Larry Sabato

Politics Is a Good Thing

Erin Levin | Posted 05.20.2012

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Erin Levin

You may hate politics, but you need politics, unless you like having no voice in your own affairs.

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Rise of Political Consultants: When the Washington-Main Street Disconnect Began

Don McNay | Posted 10.07.2011

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Don McNay

For many years, the two parties were the Democrats and the Republicans. Now I view it as people who depend on Wall Street versus people who don't depend on Wall Street.

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Jason Linkins

Here Is Your First Electoral College Projection Map Of 2012, So Go Nuts, Nerds!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2011

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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Sound the alarms! The first electoral college map for 2012 has been released for us to masticate, digest and, much later, expel from one end of our alimentary canal or another, depending on taste. Let's begin by noting that the map's creator basically urges everyone to not start getting crazy about it. But I promise you, his urgings will be in vain. So get ready to see American politics devolve entirely into a hilarious crap-show.

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Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan To Fix Conservatism At Conference In Virginia (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hey! What a weekend for people in the D.C. area! Coming to the Birchmere is Charles Ross, acclaimed One Man Lord Of The Rings. I want to go to ther...

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