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WATCH: Bill Kristol Rips Trayvon Martin Coverage

2012-04-01T11:53:12Z

Conservative pundit Bill Kristol on Sunday criticized media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case.

“It was right to raise alarms at first but now i...

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Geoffrey Dunn: Beyond Game Change : Five Undisputed Facts About Sarah Palin's Behavior During the 2008 Campaign

2012-03-01T21:26:27Z

The he-said-she-said nature of the Game Change controversy -- all based on off-the-record sources -- creates an opportunity for pushback and denial. The uncontested documents from the 2008 campaign, however, provide no squirm room for Palin and her minions.

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The Hope For A New GOP Presidential Contender Refuses To Die

2012-01-24T18:24:16Z

I don't think I have any need to introduce any of you to the concept that GOP elites have, almost from the very second they surmised they may get sadd...

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Conservative Pundits: GOP Primary Lacks Foreign Policy Focus

2011-12-01T17:07:54Z

The Republican Party is divided like never before on the issue of U.S. foreign policy, with rifts over foreign engagement, Pentagon budgeting and the ...

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Michael Sigman: 'Tis the Season for Poor Political Prognostication

2011-10-20T16:03:59Z

Depending on what hour you read this, Romney is or is not inevitable, Cain is or is not the flavor of the month and Obama is a goner or is sure to win a second term. To be heard above the din, commentators are making more outrageous predictions -- and more creative excuses to avoid accountability -- than ever.

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Andy Ostroy: Chris Christie: "A Big Man for a Big Job"

2011-09-27T10:58:29Z

If a politician says black, it's white. Up, it's down. And if he says he's not running, that usually means he is. And in the case of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, there's a far greater likelihood that no means yes.

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Rick Perry Really Did 'Throw Up All Over Himself In The Debate'

2011-09-25T10:35:04Z

WASHINGTON -- After a weak debate performance and a loss in the Florida straw poll, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is having his fitness as the GOP preside...

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Late Returns: Pawlenty's Fundraising Slapshot

2011-08-09T18:49:21Z

Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselv...

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Bill Kristol Predicts That John Thune Might Re-Enter 2012 Race

2011-06-20T10:43:57Z

It's Monday, and are people any happier with the current state of the GOP field? I mean, Jon Huntsman is going to join up this week! How does that gra...

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Sarah Palin's Email Cache And Her First 48 Hours From Obscurity

2011-06-10T21:09:52Z

Thank you for your heart, your backbone and your good sense. You may wonder why a Floridian is so interested in the Governor of Alaska. It's because I...

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Bill Kristol's Attempt To Promote Paul Ryan 2012 Candidacy Falls Flat, But Coming Fight Over Spending Holds Wild Cards

2011-04-04T18:16:00Z

WASHINGTON -- An attempt by conservative author Bill Kristol to excite interest in the idea of a presidential run by Republican congressman Paul Ryan ...

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Palin 'Tempted' To Run In 2012, But Evidence Mounts She Won't

2011-03-24T12:39:12Z

WASHINGTON--What is Sarah Palin up to?

The former Alaska governor told Fox News Wednesday night she is “still thinking about” running for presi...

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Jackson Williams: Conservatives Ignore Their Own Recent Views of Gaddafi

2011-03-23T11:38:05Z

Let's by God hear it for cowboy decision-making! We've taken over Iraq, and already we're scaring other Muslim potentates into submission. It's that easy.

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Sharon Kelly: Watch Cheney and Co. Respond to the Ghailani Sentence

2011-01-27T08:31:10Z

A fair trial led to a stiff sentence, leaving the fear-mongers dumb. The folks in the Obama Administration should keep that in mind when they decide where to try KSM.

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Huck Going To Sarah's Turf

2011-01-14T11:24:55Z

WASHINGTON -- Move over Sarah Palin, the mythic land of Alaska is getting some attention from another would-be Republican contender.

If former Arkans...

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Michael J.W. Stickings: A Glimpse Into the Sick, Twisted, and Anti-American Conservative Mind

2010-11-19T12:27:46Z

As you may have heard, former McCain advisor and current Palin adviser Michael Goldfarb tweeted on Wednesday that convicted terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Gh...

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James Zogby: Lies and the War That Has Not Ended

2010-09-04T11:09:48Z

Those who brought this disaster down on us must be called to account for the fabrications, the embarrassment to our honor, and the waste of so many lives and resources. Until then, the conclusion to this sad chapter in Iraq will not have been written.

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Bill Kristol: Barack Obama's Speech 'Commendable,' At Times 'Impressive'

2010-09-01T11:15:14Z

President Obama opposed the war in Iraq. He still thinks it was a mistake. It's therefore unrealistic for supporters of the war to expect the presiden...

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Andy Ostroy: Elite Republican Nepotism Nerds Are Out of Touch with Average Americans' Struggles

2010-08-10T14:40:16Z

It's easy for the famous last-named Cheneys, Kristols and Wallaces of the world to sanctimoniously lecture the rest of us on self-sufficiency when they had handouts from mommy and daddy instead of the government.

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Steve Clemons: Take Michael Hayden Off the "Curtis LeMay Today List"

2010-07-28T11:22:40Z

We at The Washington Note move retired USAF General Michael Hayden out of the "Curtis LeMay Today List" that we are beginning to compile -- and back on to the roster of reasonably sensible strategists.

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Michele Langevine Leiby: Gaffemaster Steele's Greatest Gaffe (So Far)

2010-07-03T11:47:51Z

William Kristol has finally said what we've all been thinking but were either too indulgent or PC to say: Michael Steele must go.

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Rick Horowitz: The Flow from Michael Steele Never Stops

2010-07-06T12:49:26Z

As the residue of Steele's remarks starts washing up on beaches nationwide, some top Republicans have suggested hemming Steele in from now until Election Day with miles of sound-absorbent boom.

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Liz Cheney Joins The Michael Steele Should Resign Chorus

2010-07-02T21:03:51Z

Another prominent neoconservative has called for RNC Chairman Michael Steele to resign in the wake of his calling the Afghanistan war a largely un-win...

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Karen Dalton-Beninato: Of Avatar and Oil Leaks: A Mashup

2010-05-02T23:57:23Z

At first it was just the uber-businessman from Avatar I thought I heard coming through in British Petroleum's hole in the ocean floor responses, but it seems like there are more parallels by the day.

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Matthew Duss: Neocons Dismiss the Views of the Military (Again) to Call For (Another) Preventive War

2010-04-20T11:35:35Z

It shouldn't even need to be said that Obama's approach hardly qualifies as "appeasement" of Iran, unless you're someone for whom any strategy that doesn't involve huge numbers of people being blown up equals "appeasement."

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