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The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, George Ball, George Kahin, Rand Corporation, Afghanistan Occupation, President Barack Obama, Juan Cole, Lindsey Graham, The Nation, Peter Baker, Afghanistan War, William Polk, American War in Afghanistan, Nato, American Military Forces, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Goldilocks Principle, William Westmoreland, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, New York Times, General Stanley McChrystal, Joe Lieberman, Afghanistan, Lyndon Johnson, Undersecretary of State George Ball, Helene Cooper, Robert Dryfuss, Vietnamization, Politics News

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

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Graham: House Health Care Bill Would Die In Senate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared on Sunday that the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives would be "dead on arrival" ...

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

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Lindsey Graham Rebukes Fellow Republicans: "The Green Economy Is Coming"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

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Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) chastised his fellow Republicans Wednesday for refusing to deal with climate change and said they needed to see green legislat...

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Beyond Guantanamo

Ginny Sloan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Congress, Lindsey Graham, Human Rights First, The Constitution Project, President Obama, Detainees, Politics News

The Declaration represents the largest collection of policy experts yet to lend their voices to a responsible plan to process the cases of suspected terrorist detainees held at the Guantanamo detention facility.

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GOP Boycotts Senate Climate Change Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe, Senate Climate Change, John Kerry, Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer Bill, George Voinovich, Lindsey Graham, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the beginning, it was ...

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Greens Have Finally Got the Big Mo

David Roberts | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Lobbying, Accce, Superfreakonomics, Kerry-Boxer Bill, Religion and Spirituality, Lindsey Graham, Us Epa, Veterans, Obama Administration, FACES of Coal, Cejapa, Yes Men, Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Jackson, Astroturf, Climate Action Day, Bonner, Green News

Since the summer, greens have had one good break after another. Unlike after An Inconvenient Truth, the latest dramas are not pop culture events, but political achievements inside the Beltway.

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Frist Addresses Tennessee's Birther Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist attempted to skirt a question on Thursday as to why nearly half the Republicans in his home state of Tennesse...

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Green News Report -- October 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Copenhagen 2009, Nuclear Power, Obama Administration, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Kerry-Boxer, Barbara Boxer, PG&E Corp, John Kerry, Philippines Typhoon, Green News, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...

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Lindsey Graham Faces Tea Party Fury: "Traitor," "Democrat In Drag," "Half-A-Sissy" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) faced an eruption of rage from Tea Party activists at a town hall meeting Tuesday for his decision to work with Sen. John...

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Graham Fine With Obama's Afghan Deliberations, But Demands More Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama was granted a bit of breathing room and cover to continue deliberations on strategy for Afghanistan after a prominent Republican war hawk...

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Frank Rich Slams McCain, Neoconservatives: 'Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco'

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Frank Rich John Mccain, Lindsey Graham, Frank Rich, Neoconservatives, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Politics News

THOSE of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing wrong. There are second acts in American lives. (Just ask Mari...

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How Senate Dems Should Lure GOP to a Climate Bill

David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: John McCain, John Kerry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Lindsey Graham, Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Cejapa, Green News

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

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Lindsey Graham Takes Another Swipe At Glenn Beck (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took another swipe at Glenn Beck on Sunday, this time during an appearance on the Fox News host's own network. The So...

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USA Wins Olympic Naivete Gold; Media Leads Off, Obama Runs Anchor

Mike Hegedus | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: American Samoa, Abc, Ioc, Minnesota, Rush Limbaugh, Olympics, Chicago, Lake-Placid, Nbc, Fox, Lindsey Graham, Cbs, Denver, Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, Msnbc, USA Hockey, Cnn, Oprah Winfrey, Tsunami, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Chicago was never the favorite, even if Oprah thought it was. All it takes is a quick understanding of how the IOC votes, who the 100 IOC voters are, and which way the international wind is blowing.

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GOP to Retake House in 2010? Maybe

Morgan Warners | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Senator Lindsey Graham, Rep. Eric Cantor, Gop, Right Wing, Lindsey Graham, Right-Wing Extremism, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, GOP Candidates, Politics News

To what extent does the GOP have to do anything substantive, as opposed to just changing tone and message, in order to get big gains?

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Sen. Graham Calls Beck 'A Cynic' And Birthers 'Crazy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.) offered unusually blunt assessments of the fringe elements of his party and conservative media on Thursday, calling the ...

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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

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Rachel Maddow Nails South Carolina Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

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On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow took viewers through what she called a "magic map trick," in which she crunched the numbers on a handful of...

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Graham: Obama Speech A "Disaster," Public Option Dead (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker says it's clear to him that the White House is ready to abandon a government-run public health insurance opti...

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And The Runners-Up For The Republican Innapropriate Behavior Contest Are...

Julie Farby | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Speech, Congress, Twitter, Lindsey Graham, Health Care, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Politics News

After Joe Wilson, it's easy to forget the efforts of fellow conservative stars and statesmen Lindesy Graham and Eric Cantor, who earned distinguished honors of their own for less vocal protests against the evil Obama Empire.

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What It Might Look Like If the Bottom Drops Out on Afghanistan

Patrick Barry | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, John McCain, Obama, Afghanistan, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, John Boehner, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Why, amidst increasing calls for withdraw from the left, and the absence of progress on the battlefield, would opportunistic conservatives refrain from accusing Democrats of being weak on national security?

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Ode to the Purple Senator: Lindsey Graham, Republican, South Carolina

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Mr. Graham is truly a rare politician: someone who can maintain his conservative principles but still reach across the aisle to find common ground, even, at times, with liberals like me.

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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GOP Sen.: Let's Not 'Rumsfeld' The War In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says more troops are needed in Afghanistan and is warning that the U.S. must no...

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