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Health Care Reform? Yes We Can!

Lucia Brawley | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Health care reform supporters don't grab the same level of publicity as the right, unless Howard Dean attends an event, because we agitate rationally. It's time for us to get a tad more theatrical.

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What Pelosi Could Have Done: A Response to Chris Weigant

Frank Dwyer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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"What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?" the estimable Chris Weigant asked in a recent post. She could have defended her country. She could have ...

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Feinstein Would Be Instant Front-Runner For California Governor: Poll

McClatchy | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the instant front-runner if she jumps into the Democratic primary field for governor....

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so to speak: California Queen'in

Don Ringe | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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Feinstein Reveals Intel That May Embarrass Pakistan

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelatio...

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Feinstein: Seat Burris In Senate

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but th...

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What About a 3 PM Phone Call?

Nora McAlvanah | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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If Obama is going to bring "outsiders" (aka Clinton insiders) to the table, he needs to do it while showing an ability to operate within the current political parameters.

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Inauguration News: D.C. Power Plays and Other Craziness

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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With slightly less than a month and a half to go before Barack Obama's inauguration, Washington, D.C. has officially reached the "freakout" point on the Richter scale of event planning.

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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