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Tempest in a Teabag: Tea Party Founder Announces He's (Re)Joining GOP

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots, Tea Party, Mark Sanford, Dick Armey, Jo-Ann Davidson, Rick Santelli, Grover Norquist, Politics News

Odom has consistently taken controversial public stances against Republican candidates, often accusing them of not being conservative enough.

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Don't Believe Everything the Oracle Tells You

Michael Winship | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Jon Corzine, Dick Armey, Dede Scozzafava, Rush Limbaugh, Douglas Hoffman, Oracle, Ancient Greece, Bill Owens, Dede Hoffman, Zeus, Delphi, Persian Wars, Sarah Palin, Athens, Creigh Deeds, Politics News

Instant analysis of election results from a handful of races in an off year election is not very significant one way or the other. We'd be wise not to buy into the tub-thumping or doomsaying of pundits posing as priestesses

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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Bill Owens, Charlie Crist, Palin, Mark Schauer, Mark Kirk, Rnc, Tea Partiers, Dede Scozzafava, Tim Walberg, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Minutemen, Wayne Gilchrest, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Rush Limbaugh, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Ritght to Life, Barack Obama, Heather Wilson, Moderate Republicans, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Club for Growth, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Joe Schwarz, Chris Chocola, Politics News

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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Dick Armey: I Don't Believe In "Death Panels" But If People Believe That, It's OK With Me

Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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In a profile in the upcoming New York Times magazine, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey touts his role through his FreedomWorks group in waterin...

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Tea Baggers Get Kicked Where It Hurts

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Sam Adams, Dick Armey, Bisc, Ballot Measure, TABOR Amendment, Tabor, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Ballot Initiatives, Politics News

Out of all of the election results from yesterday, the anti-tax ballot measures in Maine and Washington (known as TABOR) provide a better political tea leaf into voter attitudes going into the 2010 election cycle than anything else.

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Frank Rich On Scozzafava Fallout: The GOP Stalinists Invade Upstate New York

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fred Thompson, Hoffman, Democrat, New York, John Boehner, Scozzafava, Fort Drum, Bill Kristol, Doug Hoffman, William Kristol, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Dede Scozzafava, Steve Forbes, Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Rick Santourum, Michelebachmann, Republican, Tim Pawlenty, Gop, Dick Armey, Deirdre, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Politics News

Barack Obama's most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the ...

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Center For Responsive Politics Spotlights Lawmakers-Turned-Lobbyists

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Dick Armey, Lobbyblog, Mel Martinez, Lobbyists, Business News

The Center for Responsive Politics examines the all-too-common road from Capitol Hill to K Street -- of the 44 lawmakers to leave Congress midterm, 16...

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Armey's Past Lobbying Efforts At Odds With FreedomWorks

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Dick Armey, Lobbyblog, Freedomworks, Business News

The Dallas Morning News reports on Dick Armey's self-described "curious model" -- heading conservative free-market group Freedom Works while simultane...

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Sarah Palin, Republican Bigwigs Support Doug Hoffman Over Dierdre Scozzafava In Upstate Congressional Battle

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

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CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Prominent Republicans like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are bucking the GOP ...

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Phase III: Obama Strikes Back. The Republicans are still leaderless and teabaggers have hung up their Lipton for the winter. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans still want health care reform.

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Suggestions Wanted for "Can Capitalism Survive?" Debate

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: John Kasich, America's Future Debate, Howard Dean, Joe Scarborough, Dick Armey, Can Capitalism Survive Debate, Capitalism Debate, Business News

On Friday, I'm taking part in a debate on the question "America's Future: Can Capitalism Survive?" and I'd love to hear what points you think I should make.

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New Rule Suggestion for Bill Maher: Afghan War Supporters Must Walk the Walk to Be Heard

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Marine Recruiters, John McCain, Dick Armey, Vietnam, Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney, Army Recruiters, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin, Rich Lowry, Dick Cheney, Politics News

We should all be damned if we allow a group of cowards to cheerlead other peoples' children to their deaths or permanent injuries again without first putting themselves in the thick of battle.

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Bill Moyers: Tea Party Organizer Is Epitome Of Privilege (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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This exclusive clip is from the latest episode of "Bill Moyers Journal," which airs tonight. In the episode, Moyers goes after FreedomWorks Chairman ...

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Tea Party Protester: "We Think The Muslims Are Moving In And Taking Over" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

UPDATE (8:43 p.m. EST): NBC has replaced this woman's comment about Muslims with a less inflammatory comment: "I'm scared to death for my country. I ...

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Media: Angry Right-Wingers Are Important; Angry Libs Are Annoying

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Marc Ambinder, Dick Armey, Howard Dean, Cnn, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, New York Times, Washington Post, Brian Williams, Media News

Suddenly this summer, as right-wing mini-mobs turn health care forums into free-for-alls, as unhinged political rage flows in the streets, and as the Nazi and Hitler rhetoric flies, anger is in.

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Former Voice Of America Official Tied To Abramoff Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A former top official for Voice of America was indicted Friday on corruption charges, accused of taking thousands of dollars in con...

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Unmasking Astroturf

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

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A healthy 21st-century democracy doesn't need phony front groups. We need openness, accountability and real debate. And we need to know whom we're talking to -- and who's talking to us.

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Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Most of us will do damn near anything to get out from under the thumbs of the multi-millionaire CEOs who are running our current insurance programs. Sign me up!

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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Dick Armey - Master Scaremonger

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, Dick Armey, Scaife, Freedomworks, Nancy Pelosi, Metlife, Washington Post, Philip Morris, Healthcare Reform, Tea Party, Healthcare, Public Health Insurance Plan, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Universal Healthcare, Public Health Care Option, Public Health Care, Politics News

What's sad is that these scaremongering tactics are so effective. They make it easy to forget that we rank #37 in world health.

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Maddow Battles Dick Armey In "Meet The Press" Debut (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media

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Rachel Maddow appeared on "Meet the Press" for the first time on Sunday, August 16th. On a panel with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D...

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The Gorilla Dust of Health Care

Michael Winship | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Betsy Mccaughey, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, David Frum, Chuck Grassley, Newt Gingrich, Bruce Bartlett, Town Hall Meetings, Sarah Palin, Health Care, Politics News

What's interesting about the health care hullabaloo is that there appears to be an emerging backlash from some of the more reasoned thinkers of the conservative movement.

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Republican Mobs Stirrng The Pot Until It Boils Over

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Dick Armey, Nazis, Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Pakistan, Dr. Michael Brown, Town Halls, Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Rwanda, Politics News

Americans are human beings, just like everyone else. The notion that what we say does not matter "because it could never happen here" is jingoistic foolishness.

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When Joe Scarborough Dragged Dick Armey Out of a Closet of Shame

David Fiderer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Molinari, Joe Scarborough, Dick Armey, Bill Paxon, Newt Gingrich, FreedomWorks Health Care, Freedomworks, Brit Hume, Politics News

In his 2004 Washington memoir, Scarborough provides a chilling portrait of the man who leads FreedomWorks, the organization now promoting disruptions at town halls across America.

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The Rise of the Dick Armey, the Summer's Biggest Blockbuster

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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If patriotism is their private bailiwick, are those of us who truly believe that access to health care is the most basic of civil rights, unpatriotic?

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