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Tom Delay

Why "60 Votes" Doesn't Matter (and 70 Wouldn't Either)

Jesse Berney | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Tom Delay, 60-Vote-Senate, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, President Obama, Minnesota Senate Race, Filibuster, Health Care, Politics News
Jesse Berney

What keeps Democrats from accessing their inner Tom DeLay and ramming effective bills through when they clearly have the power to do so? They've got a bug. It's called bipartisanship.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tribal Casinos, Salvatore DiMasi, Michael Scanlon, Lawyers, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fee, Lobbying, Congressional Record, Quid Pro Quo, Antonin Scalia, Native Americans, Bribery, Suborning Perjury, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Plea Deal, Kickback Scheme, Orthopedic Surgeons, Public Relations, Tom Delay, Honest-Services Fraud, Title Insurance, Constitutional Law Professors, Defense Attorneys, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Think Again: Chiller, Socialist Theater

Eric Alterman | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Dick Armey, Tom Delay, Socialists, Jim Demint, John Boehner, Communist, Marxist, Jon Voight, Barack Obama, Socialistic, Michele Bachmann, Lawrence O'Donnell, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Geoffrey Nunberg, Michael Savage, Fox News, Richard Shelby, Glenn Beck, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, China, Soviet Union, Media News
Eric Alterman

In conservative world, this administration is leading a march on socialism. Just last week alone, Media Matters counted more than 143 mentions of the word "socialism" on the cable news shows.

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Carrie Prejean to Appear on "I'm a Right-wing Tool...Get Me Out of Here!"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Tom Delay, Carrie Prejean, Michael Moore, Lesbian, Miss California, Glenn Beck, Same-Sex Marriage, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"It was a horrible experience," the former Ms. California said afterwards. "Maybe I should have just gone and posed for Playboy after all."

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Dick Cheney Does Not Support Gay Marriage. He Supports His Daughter's Gay Marriage

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem-Cell Research, Abortion, Tom Delay, George H.W. Bush, Joey Buttafuco, Mary Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gay Marriage, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

If anyone thinks that, at his core, Cheney actually cares about gay rights, I have some cabins in the mountain region of Pakistan they might be interested in buying.

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Republican Circus: Extended Engagement

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: African-Americans, Evangelical Christians, Al Franken, George W. Bush, Bristol Palin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, National Council for a New America, Democratic Party, White House Correspondents Dinner, Eric Cantor, Sarah Palin, California, Dick Cheney, Meghan McCain, Marriage, Charlie Crist, Virginia, Rnc, Gay Rights, Jenna Bush, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, Hip Hop, Nancy Pelosi, Ron Burris, Racism, Rick Perry, Barbara Bush, Ebay, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Florida, Alaska, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Greta Van Susteren, Louisiana, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Circus, Mitt Romney, Kentucky, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Meg Whitman, Jon Huntsman, Jim Bunning, Todd Palin, Arkansas, Democrat Socialist Party, Tom Delay, Fox News, Joe Lieberman, Cuba, Utah, Conservatives, David Vitter, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Carole Rome, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The vacuum left by former clown-in-chief George W. Bush, ably lead by sinister foil Dick Cheney, has spawned an entire army of wanna-be Bushes: the ni...

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Taken With a Grain of Salt

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, The Red Cross, Senate Indian Affairs Committee, Irs, Sen. John McCain, Charitable Organizations, Help Hospitalized Veterans, Honest-Services Fraud, Tom Delay, The Department of Justice, Restitution, Tax Refund, The Coalition to Support American Heroes, Indian Country, The Washington Post, Home News
Gary S. Chafetz

What one reads in the newspapers is often oversimplified and distorted so much so that it borders on fiction--a lesson we need to be reminded of const...

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The Specter Switch: The Downfall of the Democrats?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Gop, Karl Rove, Card Check, Tom Harkin, Al Franken, Filibuster, Bernie Sanders, Permanent Republican Majority, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Mark Schauer, Tom Delay, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter Republicans, Senate, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Those who forget the fact that America is a moderate country tend to perish.

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The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Joe Mccarthy, Jack Abramoff, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, President Barack Obama, Steven Griles, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Clinton Administration, Eric Cantor, Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Republican Leadership, Tom Delay, Adlai Stevenson, K-Street Project, Republicans, Grand Old Party, Republican Party, Ike Eisenhower, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A loyal opposition would be a great thing; an opposition that added constructive ideas to the nation's political debate. But that's not where the GOP is today.

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bobby Jindal, Roy Blunt, Health Insurance Industry, Henry Waxman, Medicare Modernization Act, Newt Gingrich, Pharma, Socialized Medicine, Social Insurance, Billy Tauzin, Tom Delay, Max Baucus, Zach Wamp, Ahip, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Kleptocracy, National Healthcare, Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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Embryonic Stem Cells: "Needle-Ready" for Clinical Trials, and the Best "Cure" for the Projected Medicare Funding Shortfall

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Republican Congress, George W Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Politics News
Paul Abrams

1. Human embryonic stem cells: promise, potential problems. 2. "Solving" the financial challenges facing healthcare. 3. The Republican Congress twice ...

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GOP Political Darwinism: Who's Adapting and Who's Going Extinct?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eric Cantor, Dick Cheney, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Bill Kristol, George Will, David Brooks, Gop, David Frum, Social Darwinism, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Karl Rove, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, Andrew Sullivan, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Dennis Hastert, Susan Collins, Jon Huntsman, Charles Darwin, Sarah Palin, Neoconservatives, Tim Pawlenty, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

David Brooks is one of the few conservative voices who have shown to be a lot more right than wrong over the past few years when it comes to the ever-shifting dynamics in American politics.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Policies, 13-Year-Old, Cpac, Obama Speech, Tom Delay, Jindal Volcano Monitoring, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, John Bolton, Bipartisanship, Jindal Speech, Cpac Speech, Jonathan Krohn, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

When given the choice between having Barack Obama reach across the aisle to work with the GOP or pursue the policies he advanced during his campaign, a significant majority of Americans want him to stick to his guns (56 percent to 39 percent). And 79 percent of the public wants Republicans to drop the partisanship and work with Obama. No wonder Obama seems to be driving Republicans over the edge, with Tom DeLay calling the president's address to Congress "insane," John Bolton cracking jokes about the nuclear annihilation of Chicago, and Bobby Jindal using his time in the spotlight to rave -- inaccurately -- about wasteful "volcano monitoring" programs. You know times are tough for Republicans when the highlight of CPAC is a two-minute speech delivered by a 13-year old.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Tom DeLay Slams Obama's Address To Congress On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harold Ford, Hardball, Msnbc, Video, Tom Delay, Hardball Video, Tom Delay Versus Harold Ford, Chris Matthews, Politics News

Tom DeLay, appearing on Chris Matthews' show Hardball opposite Harold Ford, ripped into Barack Obama's speech last night before a joint session of Con...

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Ryan Grim

'Democrat Party' Lives On In Allegedly Post-Partisan World

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darrell Issa, Republican Party, Haley Barbour, Tom Delay, Democrat Party, Barack Obama, Gop, Roy Blunt, Politics News

In 1996, the Republican Party removed all reference in its platform to an entity known as the "Democratic Party" and officially renamed it the "Democr...

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern Republicans, Mark Sanford, George W. Bush, Confederate Flag, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Reconstruction, Attorney General Eric Holder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Representative James Clyburn, Sarah Palin, Budget Deal, Governors Reject Stimulus Aid, Rick Perry, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee, John McCain, State Budget Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, President Andrew Johnson, Gary Coleman, Opposition to Stimulus Bill, Southern Governors Reject Stimulus Money, Recall Election, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Susan Collins, Opposition to Receiving Stimulus Money, Olympia Snow, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tom Delay, Council of Conservative Citizens, Barry Goldwater, Stimulus Bill, Southernizing the Republican Party, Neo-Confederacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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Time to Cut Bait on the Losers

Scott Foval | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Independents, Cabinet of Rivals, Mitch McConnell, Authentic Power, Tom Delay, Progressives, Tom Daschle, Judd Gregg, President Barack Obamak Obama, Accountability, Bill Frist, Nancy Killefer, First 100 Days, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Scott Foval

Obama is carrying a silent-but-deadly majority group of leaders that are not represented in the MSM, the populist political establishment, or the right-wing crackpots that dominate the establishment Hill.

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I Am Become Rahm -- Destroyer of Bipartisanship

Jane Hamsher | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Scarborough, Republicans, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Kristol, Barack Obama, Tom Delay, 100 Days, Obama Administration, Bipartisanship, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

Rahm wasn't interested in working with Republicans? Who could have predicted...

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Retro-Hooverites All

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, President Barack Obama, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, Phil Gramm, Alan Greenspan, Infrastructure Crisis, Republican Party, Arthur Laffer, American Society of Civil Engineers, Herbert Hoover, Republicans, Economic Crises, Hooverites, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The Republicans voted against their country today. Their fellow citizens needed them to act on their behalf and instead they chose to abandon them. Theirs is an ersatz patriotism.

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First Ladies: Character to Caricature, Part One

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton First Lady, First Ladies, Women, White House, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Nellie Taft, Tom Delay, Rosalyn Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Burma, Joe Mccarthy, Dick Cheney, Bush Women's Health, Laura Bush, First Lady, Clinton First Lady, Women's Health, Heart Attack Warning, Saudi Arabia, Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush, Heart Disease, Pro-Choice, Vice President Cheney, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, Politics News
Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Scanning Michelle Obama's post-election coverage makes it seem that the importance of being First Lady is about sleeveless dresses and puppy breeds. It isn't.

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