The Republican Party was aghast when the Democrats tried to do away with just part of the billions of dollars in subsidies to the "Big Oil" companies. Read more

  The 11 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Gambling on Wind, Education, and Gaming

  

  Table games come to Maryland Live! this Thursday, County Executive Baker school takeover goes from theory to reality June 1st, O’Malley signs legislation... Read more

  The 10 april 2013 by   Ceemac126
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• Squeakiest Pip-squeak

  

  The only thing that has prevented this regime, pere et fils, from being more thoroughly squashed has been the support of major power China on the northern... Read more

  The 10 april 2013 by   Doggone
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• Press Release From Aide Jessica Medeiros Garrison Reveals Luther Strange's...

  

  Luther Strange and Jessica Medeiros Garrison Many of us probably thought no one could top former Alabama Governor Bob Riley when it comes to political hypocrisy. Read more

  The 10 april 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Beware the Gnome of Pyongyang

  Former Vice President Dick Cheney told members of House Republican leadership Tuesday to be wary of Kim Jong Un in the escalating Korean situation. Cheney... Read more

  The 10 april 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Mitch McConnell Had Plenty of Planned Attacks for Ashley Judd

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook (click the links). Read more

  The 09 april 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• The Latest Empty Threat From Harry Reid

  

  Well, Majority Leader Harry Reid is mad again, and threatening to take action against Republican obstructionism. This time he's upset because the Republicans ar... Read more

  The 08 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Obama To Throw Seniors Under The Bus

  

  (Image was found at the website called blindgossip.com.) I had thought President Obama had learned his lesson from his first term in office -- when it became... Read more

  The 06 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Late Night TV: The Real War on Women

  

  Yesterday, Jay Leno revealed that he had come to an agreement with NBC executives to cede the hosting duties of “The Tonight Show” to Jimmy Fallon. Read more

  The 05 april 2013 by   Real Talk
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• The Right Wing Culture War on Unions is Also Part of the Culture War on Women

  

  Unless or until the GOP changes, and they are apparently incapable of change, brag about their intransigence to change, they will lose more and greater numbers... Read more

  The 05 april 2013 by   Doggone
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• Tax Time in America: It's the Rich Vs. Poor (guest Post)

  

  It's them vs. us, folks: "It's tax time, if you hadn't noticed, and regressives are once again fulminating about how Americans in the bottom half of the income... Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Morage
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• CO Ammunition Capacity Ban Sponsor Diana DeGette Thinks Ammunition Magazines...

  By Susan Duclos Colorado Representative Diana DeGette, gun control bill sponsor, of a ban on high capacity ammunition magazines/clips, is the perfect example... Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Go Figure, Gun Control Advocate Doesn’t Understand Guns

  

  Clueless…As lead sponsor in House on gun legislation, Rep. Diana DeGette appears to not understand how they workDenver Post: Democratic Rep. Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Eowyn
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• GOP Base Not Ready For Hispanic Outreach

  

  (This picture is by bamakodaker and was found at colorlines.com.) The national Republican Party leadership has studied the results of the 2012 election, and... Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Support Still Strong For Gun Restrictions

  

  I've heard some talk recently about how the support for new restrictions on buying of guns has started to dwindle, and isn't as strong as it was immediately... Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• 2016 Poll: Hillary Still The Favorite

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 04 april 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Tim Griffin, Arkansas GOP Rep, Stands By Keystone After Mayflower Oil Spill

  

  by Luke Johnson / the Huffington PostRep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) said Wednesday that he wasn’t backing off his support of the Keystone XL pipeline, just five... Read more

  The 03 april 2013 by   Earth First! Newswire
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• Is the War on Drugs a Make-work Project?

  

  By Alan Bean Ripple effects from the sequester continue to proliferate. Now it is local and regional narcotics task forces that are feeling the pinch because... Read more

  The 03 april 2013 by   Alanbean
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• GOP = Hypocrisy: They Eventually Abandon Their 'principled Conservative...

  

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  The 03 april 2013 by   Doggone
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• The Food Stamp President: Food Stamp Fraud More Than Doubles In Obama's First...

  

  By Susan Duclos The year by year rise in the number of Americans on the welfare program now called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was... Read more

  The 03 april 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Responses to Cardinal Dolan on What Gay Folks Are Entitled To: Truth Wins Out an...

  I've seen several good statements about the comments Cardinal Dolan made on Easter day regarding pastoral treatment of LGBT human beings by the Catholic... Read more

  The 02 april 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Educating For A Minimum Wage Job ?

  

  When the Bush recession hit this country, and millions of jobs disappeared, a lot of Americans opted to get more education instead of trying to find work in an... Read more

  The 02 april 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Taking Back The House 2014: David Valadao

  

  For an explanation of this feature, please click here.Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or... Read more

  The 02 april 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• My April Fool Post from MN Political Roundtable

  This is the second of the two posts I've written for the occasion - enjoy, as well. This post, as noted by my co-blogger MN Central, is closer to reality than... Read more

  The 02 april 2013 by   Doggone
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• I Wrote Two April Fool Posts:

  This one, I wrote for the MN Progressive Project, where it has been posted all day today. Enjoy. More ‘Fairness’ to Rapists? The Young Rapist Protection Act by... Read more

  The 02 april 2013 by   Doggone
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• Texas Wants Its Gold Back from Federal Reserve

  

  Last July, I wrote a post asking the unthinkable (in some quarters) the question: How much of the gold that’s sold actually exists? Read more

  The 01 april 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Gallup's Party Positives: GOP Fiscal Conservatism And Views- Dems...

  By Susan Duclos Gallup released a poll dealing with party negatives and positives for both the Republican and Democratic parties and while most the headlines... Read more

  The 01 april 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Easter, the Gun-huggers Fallacy, and Tony Cornish

  cross-posted from the MN Progressive Project: Back on the 20th of March, the Big E wrote here about the assertion by Tony Cornish on Jesus and violence, with... Read more

  The 31 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• Don Young Finally Apologizes: But Should He Resign?

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things.Alaska... Read more

  The 30 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• GOP - Hurt Poor & Elderly To Help Rich

  

  The Republicans would have us believe that this country is in serious financial trouble with the current budget deficit (which they caused after inheriting a... Read more

  The 30 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Gun Deaths Are An Epidemic In The U.S.

  

  Guns death top 30,000 each year in the United States (31,076 in 2010). About 35% of those deaths are homicides, while about 62% are suicides and the remaining 3... Read more

  The 30 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Rubio Shoots Himself In The Foot

  

  There is no doubt anymore that the vast majority of Americans (around 9 out of 10) want to see a background check done on all people trying to buy a gun --... Read more

  The 29 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Willie And Rick (Texas View On LGBT)

  

  A couple of Texas' more famous (or infamous) personalities recently spoke out about the LGBT community and same-sex marriage. They are Willie Nelson and Rick... Read more

  The 29 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Shameless

  

  This may be humorous, but it also contains a lot of truth. When President Obama was elected by a large margin, the GOP was terrified that he might improve the... Read more

  The 29 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• A First Look At The 2014 Senate Elections (UPDATE)

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things.UPDATED... Read more

  The 28 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Trickle Down Economics Dismantled

  Over the years we all have heard about trickle down economics (or supply side economics or Reaganomics). It is the idea that economic benefits granted to... Read more

  The 28 march 2013 by   Tracy Goodwin
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• Senate GOP Alternative Gun Bill: School Security, Straw Purchases And Mental...

  By Susan Duclos Senate Republicans are crafting their own senate gun bill, using ideas that have bipartisan support, including a gun-trafficking provision... Read more

  The 28 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• GOP Will Filibuster Senate Gun Bill

  

  There is no doubt that a huge majority of Americans support closing the loopholes on background checks for gun buyers. Poll after poll has shown that between 88... Read more

  The 28 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Technology Exists To Have Robot Spit In Your Fries Instead Of Unsupervised...

  CNBC reports that new robots could be trained to replace service industry employees including coffee baristas, hamburger flippers, and retail store T-Shirt... Read more

  The 27 march 2013 by   Nottheworstnews
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• Senate Democrats Divided On Obama's Gun Control Agenda

  By Susan Duclos Despite all the liberal talk about how divided the GOP, it appears from recent votes that Senate Democrats have divisions of their own, and thei... Read more

  The 27 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Politicians Supporting Marriage Equality

  

  This week the Supreme Court is hearing two very important cases. I call them important because they will decide (at least for a while) whether the U.S. Read more

  The 27 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The Tea Party Boycotts Fox News - You Can't Make This Shit Up!

  

  The Tea Party wants to be lied to, they want to avoid anything resembling facts in favor instead of being told the propaganda they WANT to hear, no matter how... Read more

  The 25 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• Corporate Pollution Hurts ALL of Us, Now and into the Future

  

  Corporate polluters foist their production costs onto all of us, without our knowledge or consent, while reaping and keeping the profits for themselves -- mostl... Read more

  The 25 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• Recent Letter Proves That Even AG Luther Strange Knows His Lawsuit Against Poarc...

  

  Luther StrangeA letter written earlier this year proves that even Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange knows his lawsuit to stop electronic bingo at Poarch... Read more

  The 25 march 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• A New Reason For Republicans To Worry

  

  It is widely known by now that the Republicans had some problems in the electorate in the last election -- problems that look like they could cost the party eve... Read more

  The 25 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Fiscal Responsibility My Ass, GOP Concern for the Deficit and Debt, My Ass

  

  Yes, we have a spending problem, and yes, we have a revenue problem too --- and it is from Republicans, not Democrats. We will not get out of our current... Read more

  The 24 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• GOP = Hypocrisy

  

  Michele Bachmann tried to claim that she was concerned about Benghazi when she went off on her rant that made a false accusation against the President,... Read more

  The 24 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• How To Really Turn Red States Blue: A Word On UniteBlue

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 24 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Senate Approves Keystone Pipeline in Bipartisan Vote

  

  by Juliet Eilperin / the Washington PostThe Senate voted 62 to 37 Friday in favor of constructing the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that... Read more

  The 24 march 2013 by   Earth First! Newswire
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• Tea Party Boycotts Fox News For Being Too Liberal

  

  Now this is a bizarre development: Tea Party members have decided to boycott Fox News because they feel the network has shifted too far to the left. Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Reasoningpolitics
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• America’s Infrastructure Studying Harder After Getting A D+ Grade From Engineers

  The American Society of Civil Engineers have released its 2013 report on America’s infrastructure, and good news America, according to CNN, your grade has... Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Nottheworstnews
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• Even Conservatives Think Bachmann is Wrong - and Crazy

  

  Rumor has it that the MN GOP is getting ready to primary Bachmann with a new conservative candidate to run for Congress in CD 6 next election cycle. Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• GOP Still Committing Political Suicide

  

  The Republicans in Congress seem determined to commit political suicide. If it was not bad enough that they kill jobs creation bills that most people want (and... Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Medicare "Vouchers" Dies An Ugly Death

  

  In the last Congress, Paul Ryan came up with an odious idea. He wanted to dismantle the Medicare program, and replace it with a voucher program that would put... Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• What Really Terrifies GOP Insiders

  

  That would be Hillary Clinton. There are very few, if any, knowledgeable Republican political operatives who think any of the top Republican candidates could... Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Ben Carson In 2016?: Let’s Take A Breath Here

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 23 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Proposed Presidential Immigration Policy Appears Controversial

  

  The United States has been dealing with controversy with illegal immigration since it’s inception. Before, we would have issues with illegal settlers coming in... Read more

  The 22 march 2013 by   Azharnadeem
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• A Rick Santorum/Newt Gingrich “Unity Ticket” Almost Happened

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 22 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Colorado Passes Same Sex Union Bill

  

  Another state on its way to approving marriage equality Read more

  The 22 march 2013 by   Reasoningpolitics
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• The Public Disconnect About Obamacare

  

  The two charts above are from a new health survey by the Kaiser Foundation. It was conducted between March 5th and 10th of a nationwide random sample of 1,204... Read more

  The 22 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• A First Look At The 2014 Senate Elections

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 22 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Tim Johnson Poll: Veteran Senator Behind In Early Polls

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 21 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• The Left Approve of Stealing Your Bank Savings

  

  Five days ago, on March 16, 2013, the people of Cyprus were told by the grand poobahs of the Eurozone that as much as 10% of the deposits in their personal... Read more

  The 21 march 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Ryan's Approval Has Dropped Like A Rock

  

  Last August, just after he was chosen as Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan's approval rate among the general public stood at 50% (a pretty good figure),... Read more

  The 21 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The Incredibly Gutless Harry Reid

  

  The above graphic shows that gun laws do work. The NRA and their Republican flunkies in Congress have said that gun laws don't work, but note above that the... Read more

  The 21 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Its AUTONOMY, Stupid

  Autonomy means to have independence, and control, over one's body and one's actions and choices.Cross posted from MN Progressive Project: It’s the Autonomy,... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• The Georgia Senate Race: Highlighting What’s Wrong With The Republican Party

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Seriously, do those things. Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Any Doubt the GOP Supports a Pro-rape Culture?

  

  This is the work of anti-choice anti-abortion conservatives who have given rapists the right to force women to carry a pregnancy to term, and then force them... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• GOP = Hypocrisy, Tea Party = LOSERS, Epic FAIL

  

  And even with a script and a teleprompter, she's an ignorant popsie and a failure who keeps getting fired from the jobs she doesn't just quit part way through. Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• Bush and Cheney LIED, a Lot of People Died -- and We're All Paying for Their...

  

  The neo-con right is trying to claim we invaded Iraq to liberate them. That is just a new lie piled on top of the old lies. We invaded Iraq because then... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• A Promise Obama Kept..... To Russia On Missile Defense, At The Expense Of U.S....

  By Susan Duclos Remember when Barack Obama was caught on a hot mic promising Russia he would have "more flexibility" on the missile defense that Russia... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• GOP Won't Learn From War Mistakes

  

  It is now ten years after the ridiculous invasion and occupation of Iraq. Over 4,000 Americans were killed and many more thousands wounded (not to mention the... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The House and Senate Budget Plans: What Are the Facts?

  

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  The 20 march 2013 by   Candornews
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• Taking Back The House 2014: Michael Grimm

  

  For an explanation of this feature, please click here.Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or... Read more

  The 20 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Feinstein Gets Kick in Her Ugly Butt. Sorry I Just Had To

  

  ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN WON’T BE IN DEMS‘ GUN BILLI Love it when a plan comes together.    ~ Steve~ —————-————————————————————————————————–BY ALAN FRAM ASSOCIATED... Read more

  The 19 march 2013 by   Eowyn
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• It's A Plan - But It Won't Work For GOP

  

  The above cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz contains a lot of truth. It pictures the Republicans, not as an elephant, but as a mammoth -- a species that is now extinct. Read more

  The 19 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• RNC Autopsy: An Analysis

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Today, Republican National Committe... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Popes and Snopes

  Thanks to our commenter JOB for calling my attention to a hoax, an urban legend, an error. Snopes discovered that a quotation attributed to the new Pope... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Doggone
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• Voters Prefer Republican Budget Proposal Over Democrats' Plan By 2-to-1

  By Susan Duclos The Hill conducted a poll on the Republican budget proposal versus the Democratic budget proposal, but did not mention which proposal came from... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Will Race Determine How Mike Hubbard Is Treated Over Apparent Violations of...

  

  Mike HubbardA violation of the Alabama Competitive Bid Law can be a crime--and recent history indicates it is treated that way when the alleged violators are... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Social Security & Medicare - The Truth

  

  The Republicans are still telling horror stories about Social Security and Medicare. The claim both of those programs are broke, and will soon go bankrupt --... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Texas GOP - Spending More To Do Less

  

  The Texas legislature has just authorized payment of $4.5 billion in Medicaid (which they left out of the original 2012-2013 budget to balance the books in... Read more

  The 18 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The Republicans Suddenly, Amazingly Admit We Have No Big Debt Crisis After All

  The heads must be exploding all across America today, from Washington, D.C., out. I know mine certainly is. Check out what came from the Sunday morning news... Read more

  The 17 march 2013 by   Morage
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• Video- Dr. Ben Carson CPAC Speech

  By Susan Duclos Dr. Ben Caron at CPAC 2013 - H/T Freedom Lighthouse for the video below. (Liberals are already screeching that he is a "Token Uncle Tom" and... Read more

  The 17 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Video- Ann Coulter CPAC 2013 Speech

  By Susan Duclos Ann Coulter at CPAC 2013: Related Video- Sarah Palin CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Rand Paul CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Rick Perry CPAC 2013 Speech Video... Read more

  The 17 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• CPAC 2013: A Failure To Promote Conservatism

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Raise your hand if you are... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. In a non-shocking development,... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Rand Paul Wins CPAC 2013 Straw Poll, Marco Rubio A Very Close Second

  By Susan Duclos The Washington Times- CPAC 2013 straw poll results are out and Rand Paul took first place with 25 percent. Marco Rubio came in at a very close... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Video- Sarah Palin CPAC 2013 Speech

  By Susan Duclos Sarah Palin at CPAC 2013 with an impromptu Intro by US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Related: Video- Rand Paul CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Rick Perry... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Video- Paul Ryan CPAC 2013 Speech

  By Susan Duclos U.S. Representative Paul Ryan at CPAC 2013: Related: Video- Rand Paul CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Rick Perry CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Marco Rubio CPA... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Video - NRA's Wayne LaPierre CPAC Speech

  By Susan Duclos NRA's Wayne LaPierre at CPAC 2013: Related: Video- Rand Paul CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Rick Perry CPAC 2013 Speech Video- Marco Rubio CPAC 2013... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• The Nearly Unbelievable Coming out of CPAC Yesterday

  Nearly unbelievable if we hadn't heard it before, too: CPAC Participant Defends Slavery At Minority Outreach Panel: It Gave ‘Food And Shelter’ To Blacks A man a... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Morage
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• Kansas' Own Koch Brothers at Top of "10 Worst Billionaires" List

  

  Just out this week at Alternet: 10 Worst People on Forbes 2013 Billionaires List Oligarchs and monopolists and thugs, oh my! 1. Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Morage
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• Presidential Polls Already ?

  

  You're probably thinking that it's way too early to be looking at presidential polls for 2016 -- and of course, you would be right. There's at least three... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Spending Is Not The Problem

  

  Federal government spending is not the problem these days. Spending has already been massively cut since President Obama assumed office, and as a percentage of... Read more

  The 16 march 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Rob Portman Endorses Same Sex Marriage In Light Of Son’s Coming Out

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. Here’s a headline that I think... Read more

  The 15 march 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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