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Senate Republicans Would Require The Unemployed To Volunteer

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Unemployed, Unemployment, Unemployment Reform, Volunteering, Senate Republicans, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Extension, Richard Burr, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans in the U.S. Senate want the long-term unemployed to volunteer for 20 hours a week in order to receive unemployment insurance...

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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For Feb. 10, 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

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Fans of the National Basketball Association have a saying about the league's playoff series: It's not a competition until the visiting team shows up a...

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Rick Santorum: Contraception Shouldn't Be Covered By Insurance At All

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

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Former Sen. Rick Santorum said on Friday afternoon that he was not persuaded by the Obama administration's revisions of rules requiring religious inst...

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Herman Cain: 'There Really Is' An Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Former presidential candidate and pizza magnate Herman Cain gave a classically Cainsean speech Thursday on the opening day of the Conser...

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Democrats' Fake Unemployment Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Payroll Tax Cut, Democrats Unemployment, Drug Testing, Unemployment Benefits, Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Senate Democrats, Extended Benefits, Congress Unemployment, Unemployment Extension, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate this week firmly rejected GOP proposals to drug-test the jobless, but they signaled a new willingness to co...

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Obama's Contraception Rule A Matter Of Life-Altering Care For Some

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Obama Life and Death, Womens Rights, Video, Women's Issues, Kimberly Dudley, Obama, Obama Contraception Rule, Birth Control, Obama Contraception, Birth Control Rule, Obama Women, Woman Contraception, Politics News

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The debate over President Barack Obama's new contraception-coverage rule has been largely been considered through the frame of rel...

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Ron Paul Caucus Strategy Looks Up From Inside

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Electoral Process, Ron Paul Caucuses, 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Video, Colorado Caucus, 2012 Election, Ron Paul, Elections 2012, Ron Paul 2012, Colorado Caucus 2012, Politics News

We've spent a lot of time talking about Ron Paul's "caucus strategy" approach to the GOP nomination season, but haven't really been able to illustrate...

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How About We All Agree To Stop Glitter-Bombing People?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Video, College Glitter Bomb, Glitter, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Peter Smith Glitter Bomb, Mitt Romney, Romney Glitter Bomb, Elections 2012, Attempted Glitter Bomb, Glitter Bomb, 2012, Politics News

From time to time during the campaign season, the candidates vying for the GOP nomination have been set upon by marriage equality activists at public ...

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Everything And Everyone Has Made America Great [VIDEO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: Eat the Press, Washington Press Club Foundation Dinner, Video, America, Funny Videos, America Is Great, Things That Are Great, Mashups, Politics News

When the Washington Press Club Foundation approached the people of HuffPost Hill to provide video entertainment for its 68th Annual Congressional Dinn...

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Obama's Super PAC Embrace Is Secretly Loved Inside The Beltway

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2012 | Media

Read More: Obama Super Pacs, Eat the Press, Super Pac, Beltway Insiders, Priorities USA Action, Media Criticism, Obama Super Pac, Barack Obama, Media News

I have nits to pick with a few parts of Jim VandeHei's column "The political transformation of Barack Obama," but I'd rather talk about the way he tak...

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Barack Obama's Contraception Ruling Backed By Previously Unreleased Survey

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to hold the line on President Barack Obama's controversial contraception ruling, which requires most religiously affiliated emplo...

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Americans Prefer Random Assortment Of Strangers To Run Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

Read More: Eat the Press, Polls, Phone Books, Video, Congressional Approval, Voter Approval, 112th Congress, US Congress, Congressional Approval Rating, Politics News

Just how much do ordinary Americans dislike the group of legislators who are currently spending their days babbling at each other in the House of Repr...

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How Many Delegates Did Rick Santorum Win Last Night?

The Huffington Post | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Delegates, Colorado Caucuses, Minnesota Caucus, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Missouri Primary 2012, 2012, Missouri Primary, Video, 2012 Election, Rick Santorum 2012, Minnesota Caucus 2012, Colorado Caucus 2012, Politics News

None. People are still getting this wrong. Don't be one of them....

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Rick Santorum Will Stealthily Convert The Jews Of South Carolina

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Video, Hanukkah, 2012 Election, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Religious Conversion, Rick Santorum 2012, 2012, Politics News

New York Observer political reporter Hunter Walker unearths a pretty hilarious relic from the past holiday season -- a wonderful little holiday card i...

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Obama Faces Super PAC Conundrum

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Super Pac, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama Super Pac, Priorities Usa, Barack Obama, 2012, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Obama Super Pac, Barack Obama 2012, Priorities USA Action, Democratic Super Pac, Politics News

President Barack Obama's decision to give his "reluctant blessing" to a super PAC supporting him, Priorities USA Action, has created something of a low-grade mess for his campaign team, which has had to spend the past few days fending off charges of hypocrisy from the press. This is understandable! President Obama, after all, famously defamed the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that has allowed these secretive organizations to flower and flourish. And the president has taken his share of shots from those on his side of the aisle as well: Russ Feingold characterized Obama's embrace of the super PAC system as "dancing with the devil."

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Sean Hannity Says If Obama Had His Way, Bin Laden Would Be Alive -- And He Can Prove It, With 'Tape'!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.08.2012 | Media

Read More: Eat the Press, Crazies, Video, Sean Hannity, Media Criticism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Media News

On last night's edition of his eponymous Fox News show, Sean Hannity briefly took a trip to his smile-time fantasy world when he had this conversation...

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'Dogs Against Romney' Protester Pulled Over For Suspected Animal Abuse

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

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Police in Littleton, Colo., on Monday pulled over a motorist who was protesting the way Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney transported his ...

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Obama Reverses Super PAC Opposition To 'Counter The Weight' Of GOP Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's campaign is reconfiguring its approach to powerful super PACs, worried the president's re-election prospects co...

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Maximum Duration Of Unemployment Insurance Dropping

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

Read More: Video, Unemployed, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Michigan Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Joblessness, Extended Benefits, Job Creation, Unemployment Extension, Politics News

Nearly 30,000 people enduring long-term joblessness in Michigan are set to lose their unemployment insurance as a federal program that provides the fi...

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GOP Governor: Give Us Credit For The Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

Read More: Video, Obama Unemployment, Republican Governors, Unemployment, Government Layoffs, Unemployment-Government-Employment, Economy, Bob Mcdonnell, Government Jobs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Sunday that Republican governors deserve credit for the improving economy. "I'm glad the economy is ...

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Newt Gingrich Brushes Off SNL Moon Mockery

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.05.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich is not chagrined over the "Saturday Night Live" mockery of his proposal to colonize the moon. If America doesn't go there,...

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Newt Gingrich Not Worried Fewer Jobless Will Hurt GOP Chances

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.05.2012 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Gas Prices, Video, Meet the Press, Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich 2012, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, 2012 Election, Economy, Elections 2012, Religion and Politics, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich isn't worried that declining unemployment will hurt Republicans' chances of retaking the White House...

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Rick Santorum Takes 'Long' View After Last Place Finish In Nevada

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.05.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- After finishing in last place in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) laid out his strategy for the remain...

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.05.2012 | Media

Read More: Video, Meet the Press, Sunday-Morning-Liveblog, 2012 Election, Deval Patrick, Michael Bloomberg, The Chris Matthews Show, Mitch Daniels, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich, New Gingrich 2012, Fox News Sunday, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, 2012, Media News

Mitt Romney prevailed in the Nevada Caucuses, like everyone expected. And everyone else decided, for some reason, to keep on campaigning.

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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For February 3, 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.03.2012 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, 2012 Speculation, 2012 Elections, Gop 2012, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Buddy Roemer, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Fred Karger, Gary Johnson, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, 2012, Jon Huntsman 2012, Video, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, Buddy Roemer 2012, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Slidepollajax, Rick Santorum 2012, Ron Paul 2012, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama 2012, Gop 2012 Presidential Candidates, Fred Karger 2012, Gary Johnson 2012, Politics News

Congratulations, America: you survived January of 2012, along with its four super-hyped primaries and its eleventy-billion debates. Your reward? A sno...

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