Harry Mitchell

Arizona, Where the American Dream Went to Die

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Undocumented Immigration, Arizona, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Arizona Shooting, Talk Radio, Steven Anderson, Clarence Dupnik, Health Care Reform, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Politics, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Harry Mitchell, Arizona Immigration Law, J.D. Hayworth, Jared Loughner, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News

For much of the last generation, Arizona was held out as a promised land. But in 2011, the state is coming to represent a violent revolution of rising and failed expectations.

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The Health Care Ad Wars: "Cutting Medicare" = "Reckless Spending"

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Bennet, Jack Conway, Affordable Care Act, Rand Paul, Harry Mitchell, Midterm Elections, Health Care, Ken Buck, Politics News

In a New York Times article about the upcoming remake of the movie "Arthur," the original film's producer was asked about the ridiculous conclusion, w...

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Four More Reasons Why Democrats Will Retain Control of House and Senate

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Mike Acuri, Alexi Giannoulias, Gay Community, Dscc, Organize for America, Dccc, Muslims, Mid-Term Elections, DREAM Act, Marc Kirk, Ofa, Betty Sutton, Dnc, Harry Mitchell, Steve Kagen, Politics News

If Democrats drive hard to the finish, making this election a choice for voters, and turning out every Democratic vote, then the pundit's script will never make it into the actual annals of American history.

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Besty Markey, Other Democrats, Tiptoe On Health Care

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midterm Elections, Patty Murray, Dina Titus, Betsy Markey, David Schweikert, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Vulnerable Democrats, Harry Mitchell, Democrats, Mark Schauer, Denver News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — First-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overha...

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Hayworth, Norquist and CPAC: The Republican Fork in the Road on Immigration

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.19.2010

Read More: John McCain, Latino Voters, America's Voice, Michelle Malkin, Tom Tancredo, Dave Weigel, Immigration Reform, Border War, Mario H. Lopez, Whit Ayres, Cpac, Grover Norquist, Chris Simcox, J.D. Hayworth, Harry Mitchell, Tea Party, Think Progress, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News

Does the GOP choose the backward-looking, anti-immigrant route led by Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth, or the path toward real immigration solutions, led by Grover Norquist, who is supporting Hayworth's primary opponent John McCain?

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McCain Faces Toughest Re-Election Challenge

AP | JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.D. Hayworth, JD Hayworth, John McCain, 2010 Elections, Amnesty, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Immigration Bill, Senate, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Harry Mitchell, Dadt, Tea Party Conference, Tea Party, John McCain Re-Election, Jack Abramoff, Elections 2010, Politics News

PHOENIX — Defeated just two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challen...

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Potential Tea Party Candidate Raises $110K in One Night to Pay Legal Debts

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010, Hayworth 2010, Jason Rose, Jack Ambramoff, Freedom in Truth Trust, Jason-Rose, J.D. Hayworth, Harry Mitchell, Arpaio, Ambramoff Skyboxes, Politics News

When Hayworth last ran for office, the Arizona Republic said Hayworth had "devolved" over his terms in Congress "from a windy and sometimes cartoonish politician into an angry demagogue" and "bomb thrower."

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Republican Congressman Lives "Gilligan's Island-Style Existence" For A Week

Arizona Republic | Dan Nowicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Tonight Show, Mark Sanford, John McCain, Twitter, August Recess, Stimulus Package, Jeff Flake, Arizona Politics, Harry Mitchell, Politics News

If this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. Flake, an Arizona Republican lo...

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The Suicidal Soldiers of Fort Campbell: In Memoriam, Post-Memorial Day

John Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Campbell, Bill Clinton, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Military Stop Loss, Memorial Day, Liz Cheney, Arlington Cemetary, Harry-Mitchell, Iraq, Peter-Chiarelli, Veterans, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News

Why do the moronic ramblings of Liz Cheney draw so much more attention than the fact that our soldiers are now murdering themselves at a faster clip than our enemies do?

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2006 Arizona CD-05 General Election:
Hayworth (R-i) vs Mitchell (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2006, Active, General, Harry Mitchell, House, J.D. Hayworth, Pollster, Politics News

AZ-05: Hayworth vs Mitchell

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Obama Grassroots Spreading In McCainland

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Hermes, 2008, Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Harry Mitchell, Election, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Brown, Gemdems, Home News

Arizona Repubs didn't show up for a joint personal appearance by Sen. McCain and Pres. Bush. But Obama grassroots volunteers are ramping up for the general election long before any official Obama staffers arrive.

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