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| Republicans Begin To Flee Charlie Crist | | The New Republic Online - 3 Hours ago | | Former Dick Cheney aid Cesar Conda has a post at National Review announcing that he has switched his loyalties in the Florida Senate race from Charlie Crist, once seen as the prohibitive favorite, to | | | | Add Comment |
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| Andy Borowitz: Fox News Gives Palin's Hand Job | | Huffington Post - 4 Hours ago | | NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - The Fox News Channel, which has already signed Sarah Palin to a deal as an on-air commentator, today deepened their commitment to the former Alaska governor by signing | | | | Add Comment |
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| The House of Tranquillity | | New York Times - 11 Hours ago | | During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and Joe Biden had a Felix and Oscar air about them. Obama was disciplined and professorial while Biden was tactile and approachable. Biden would make an | | | | Add Comment |
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| Down Town | | The New Republic Online - 13 Hours ago | | By last summer, it was obvious that John Murtha did not have much time left in Congress. This was partly due to the efforts of Washington ethics cops and Western Pennsylvania Republicans, both of whom | | | | Add Comment |
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| Whatâ??s Old Is New Again | | The New Republic Online - 13 Hours ago | | A few years ago, few places on Earth were as hellish as Iraqâ??s Anbar Province. Spanning the countryâ??s western desert, Anbar is best known by its major cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, both of which became | | | | Add Comment |
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| It started with King George III | | Los Angeles Times - 2/8/2010 | | Let me get straight to the point: Americans' profound distrust of government is neurotic -- irrational, defensive and born of emotional trauma. That doesn't mean I discount other sources of our disabling | | | | Add Comment |
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| Eric Holder's War | | American Prospect - 2/8/2010 | | (White House/Pete Souza) Hours before dawn on one of the last days of October 2009, the deadliest month for American troops in Afghanistan since 2001, Eric Holder, attorney general of the United States, | | | | Add Comment |
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| The Problem of Too Little Money in Politics | | American Prospect - 2/8/2010 | | The real concern, after Citizens United should be that small donors will stop giving. (Flickr/Hamed S.) Discussions of money in politics are usually steeped in watery metaphors: The Supreme Court's recent | | | | Add Comment |
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| 'Finish the Kitchen' | | The New Republic Online - 2/8/2010 | | WASHINGTON -- If President Obama gets to sign a health reform bill, as I believe he will, one reason may be Rep. Jay Inslee's difficult experience renovating his kitchen. He told his kitchen story | | | | Add Comment |
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| The Substitute | | The New Republic Online - 2/8/2010 | | It was always going to be tricky for Congress to pass a big climate-change bill this year. And now, post-Scott Brown, the odds are looking even bleaker. A lot of panicky Dems are blanching at the thought | | | | Add Comment |
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| The reform we can't ignore | | Washington Post - 2/4/2010 | | A sentence buried in the screamed for attention. ',' it said, 'by $17.5 trillion or 26.5 percent, which is the equivalent to more than one year's GDP.' Translated from economic jargon, that sentence means | | | | Add Comment |
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| Andy Borowitz: J.D. Salinger's Letters to Me | | Huffington Post - 2/7/2010 | | One of the perquisites of the literary life - a life which, I am humbled to say, I have been fortunate enough to lead - is that if one attains a certain stature - which, again, I have - one gets to meets | | | | Add Comment |
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| No Holds Barred | | New York Times - 2/6/2010 | | Washington was immobilized by snow on Friday. This is highly unusual. Normally, Washington is immobilized by senators. David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns. This time storm warnings came | | | | Add Comment |
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