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IN Political Update
Bayh (D) to Face Top-Tier Challenger
Posted 5 days, 22 hours ago
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Baucus/Snowe Timewaster Redux
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago
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IN Political Humor
State Of The Union: Deep Twitter Thoughts on SOTU
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago
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Rasmussen: Castle (R) Dominating in Delaware
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
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Retirement Watch: Berry (D) is Out
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Blumenthal Locks Down Dodd’s Seat for Dems
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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Lincoln (D) Trails all Opponents
Posted 1 month ago
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IN Diplomacy
Is Obama’s Inaction on Gaza Fostering Anti-American Terror?
Posted 1 month ago
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Retirement Watch: Dorgan (D) Won’t Seek Reelection
Posted 1 month ago
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Coakley (D) Leads in Massachusetts
Posted 1 month ago
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Dems to Shut Out GOP, “Ping Pong” Health Bill
Posted 1 month ago
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Dorgan (D) in Some Trouble
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Rudy is Out
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Maine Legislator Bolts GOP over Health Care Intransigence
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Revised Senate Bill Would Eliminate Lifetime Caps on Coverage
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Unloads on Wasserman Schultz (Video)
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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SEIU: Pass the Senate Bill, Fix it in Conference
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
How to Date a Corporation: Dating Rules for a Post-Citizens United World
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
The Supreme Court recently determined that corporations are entitled to freedom of speech because they are legally persons. The ramifications of this decision, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, cannot be overstated: it introduces an entirely new and untapped population into the…
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Rubio Leads Crist in Florida
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
When Gov. Charlie Crist (R) announced his Senate candidacy, the assumption among political observers was that the race was his to lose. Slowly but steadily, his GOP primary challenger, Marco Rubio, has gained in the polls. According to a new Quinnipiac survey, Crist may now be the…
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“Race to the Top”: A Bush Doctrine in Obama Clothing
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
In between the electoral shakeup in Massachusetts, the Supreme Court effectively putting elected offices up for auction, and the aftershocks in Haiti that were probably caused by Ted Kennedy spinning in his grave, the launching of President Obama’s “Race to the Top” program was barely a…
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What’s Wrong With American Education?
Posted 3 weeks ago
There have long been two prevailing views of education in America. The first is exemplified by John Dewey’s dictum, “Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” The second can be summed up by a quote from Elwood…
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- Dear Incredibly Active Leftist Friend
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- The State of Health Care Reform
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- Harry Reid: Safe Today, Doomed in November
- Opine, Baby, Opine!!: Palin Picks Up A Pen
- Zubaydah Interrogator: Claims on Efficacy of Torture "False"
- What Happened to Transparency? Obama's Press Conference Fails to Quell Calls...
- Liberals with Private Health Insurance to Uninsured: Drop Dead
- How - and When - Can Democrats Get Even With Joe Lieberman?
- Today's Health Care Clicks, 11/10/09
- Obama Administration Meets Yearbook Yourself
- Alan Grayson: What Took Us So Long to Find a Weapon Like Him?
- So What is a "Cadillac" Health Care Plan, Anyway?
- Blumenthal Locks Down Dodd's Seat for Dems
- Highlights from the Senate's Health Care Reform Bill
- Rudy is Out
- Snowe is Officially Out as Health Bill Advances
- Disgraced Former Rep. Richard Pombo Attempting Comeback
- Dems Brace for Loss in Massachusetts, Plan to Go Forward with HCR
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- Pinworms - You Have To Admire Them
- Rush Limbaugh's Shockingly Stupid Argument About God and Climate Change
- How Drug Companies Use Marketing to Mislead Physicians and Consumers
- Tim Tebow, Violence Against Women, and How Politics Can Ruin Sports
- Don't Mess With a Bunch of Pissed-Off Medievalists
- Why are CNN and HuffPo Eating Up Vice Magazine's Pathetic Reporting on Liberia?
- Groundhog Day: Sex and the Shadow
- Chris Paul as Gravity
- What's Being Done for Ethiopian - and Other - Domestic Workers in Lebanon
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- Gilbert Arenas in Wonderland
- Senior-itis in High School: It's February! I'm Outta Here!
- A Busy Quiet: Elliott Carter's Flute Concerto
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- The Disturbing Relatability of "Hoarders"
- A Bad Week for China and the U.S.
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IN Political Update
Liberals with Private Health Insurance to Uninsured: Drop Dead
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Scott Brown Goes to Washington: See The Exclusive TFT Photos
Posted 2 weeks ago
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HCAN: Enact the Senate Bill, Amend it Via Reconciliation
Posted 2 weeks ago
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IN Political Humor
Scott Brown Wants You To Date His Daughter: Top 10 Ways to win a date with Ayla Brown!
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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IN Diplomacy
Islamophobia: Bad For The Jews
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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After Massachusetts: Democrats Should Be Ashamed
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Why Failing to Pass Health Care Reform is the Path to Political and Moral Irrelevance
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Breaking: Brown (R) Wins in Massachusetts, giving GOP its 41st Vote
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Dems Brace for Loss in Massachusetts, Plan to Go Forward with HCR
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Media Falling Down on Gitmo “Suicides”
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Signs of Democratic Momentum in Massachusetts — Is It Too Late?
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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A Seasonal Mental Health Break
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Breaking: Deal Reached on Excise Tax in Health Bill
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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Harold Ford’s Train Wreck Interivew
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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Harry Reid: Safe Today, Doomed in November
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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In Defense of Harry Reid
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Gay Rights Activist on Ford: “I know a snake oil salesman when I see one”
Posted 4 weeks ago
Time to Worry? Conflicting Polls in Massachusetts…
Posted 4 weeks ago
A poll released over the weekend by Public Policy Polling (D) gave Democrats quite a scare; it showed Republican Scott Brown leading Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for U.S. Senate, 48% to 47%. Needless to say, a loss in Massachusetts would be a devastating blow to the Democrats, and possibly…
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Tweet It: Social Media Terms Dominate Top New Words
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Forget wallet biopsies, death panels and Obamacare. Politics, it appears, is so last century. The words of 2009 are all about social media.
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Michael Steele: The Party Chairman from Hell
Posted 1 month ago
I almost feel sorry for Republicans for having to deal with such a clown. Almost.
It appears that RNC Chair Michael Steele has written a book outlining his plan to defeat the “Obama agenda.” Apparently, this is news to…everyone. So Republicans on the Hill found out about the book today…
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So What is a “Cadillac” Health Care Plan, Anyway?
Posted 1 month ago
The Senate wants to tax ‘em, and now so does President Obama. But just what is a “Cadillac” health care plan?
Kaiser Health News has the skinny.
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The Distinguished Gentleman from Tenn….er… New York
Posted 1 month ago
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Retirements a Net-Plus for Democrats?
Posted 1 month ago
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Connecticut Loathes Joe Lieberman
Posted 1 month ago
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Can the Dems Hold 60 Seats?
Posted 1 month ago
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Dodd is Out
Posted 1 month ago
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Can the Republicans Make a Comeback in Massachusetts?
Posted 1 month ago
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Disgraced Former Rep. Richard Pombo Attempting Comeback
Posted 1 month ago
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IN Academic Politics
Why The New York Times is Wrong About Higher Education
Posted 1 month ago
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How - and When - Can Democrats Get Even With Joe Lieberman?
Posted 1 month ago
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Neocons Worried That Sanctions Might Not Kill Enough Innocent Iranians
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
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Can the Iranian Resistance Triumph Before The U.S. Turns to War?
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
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IN Academic Politics
Story of the Year: The Professor and the Cop
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Breaking: Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill, 60-39
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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IN Political Language
The British Government’s Orwellian Attempt to Emulate Orwell
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Why and How the Senate will Spank the House
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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FL-Sen: Diaz-Balarts Retract Endorsement of Crist
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Conservative House Dem Switches Parties
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
