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'No, No, Don't Say It' Takes On Drunk, Thieving Toddlers [VIDEO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Media

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One of the major topics that maybe the media has failed to address is the sad Yuletide tale of a four year-old boy from Tennessee who drank some beer,...

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Dem Pollster: Don't Expect Obama Bump From Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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When Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of mildly despondent progressives at the Netroots Nation conference this past August, he made a prediction. If hea...

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Snowe Opts Out: Votes To Proclaim Health Care Bill Unconstitutional

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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If Democrats had any hopes of winning Sen. Olympia Snowe's vote on a health care reform bill, the Maine Republican likely put an end to them on Wednes...

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President Obama Discusses The Meaning Of Christmas With Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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Hey, kids! Remember that time, a few weeks ago, when President Barack Obama's address at West Point pre-empted a planned broadcast of A Charlie Brown...

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The Rational Case For 'Kill The Bill'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, Media Criticism, Senate Health Care Bill, Media News

Over the past week, the media has trained its myopic eye on those in the progressive community who, having seen that the health care reform plan emerg...

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The Case Against Reporting Sarah Palin's Status Updates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.23.2009 | Media

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If reporters want to actually engage Sarah Palin in questioning, they should stop pretending her various posts to online social media -- to which no one in the world requires reporters to access or penetrate, anyway -- represents some sort of blockbuster, journalistic "get."

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McCain Emerges As Front Man In GOP Efforts To Claim Reform Mantle

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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The way Democrats secured the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster of health care legislation has exposed them to accusations that they ha...

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Jane Norton, GOP Senate Candidate, Sits Silently As Obama Called A Muslim

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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Former Colorado lieutenant governor Jane Norton, one of the five candidates competing in the Republican primary for the state's 2010 Senate race, is ...

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Obama Accused Of Abandoning Health Care Principles In New Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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The health care reform debate may be dying down in Congress, but the ad wars continue. On Wednesday, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee unvei...

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Did Obama Campaign On The Public Option? Yes But Not Entirely

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama, in an interview with The Washington Post, said on Tuesday that in the two years leading up to his election he "didn't campaign...

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Rep. Grijalva, Key House Progressive, Close To Conceding The End Of The Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with The Plum Line's Greg Sargent, Representative Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) indicated earlier today that he might be able to support hea...

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Landrieu Now Facing Anger From The Right, But Predicts Re-Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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Under fire throughout much of the health care debate from the left, conservative Democratic senators are now getting an even harsher reception from th...

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Evan Bayh's Wife Reaping The Benefits Of Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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Stephen Colbert once remarked, "There are some things that everybody knows, but nobody says." He was referring to something that I've endeavored to...

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Bill Press Becomes Intern For Bernie Sanders

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Media

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Radio talk show host Bill Press has become an intern for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-V.T.), the liberal commentator told the Huffington Post on Tue...

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Parker Griffith's Party Switch: He Won't Be Missed, He Won't Be Welcomed [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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Parker Griffith can't win. Earlier today, it was reported that the freshman Representative from Alabama's 5th Congressional District has decided to...

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Dem Strategy Memo Says The 'Good News' Is That Democrats Haven't Done Enough On Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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According to some new strategy memo that's going to fix everything, Democrats should not worry about all those polls that indicate an increasing oppos...

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Gibbs: Obama 'Absolutely' Did Everything To Get Public Option, Despite No Talks With Lieberman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted once more that President Obama did everything he could to get a public option through the Senate, ev...

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Gibbs Mocks Steele's Speaking Fees, Calls Him Delusional

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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The White House quickly pounced after news broke that Michael Steele was charging up to $20,000 in speaking fees in addition to his official gig, mock...

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Burris's 'Night Before Christmas': Senator Backs Reform With Rhyming Poem On Senate Floor (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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On the Senate floor Tuesday morning, Roland Burris (D-Ill.) chose an unusual way to demonstrate his support for health care reform legislation emergin...

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Reid's Gifts To Nelson And Landrieu Push Snowe Further Away

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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The perks that Senate Democratic leadership put into the final health care bill to win the support of conservative caucus members may cost them the on...

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Key Dem: The Public Option Will Be 'Revisited'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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One of the public option's strongest Congressional supporters insisted on Monday that while the Senate is poised to pass health care legislation that ...

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Harkin: Michael Steele Is Redefining The Word Obnoxious

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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One of the Senate's most soft-spoken members, Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), unleashed a little pent-up frustration on Monday, telling reporters that RNC Chairm...

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Securitization Is Back! Investor-Owned Mortgages Have High Re-Default Rates, Says Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.21.2009 | Business

The securitization of mortgage loans has been blamed for helping cause the financial crisis -- and now it seems to be complicating recovery efforts. ...

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Big Labor, Big Concerns: Obama's Approach Causing Tension

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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When two of the nation's largest unions held emergency meetings last week to discuss potential opposition to the Senate's health care bill, the White ...

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Dick Cheney 'Conservative Of The Year,' Says Human Events

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

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Cheney has basically spent the year pointlessly whining about policy differences that have more or less failed to materialize. I'm assuming that it was the high quality of the whining that put Cheney so high in Bolton's estimation.

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