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Bill Schneider: Unity Has Failed

2012-06-04T10:04:48Z

Can President Obama get reelected the same way President Bush did in 2004? The recall election in Wisconsin on Tuesday will give us a pretty good idea.

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Dave Helfert: In 2012, Moderates Are the New Liberals

2012-05-31T15:34:10Z

The Legislative branch of our government is totally dysfunctional. Representatives and Senators used to point with pride to accomplishments. Today, they campaign on what they've stopped.

Read more: Compromise, Founding Fathers, Moderates, Intolerance, Conservatives, Republican Moderates, Moderate Republicans, Dick Lugar, Tea Party Republicans, Tea Party, Politics News

WATCH: Conservative Editor: Young People Are 'Frickin Stupid'

2012-05-31T14:25:45Z

Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large of National Review Online, thinks youth culture today is more powerful than it's ever been. He also thinks that this y...

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What Happened To Conservatives' Care For Community?

2012-05-26T14:53:39Z

To secure his standing as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney has disowned every sliver of moderation in his record. He’s m...

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Ericka Andersen: 20 Conservative Pinterest Accounts You Should Follow

2012-05-24T17:54:32Z

As the 2012 campaign season heats up, more folks will be jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon to see how it can benefit their slice of the social media pie. There are a few on the Right that caught the fad early and will provide a good foundation for the politically minded to build from.

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Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Conservative War on Knowledge

2012-05-24T10:37:58Z

The United States finds itself in an odd political predicament. One of its two major political parties is increasingly dominated by a faction of people that simply denies those aspects of reality it finds to be inconvenient.

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The Conservative Fantasy History Of Civil Rights

2012-05-22T18:09:56Z

The civil rights movement, once a controversial left-wing fringe, has grown deeply embedded into the fabric of our national story. This is a salutary ...

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Romney Struggles To Woo Fans Of His Former Rivals

2012-05-20T18:46:08Z

WASHINGTON — Donors who backed Republican rivals of presidential candidate Mitt Romney appear to be slow coming to his aid.

Romney raised more ...

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Leslie Reece Schichtel: There's Danger in Playing Chess with Politics

2012-05-15T22:22:59Z

The object of a game of chess is to vanquish one's opponent. To do so, both players strategize each piece's trajectory to eventually lock the opponent...

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June Carbone: 5 Ways Conservatives Are Destroying the Institution of Marriage

2012-05-16T10:03:08Z

The idea of marriage held by those who are financially secure no longer fits large numbers of working-class couples who conceive children together. That's because the foundation for their relationships has been destroyed by the very people who accuse Obama of a war on marriage.

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Jeanette Cajide: Facebook's Saverin Has a New Conservative Fan Base

2012-05-14T16:05:24Z

Mr. Saverin has been getting a lot of hate for this move to lower his tax bill, but he has also received a lot of praise, surprisingly from America's real patriots, the conservative base.

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Conservatives Push Back On Boehner

2012-05-13T18:54:57Z

The cautious approach that top Republicans have taken on whether to vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress has sparked a ne...

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Howard Barbanel: The Gay Marriage Debate Misses the Point Entirely

2012-05-10T19:06:07Z

This week President Obama became the first president in U.S. history to come out in favor of gay marriage. Obviously, Mitt Romney is against such a th...

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J.B. Poersch: Indiana Senate Race: What Do the Results Mean?

2012-05-09T12:42:31Z

The Tea Party cost Republicans Senate seats in 2010, and they're poised to provide Democrats another gift in 2012: Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

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Peter Scheer: Romney's Wrong: States Are More Responsive to Special Interests Than Voters

2012-05-03T08:53:47Z

Federalist conservatives love shifting power from the federal government to states because they believe that the closer government is to its citizens, the more responsive it is to those citizens. They could not be more wrong.

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Stephen Herrington: Americans Are Liberals

2012-05-01T14:49:46Z

'Liberal' is nothing but a synonym for being adaptive instead of voodoo doctrinaire. Americans are smarter now that they've seen what the GOP/Tea Party will do when elected to real government at a time when we most need real government.

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Mike Lux: Shining City on a Hill

2012-04-30T11:00:20Z

Why is Paul Ryan, who is on the short list for Romney's VP candidate, so eager to erase his (very recent) past obsession with Ayn Rand, whom so many other right wingers adore as well?

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Lugar Struggles To Shake 'Untrustworthy' Tea Party Opponent

2012-04-29T21:11:25Z

Timing is everything, especially in a political campaign. Come out negative too early and you can turn off voters. Wait too long to try to brand your ...

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Douglas LaBier: Why Obama and Romney Are Both Wrong About Becoming Rich in America

2012-04-25T16:16:22Z

We're not isolated entities on a planet that exists for our personal benefit, alone. We all need and depend on each other. President Obama would do well to show aggressive leadership towards pushing that vision. It's the American Dream, after all.

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Ian I. Mitroff: The Republicans' Masterful and Insidious Prey on America's Founding Fears and Stories: Part III

2012-04-25T12:46:56Z

We won't solve all of our thorny problems through a better understanding of unconscious forces alone. But we also will not solve them through all of the appeals to so-called rational policies and thinking alone! Unfortunately, conservatives understand this far better than liberals.

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Bob Burnett: The Disunited States: Can This Marriage Be Saved?

2012-04-20T09:19:10Z

The United States isn't a couple. We can't get a divorce. There's no simple way out of the conflict we're in other than to undertake the difficult task of stopping the bullying. After all, the bullies are a minority.

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Sunil Adam: Secret Service: In the Line of Floozies

2012-04-19T14:30:56Z

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Fred Bauer: Vouchers, Testing-Driven Education Reform on a Collision Course?

2012-04-19T11:43:33Z

For the past decade or so, numerous "conservatives" have chosen big bureaucracy over smaller, local government when crafting education policy. As the price of this choice becomes clearer, perhaps some on the right will change their minds.

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Bob Cesca: Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin Are Pro-Choice

2012-04-18T17:40:38Z

Ultimately, conservatives have totally missed the reasonable position regarding abortion. Instead of banning choice, conservatives should be making it easier for women to choose "life."

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Robin Koerner: Count Me: An Ode to Liberty

2012-04-18T12:33:10Z

Left and Right and Right and Left / Have left America bereft / Of liberty, its founding light. / Christians, Liberals speak of peace / Until they hold the nation's leash, / And send its youth to fight.

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