Alex Castellanos

WATCH: Maddow Doubles Down

Posted 05.01.2012

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Rachel Maddow spent a considerable amount of time on her Monday show defending her argument that men get paid more than woman. Maddow, who appeared...

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Women are Wimps

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.30.2012

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Morra Aarons-Mele

Is the GOP saying that women should expect to earn less because they default to parenting over work? Is this the party line? Because I know a lot of pretty ambitious Republican women who would disagree.

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WATCH: Maddow Flips Out On 'Meet The Press'

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 04.30.2012

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Rachel Maddow severely clashed with Republican strategist Alex Castellanos on Sunday's "Meet The Press." Host David Gregory asked the panel to dis...

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GOP Strategist Denies Women Make Less Than Men

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 04.29.2012

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A GOP strategist on Sunday denied that women make less money in the workplace than their male counterparts. Responding to Rachel Maddow's comment t...

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From Dog Whistles to Air Raid Sirens

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 04.12.2012

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Ari Rabin-Havt

The result of 40 years of these coded attacks is to ensure a permanent de facto racial segregation in our political dialogue, pitting white male voters against African Americans and poisoning our discourse.

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Voters Are About to Hit The Reset Button

Politico | Alex Castellanos | Posted 03.27.2012

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This race is about to change. It is going to get monstrously, importantly bigger. The contenders are about to become as dissimilar as imaginable, offe...

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Congratulations, President Obama, for Safeguarding Religious Freedom!

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 04.07.2012

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Angela Bonavoglia

Catholic women who choose to use birth control are making that decision based on one of the most cherished beliefs in the Catholic faith: the primacy of conscience.

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Michael Calderone

Political Reporters Caught In Iowa Media Crush

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.03.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Following days of saturation caucus coverage, Washington Post chief correspondent Dan Balz was reminded Monday of a fortune cookie...

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GOP Hispanic Conference Highlights Deep Denial on Immigration

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Sharry

Letting our immigration debate spiral even further away from real solutions would be a disaster, not just for the Republican Party, but for our nation.

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Donna Brazile vs. CNN's GOP Strategist: 'You Interrupted A LADY!'

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Donna Brazile's sense of humor always lightens up CNN's Best Political Team on Television panels (like when she asked Anderson Cooper to be her "boo" ...

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Sam Stein

Alex Castellanos Turns On Steele; Urges Resignation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was suffering from one of his earlier political crises -- a series of communications gaffes...

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The New Republican: How to Build the GOP's Next Generation

Alex Castellanos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Castellanos

Having re-branded themselves as the party of elitism and fiscal irresponsibility, Democrats will not sit still in 2010. If elite, liberal Washington insiders aren't safe in Massachusetts, they know they can't hide anywhere.

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Jason Linkins

CNN To Disclose Castellanos's Health Care Industry Ties

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day after Media Matters revealed that Alex Castellanos' consulting firm is connected to the recent anti-health care reform advertising blitz from America's Health Insurance Plans, CNN has announced that they will disclose Castellanos' ties to the health care industry in future appearances.

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Sam Stein

Castellanos Whacks Crist, Questions Palin's Appeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the Republican Party's most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party's biggest names. Alex Castella...

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Sam Stein

Alex Castellanos To Continue CNN Gig, Downplays New Post At RNC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Longtime Republican media strategist Alex Castellanos will continue to serve as an on-air personality for CNN despite recently taking on a consulting ...

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CNN's Castellanos' Firm Is Ad Buyer For AHIP's Anti-Health Care Ad Blitz

Media Matters | Matt Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos' political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for ...

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Castellanos CNN Scandal: Confessions of a Balloon Boy Pundit!

Dan Mirvish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Mirvish

CNN pundit Alex Castellanos was "revealed" by Media Matters to be working with the health care industry on their ad campaign. Everyone seems "shocked!" Why is it surprising?

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Alex Castellanos Hired By Republican National Committee

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser. Castellanos has be...

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Democrat Calls Republicans "Knuckle Dragging Neanderthals." Is Berlusconi One Too? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 11.14.2011

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Ronald B. Robinson

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

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Crazy Wingnut Healthcare Attacks Exposed

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Cesca

Predictably, as healthcare reform grows larger in the window, the claims from the far-right are becoming increasingly bizarre and ridiculous, topping, in some cases, the psychotic claims of, say, the Obama birthers.

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Sam Stein

Steele Turned To Prominent GOP Strategist For Health Care Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The progressive research organization, the Media Matters Action Network, has accused Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele of mimickin...

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Castellanos: Bipartisanship Is For "Wussy Republicans"

Americablog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just in case we all weren't sure how the Republicans really felt about bipartisanship, top GOP strategist Alex Castellanos explained it tonight on CNN...

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Right Wing World from The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephanie Miller

Today's "Right Wing World" from the Stephanie Miller Show features a day without gays info, Alex Castellanos, Bill O'Reilly, Dick Morris, and comically challenged talker Dennis Miller.

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Right Wing World from The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephanie Miller

Today's "Right Wing World" features Alex Castellanos on Dick Cheney and Hilary Clinton, Charles Krauthammer on the "Green agenda", and Laura Ingraham's hopes for a fight and e-harmony.

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The McCain-Palin Lies and the Neil Armstrong Principle

Paul Begala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Begala

The media have an obligation to point out when a politician is lying about a matter of fact, but the right-wing attack machine has so cowed some of them you can almost hear them moo.

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