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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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GOPers Decrying Obama "Death Panels" Supported Intervention For Schiavo

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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On a conference call with reporters this week, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas.) repeated what has become the most popular conservative canard about Preside...

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If Medicare Wants to Kill Grandma, Why Hasn't It Done So For 44 Years?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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I've never heard of anyone suggesting euthanasia for grandma, grandpa - or me (I'm now 76 and getting progressively more expensive to insure).

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Gingrich Supported So-Called "Death Panels" A Few Months Ago

TrueSlant | Matt Taibbi | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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...[W]hat happens when suddenly the Republican party decides it wants to scare the shit out of a bunch of old people by telling them the new health ca...

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Newt Gingrich Starts Twittering In "Ghetto" Spanish

Think Progress | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich is notorious for his active -- and sometimes controversial -- musings on Twitter. But not only does he h...

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Newt Gingrich Misquotes The Declaration Of Independence

Media Matters | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's FDR Problem

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is the first president in my memory to have the FDR problem. That problem in a word is hate. The reason is the same.

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Newt Gingrich: Obama Has "Already Failed" (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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Newt Gingrich: Obama Has "Already Failed" (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | BEN EVANS | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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Gingrich: Sotomayor "Racist" Charge Has "No Evidence" In Decisions (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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GOP war-horse Newt Gingrich recently walked back remarks calling Judge Sonia Sotomayor a racist. Now he's admitted to Fox News' Sean Hannity that the ...

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On Sotomayor, Fabled Conservative Media "Echo Chamber" Hampers G.O.P.

Ari Melber | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Republican officials are learning that in the minority, their echo chamber still works, but it's working against them.

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Rush, Buchanan, Tancredo and Their Pitchforks: The Backlash Against Obama has Begun

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 07.02.2009 | Home

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This bogus argument being made by Buchanan & Company as they say anything to beg for relevance and airtime is that Sonia Sotomayor will undermine the Constitution.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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That 'Latina Woman'

Michael Shaw | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

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Pairing an almost eight-year-old quote with a photo fished from the file, you see how the media can suggest Sotomayor as someone angry, bitter -- even "racist."

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Goodbye/Hello 5 "Obama's Strength In Relationship Building"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

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Obama's strength is his ability to listen, be open, secure, and confident in his ability to build bridges. Will this new form of relationship building diplomacy be tested?

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Evil Bully Sits Down With Smug Sycophant

Dave Hackel | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

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Dick Cheney sitting down with Sean Hannity is like watching a ten-year-old interview his father for a school project. Actually, that's probably an insult to both ten-year-olds and fathers.

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The Immorality of Intolerance and Inconsistency

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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The inconsistent standards by which Gingrich, Cheney and Republicans are judging Obama are troubling.

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Obama Puppy Fixation 'Fairly Stupid': Newt Gingrich

CNN | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich weighed in Sunday on news that the first family has finally settled on a new puppy for daughters Malia a...

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Sarah Palin Disinvited, Newt Gingrich In For Major GOP Dinner

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in as keynote speaker at a Republican dinner this spring. P...

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Twice-Divorced Newt Gingrich Attacks Obama's "Anti-Catholic Values"

Media Matters | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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FOX contributor Newt Gingrich is upset [...] That isn't really fair to Newt, though. ...

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Gingrich Joins Big Business "Horror Movie" Attacks vs. Workers' Call for Union Rights (Video)

Art Levine | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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Despite all the scare-mongering, union strategists are growing increasingly confident that they'll be able to hold on to the few past supporters of the legislation.

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Advice to Palin: Give the GOP Elephant His Job Back

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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If Palin hopes to lead the GOP out of its rut, she will first and foremost need to transcend her current role as the character children see on the front of a GOP cereal box.

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A Letter to My Brother Newt Gingrich

Candace Gingrich | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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This is a movement of the people that you most fear. It's a movement of progress -- and your words only show how truly desperate you are to maintain control of a world that is changing before your very eyes.

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Fatal Mistake By House Republicans

Bart Motes | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Barney Frank cemented an impression of Democrats and the Treasury Secretary working together to find a solution to the national crisis, while GOP bomb throwers let their egos rule the day.

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