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The Hopey Changey Stuff

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.09.2010 | Politics

Read More: Willilam Jennings Bryan, Ignorance, Fort Sumter, Populism, Obama, Presidential Candidates, Civil War, Faith, Sarah Palin, Bush, 2012, Politics News

Palin's popularity in segments of society indicates that a portion of the voting population has come to disdain science, objective truth and the benefits resulting from our waning period of enlightenment.

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World Likes Obama Much More Than Bush

Chicago Tribune | Michael Muskal | Posted 02.09.2010 | World

Read More: Global Polls, Obama Polls, Obama, World Polls, Bush, World News

That billboard in Mnnesota picturing former President George W. Bush asks the world: "Miss me yet?''...

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Sarah Palin for President

Dave Hackel | Posted 02.09.2010 | Politics

Read More: President, Tea Party, Alaska, Ayers, Hannity, Ailes, Obama, O'Reilly, Beck, Bush, Pallin, Politics News

I think "Palin For President" has a nice ring to it. And I've got a lot of reasons.

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Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.07.2010 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Deficit, Debt, Bush, Politics News

Is predatory monopoly control by the largest corporations the way things are and will be? Does the world now move to governance by a wealthy elite?

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Bail out Could Cost Taxpayers Thirty Times more than Reported

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.05.2010 | Home

Read More: Congress, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Obama Wall Street, Bail Out, Bush, Senator Jim Webb, Treasury, Big Banks Profits, Obama and Bail Out, Home News

In 2008 and 2009, 50 separate Federal programs offered $23 trillion in loans, grants, or asset guarantees to the financial sector. Huh! This item ...

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Obama Poll Watch -- January, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.03.2010 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Obama Polls, Populism, Special Election, President Obama, Monthly Polls, Obamapollwatch, Trendline, Reform, Poll, Obama, Plouffe, Disapproval, Charts, Bush, Richard Milhouse Nixon, Approval Ratings, 2010, Ma, Polling, Richard Nixon, Data, Tricky Dick, Johnson, Opinion Polls, Health Care, Obama Approval, Obama Poll Watch, January, Graph, Trend, Daily Polls, Chart, Richard M Nixon, Democrat, Massachusetts, Undecided, Approval Rating, Democrats, Volcker, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Realclearpolitics, Obama Poll Numbers, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Gallup, Poll of Polls, Sotu, Health Care Reform, State of the Union, Graphs, George W Bush, Lbj, Watergate, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Healthcare Reform, Senate, Healthcare, Pollster, Politics News

After taking a look at Obama's numbers for the month, we continue our march backwards through history, this month serving up a comparison between Obama and Richard Nixon's term-and-a-half.

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Why People Vote Against Their Own Interests

BBC News | Posted 01.29.2010 | Politics

Read More: Drew Westen, #Masen, White House, Bush, Gore, Health Care Reform, Obama, Debates, Democrats, What's the Matter With Kansas, Massachusetts Senate Race, Republicans, Politics News

...It is striking that the people who most dislike the whole idea of healthcare reform - the ones who think it is socialist, godless, a step on the ro...

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Matthews May Have Almost Forgot Obama Was Black, But Many Others Haven't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.28.2010 | Media

Read More: Reagan, Bush, Presidential Politics, President Obama, Chris Matthews, Harry Reid, Racial Stereotypes, Obama Race, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, California Field Poll, W Bush, State of the Union Speech, Media News

Chris Matthews got a mini-version of the Harry Reid treatment for his honest slip that he almost forgot Obama was black when he watched him during the State of the Union Speech.

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Supreme Court Ruling Pins Big Business vs. Big Government in 2010 Elections

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 01.26.2010 | Politics

Read More: Scott Brown, Msnbc, Swiftboating, Medicare Scare, Schumer, Dec. 25 Terror Attack, LBJ Daisy Ad, Maddow, Mccain, Fox, Obama, Olbermann, Bush, Great Depression, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Ceisler, Politics News

I think we are on very dangerous ground here. Who's to say major corporations will not attempt to "control thoughts" of the electorate by pumping huge amounts of money into campaigns and elections?

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What are Independents Thinking?

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 01.25.2010 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Independents, New Jersey, Liberals, Great Recession, Health Care Reform, Big-Insurance, Big Pharma, Democrats, Big Banks, Tea Party, Massachusetts Senate Race, Barack Obama, Bush, Republicans, Politics News

The issue and candidate-driven focus of independent voters allows them to be pragmatic and flexible. But lacking a firm political ideology, it can also cause them to appear fickle, gullible, and impatient.

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May All Your Wishes Come True

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.24.2010 | Politics

Read More: Scott Brown, Palin, Hannity, Obama, Republicans, Massachusetts Senate Race, Limbaugh, Democrats, Beck, Bush, Politics News

Obama is what we've got, and no matter how "disappointed" we might be, that sentiment pales in comparison to the devastation we will witness if the opposing Party once again occupies the Oval Office.

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Will the Real Pro-Lifer Please Stand Up?

Cristina Page | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Ryan DeLauro, Notre Dame, Obama, Tim Ryan, Pro-Life, Right Wing, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Bush, Politics News

The Cardinal O'Connor nominating committee's decision to honor George W. Bush as a hero of its cause tells us a lot about the crisis now facing the pro-life movement.

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Leo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million Towards Haiti Earthquake Relief

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 01.21.2010 | Impact

Leonardo DiCaprio announced that he was donating $1 million Thursday to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, the relief effort led by former Presidents Bill C...

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The Oval Office Cabal

Bob Franken | Posted 01.19.2010 | Politics

Read More: White House, Obama, Clinton, Haiti, Bush, Politics News

They had met with the current occupant in their old digs in the Oval office Saturday. After that, there they were on five of the Washington Sunday Ga...

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Lessons for Democrats After Coakley -- Stay on Offense

Mark Green | Posted 01.19.2010 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Populism, Unemployment, Bank Fees, Economy, Coakley, Massachusetts, Obama, Tea-Baggers, Republicans, Democrats, Bush, Politics News

If Democrats can't hold Bush et. al. accountable for their economic failures and lose the populist argument to Fox-y Republicans, we don't deserve to govern.

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Obama Wins More Spending Cuts Than Bush

The Washington Times | Stephen Dinan | Posted 01.14.2010 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Obama Bush Spending Cuts, Obama Administration, Obama, Obama Fiscal Responsibility, Bush Spending Cuts, President Bush, Obama Spending Cuts, Politics News

President Obama notched substantial successes in spending cuts last year, winning 60 percent of his proposed cuts and managing to get Congress to ax s...

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Obama's Measured Response to Terrorism: A Political Winner

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 01.13.2010 | World

Read More: Gsave, Obama, Fort Hood Attack, Terrorism, Gwot, Christmas Day Terror Attempt, World War IV, Bush, World News

Obama could have been a political winner if, like in the case of terrorism, he had followed his own instincts on Afghanistan and resisted the pressure from the political right to deploy more troops.

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Bush, Liz Cheney To Speak At Safari Club International Annual Hunters' Convention

TPMDC | Eric Kleefeld | January 12, 2010, 10:10AM | Posted 01.12.2010 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Liz Cheney Safari Club, George Bush Safari Club, Safari Club, Liz Cheney George Bush, Bush, Liz Cheney, George W. Bush, Elizabeth Cheney, Safari Club International Annual Hunters' Convention, Politics News

After staring down terrorists for eight years, former President George W. Bush is taking on a new challenge: a speaking gig at the Safari Club Interna...

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John Michael Farren, Ex-Bush Lawyer, Tried To Kill Wife: Connecticut Police

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics

Read More: John Farren Wife, John Farren, Bush, Bush Lawyer Wife Murder, Bush Lawyer Attempted Murder, Mary Fadden, Bush Lawyer Killed Wife, John Farren Murder, Bush Lawyer Tried to Kill Wife, Bush Lawyer Wife, John Farren Wife Murder, John Michael Farren, Bush Lawyer Murder, Politics News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An attorney who worked in both Bush administrations was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife by beating her with a f...

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Ryan Grim: Being 'Hard' Or 'Soft' On Terror Doesn't Make Sense

Huff TV | Posted 01.05.2010 | Media

Read More: Yemen, White House, Homeland Security, Bush, Al Qaida, Terrorism, Soft on Terror, Obama, Policy, Hard on Terror, Ryan Grim, Media News

HuffPost's Ryan Grim was on MSNBC Tuesday to discuss, along with conservative journalist Jamie Weinstein, whether Obama is "soft on terror." "I kind...

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Ethics and Believability in Politics: On Sifry's Theory of an 'Obama Disconnect'

Peter Daou | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Obama, Bush, Micah Sifry, Health Care, Grassroots, Ethics, Politics News

Micah Sifry has written a widely discussed essay about the denuded Obama grassroots movement. But if Obama's online movement was fueled by a myth, then why bemoan its loss?

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Ross Douthat: Decline Is Relative

New York Times | ROSS DOUTHAT | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Gop, Congress, Bush, Globalization, Regulation, Obama, Reaganism, Democrats, Financial Regulation, Government, Deficit, 2010, Jim Manzi, Tax Cuts, Politics News

...As the 2010s begin, there's reason to worry that America has further to fall. Our politics are polarized, our finances are still overleveraged, and...

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The Global War on Stealth Underwear

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Obama, Bush, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Military-Industrial Complex, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, Politics News

The "systematic failure" in the nation's security -- as President Obama labeled the botched 12/24 airplane attack -- derives from the mistaken assumption that terrorism is a military rather than a criminal threat.

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GOP Plays Soft on Terrorism Card Again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Joe Lieberman, Anti-Terrorism, Bush, Mccain, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Kerry, President Obama, Al Qaeda, Yemen, Terrorism, Northwest Flight 253, Guantanamo, Politics News

It didn't take long for anti-terrorism hawks from Joe Lieberman to GOP congresspersons to dump the lax security, terrorist watch breach, and faulty al Qaeda intelligence on President Obama.

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Auld Lang Syne: Farewell To Another Decade Of "Liberal Media Bias"

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Downing Street Memo, Chuck Todd, Lapdogs, Mark Halperin, Bush, Liberal Media Bias, Media News

My bookend quotes capture how the "liberal" Beltway press corps changed the rules to cover Gore at the beginning of the decade and Obama at the end of it.

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