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The New Assassins Don't Use Guns

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

A new form of political murder has taken its place -- character assassination. Over the last two decades, the Right has learned how to destroy its enemies without leaving a body.

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It's 2:59 a.m. for Hillary

Bill Katovsky | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Bill Katovsky

It's 2:59 a.m. for Hillary and her chances appear increasingly bleak. Hillary's crime is one of hubris coupled with her addiction to being a pathological triangulator.

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The Public Self-Destruction of Bill Clinton

John Eskow | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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John Eskow

The saddest part of what Bill Clinton is doing is that he's driving home the point, once and for all, that whatever grandeur we saw in him was a sham right from the start.

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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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McCain's Church Hates America, Clinton's Friends Do Too -- But Let's Get the Black Guy (Or Not?)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

If the Clintons were authentic progressives or even ordinary decent Americans, they would have led a furious defense of Obama and his pastor by putting things in perspective.

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Breaking the Rules

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Lucy Carrigan

The Democratic Party is not operating in a logical world, in a logical way, in a logical fashion. It is is kow-towing to the Clintons.

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Obama of Chicago: Carl Sandburg Should Have There Been!

William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

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William E. Jackson Jr.

Like old Abe, the lean, young Senator, announced in Springfield; and promises, in soaring rhetoric, to hold us to our ideals.

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Clinton Superdelegate Defects to Obama: "I'm Not That Important to Them"

Beverly Davis | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

Asked if she had heard from the Clintons before or since she made her super delegate switchover, Samuels said, "I haven't heard from the Clintons and to be truthful, I guess I'm not that important to them. I'm only one of 13 SuperDelegates in New Jersey and I'm following my heart."

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Hillary's "Husband Problem"

Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

History suggests that rather than enhance her image the way a wife enhances a male candidate, a husband can complicate a woman's leadership aspirations.

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Clinton Superdelegates Echoing "Screw Democracy" Message

David Sirota | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

Egomania knows no bounds and no loyalty -- not even to the founding principles of democracy.

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Missouri Trends Toward Obama

Beverly Davis | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

Missouri has 88 Democratic delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday and if the tracking polls and the opinions of several state consultants and politic...

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The Clear Choice for John Edwards Supporters

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

I want to ask all progressives who have been supporting Edwards to take a serious look as Obama as he is now our party's best hope to inspire a new generation of leaders.

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Which Greek Tragedy are Hillary and Bill Enacting?

Gloria Feldt | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Gloria Feldt

The first woman president has to win or lose these contests on the strength of her own abilities. But Bill could lose it for Hillary, and that would be a tragedy indeed.

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Audacity of Denial

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

Hillary's is the classic argument used by monarchists who say that ultimately, the prince or a family member of a ruling dynasty would be the best natural choice to rule over the people.

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I Love the 90s: Gender, Race and the Clintons

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Hillary has begun a campaign based on rigorous 1990s politics of identity, a game at which the Clintons excel, using one group against another as the need arises.

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Yes We Can Still Vote for Real Change

Robert Guttman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

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Robert Guttman

For an election focusing on change the Clinton campaign seems to be looking back to her husband's presidency more than it should.

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Republicans Stunned by Penniless Wisecracking Two-bit Preacher

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Mike Huckabee's not-so-improbable rise has stunned the Republican establishment and has his rivals exhibiting completely aberrant behavior.

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Why We Wish The Clintons Would Just Go Away

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Because they have spun us into complete exhaustion. Because she's a feminist until it is her own husband who abuses his power. Because we don't have to settle for them.

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Ron Burkle Set To Gain Control Over Nation's Major Tabloids

Slate | Mickey Kaus | Posted 11.11.2007 | Media

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What if the Clintons (through Bill's buddy Ron Burkle) were about to gain effective control over the nation's major tabloids? Seems like a big story. ...

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