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Poll: GOP Divided Over Party's Direction, Leaders

Washington Post | Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, 2012 Elections, Dede Scozzafava, Bailout, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Stimulus, Politics News

The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact ma...

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Will the GOP Nominate a Climate Change Denier in 2012?

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Haley Barbour, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Climate Change, 2012 Republican Primary, Dick Cheney, 2012 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Republicans, Energy, Politics News
Josh Nelson

Of the early contenders for the Republican nomination, five outright deny or question climate science, while the remaining three are opposed to all meaningful action.

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The Audacity of Dopes

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Charlie Gibson, Kim Kardashian, Kate Gosselin, Nicole Wallace, Katie Couric, Snl, Newt Gingrich, Tina Fey, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Politics News
Ian Gurvitz

No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.

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Rove, Cheney, Gingrich and Kristol Fail To Rally 9/11 Trial Foes

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann and David Corn | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keep America Safe, Liz Cheney, 9/11 Trial Sit Out, Karl Rove 9/11 Trial, Bill Kristol, Holder 9/11 Trial, Karl Rove, 9/11 Trial Rally, Newt Gingrich 9/11 Trial, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder Protest, Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney 9/11 Trial, Bill Kristol 9/11 Trial, Politics News

On Monday, Karl Rove sent a tweet to his 92,000 followers: "Don't sit out: 9:30am 11/18 Dirksen Senate Bldg Rm G-50 to oppose Atty Gen's testimony on ...

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"Build, Baby, Build": How Dems Can Counter GOP Lies and Restore Political Debate

Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Tactics, Republican Lies, Health Care Debate, Anita Dunn, Radical Right, Steven Pearlstein, Fox News, Mao Zedong, 9/12 Tea Party March, Jim-Wright, Berlin Wall, Newt Gingrich, Sam Rayburn, Political Debate, Blog Talk Radio, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

Democrats have to respond to "Gingrich speak" by calling it for what it truly is -- propaganda, lies, and an attempt to deliberately mislead the American people.

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GOP Presidential Candidates Already Jockeying For 2012 Election

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Michael Steele, White House, Gop, 2012 Elections, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2012, Mike Huckabee, ny23, New York 23, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pataki, Tim Pawlenty, Fundraising, Republican Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...

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Scozzafava Tells Her Story: 'My Name's A Verb Now'

Washington Post | Jason Horowitz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moderate, Gouverneur, Steele, New York State, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Palin, Conservative Party, Republican Party, ny23, Dede Scozzafava, Scozzafava Interview, Sarah Palin, Michelle Malkin, Michael Steele, John M. Mchugh, Adirondacks, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Politics News

Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech. "My name's a verb now," she said....

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"Our Weapon Is Fear"

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scozzafava-Special-Election, Ronald Reagan, Dede Scozzafava, Christopher Monckton, Mission Accomplished, Bill Owens, Mark Liebovich, Christopher Buckley, Cold War, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

Conservatives have resurrected "socialist" to smear anyone to the left of Genghis Khan as anti-American or a heretic.

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Palin's Boob a Fake: Hoffman Loses

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Yrok 23, Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Virginia Governors Race, Newt Gingrich, Doug Hoffman, Dede Scozzafava, Creigh Deeds, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

The only thing Sarah Palin can really take credit for is New York's House District 23 electing a Democrat for the first time since before The Civil War.

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Thank You for (Not) Running for President

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Politics, Joe Scarborough, C-Span, Sean Hannity, 2012 Election, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Joe Klein, Hamilton Jordan, Newt Gingrich, Presidency, Barack Obama, Media News
Michael Sigman

In the U.S. any child can grow up to become president. But with our new 24/7 cable/Internet news culture, it's more fun to explain why you're not running for President.

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Palin Power and New York's 23rd District

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palin Owens, Palin Scozzafava, Palin Alaska, Palin NY 23rd, Palin Hoffman, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (

Will the moderate Republicans only be able to win back their district from the Teabaggers by electing a Democrat for the first time since the mid-19th century? These are strange times indeed.

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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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Ethics Probe Could Feel to Voters Like 1992 House Banking Scandal

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ethics Investigation, Charlie Rangel, House Ethics Committee, Newt Gingrich, Contract With America, House Bank Scandal, Republican Revolution, Politics News
Jennifer Donahue

Then, as now, the economy was coming out of recession. Then, as now, the housing market and job losses were hurting many Americans.

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Building Progressive Staying Power

Bill Goold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Progressive Legislative Exchange, Barack Obama, Election Day, Progressives, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Bill Goold

The resurgent progressive movement needs to think more long-term, come together quickly, and systematically build a Progressive Legislative Exchange to share the best ideas.

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Chrysler, Gm, Public Option, Liberals, Lebanon, Camelot, Democrats, Democratic Party, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Gays in the Military, Tea Baggers, Conservatives, Fox News, Neoconservatives, Harry Reid, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Health Care, Obama Cairo Speech, Republicans, Tea Bagging, Uigers, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

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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2012 GOP Candidates as Diverse And Exciting as Their Ideas

Julie Farby | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Pawlenty, Republicans, 2012 Presidential Election, Newt Gingrich, 2012 Election, Bobby Jindal, Gop 2012, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Julie Farby

In the vast wasteland that is the 2012 GOP presidential landscape, fresh-faced stars join seasoned statesman to create a powerful right-wing juggernau...

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Newt Gingrich's Presidential Ambitions Laughed At By Conservatives

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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When Lisa Miller found out that former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich would be signing books on Saturday in McLean, Va., she hauled out her video cam...

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Why Newt Gingrich Won't Run in 2012

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, 2012 Election, Republican Primary, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

Gingrich is an attention whore. Whenever he's not getting enough attention, he floats the "I may run for president" bullshit, knowing that the media will lap it up and put him back in the news.

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Newt Gingrich Says He May Run For President In 2012

Politics Daily | Patricia Murphy | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington Journal, C-Span, Presidential Bid, 2012 President, Callista Gingrich, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Run for President, Politics News

Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and perennial big thinker in the Republican party, said this morning that he will likely run for president in ...

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Sam Stein

Gingrich Re-Enacts The Battle Of Trenton On Twitter

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gingrich Twitter, Trenton Twitter, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich Twitter Enactment, Tweets War, Twitter Battle of Trenton, Politics News

Twitter is clearly changing the scope of political communication, allowing pols to alter the course of debates in real time -- provided that they can ...

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Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Bill Clinton, Pecora Commission, Treasury Department, Sec, Joseph P. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Cdos, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Newt Gingrich, Fdr, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Vietnam, Tim Geithner, Vice President Dick Cheney, Afghanistan, Timothy Geithner, Bear Stearns, Lyndon Johnson, Alan Greenspan, Securities and Exchange Commission, Too Big to Fail, President George W. Bush, Blue Dog Democrats, World News
Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

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GOP Gaining Advantage In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Midterm Elections, 2010 Elections, House Democrats, David Axelrod, The Democracy Corps, Senate Democrats, Democratic Party, Obama Democrats, Newt Gingrich, Election, Politics News

Three forces threaten Democrats in the 2010 elections: populist anger on the right, disaffection in the middle and potential disillusionment on the le...

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Philadelphia, House-Education-and-Labor-Committee, New America Foundation, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Higher Education Act of 1965, College, Shoemaker Campus, GEAR UP, Public Education, Mastery Charter School, Newt Gingrich, House Democrats, Representative Chaka Fattah, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

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Newt Gingrich Named "Family Values Porn Fan Of The Year"

Washington City Paper | Dave McKenna | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gingrich Porn Fan of the Year, Gingrich Gentlemen's Club, Newt Gingrich Vivas, Gingrich Employer of the Year, Gingrich Strippers, Gingrich Award, Newt Gingrich Porn, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich PAC, Politics News

Allison Vivas once thought she'd be spending Wednesday night in DC with Newt Gingrich. Then he stood her up. Instead of getting mad, Vivas got even. ...

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To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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