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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Rove's Executive Privilege Claims Don't Pass the Laugh Test

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

One tantalizing question Chairman Conyers should ask Rove when he comes to testify: "Did George Bush issue you a pardon?" It is very possible that Bush issued a host of pardons secretly.

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Bush's Final Press Conference

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Lest I be accused of "Bush Derangement Syndrome," I'm reproducing some of the most interesting answers Bush gave today, with a minimum of snarky commentary.

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A New American Boxing Day Tradition

Justin Callaway | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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Justin Callaway

A proposal: members of Congress must find a family in the "final throes" of foreclosure within their electoral base and switch places with them for the remainder of their luxuriously long winter vacations.

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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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Chris Weigant

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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Political Parties Are Not "Checks" Or "Balances"

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.

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Gobble Gobblegate

Shannyn Moore | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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Shannyn Moore

The truth is, as Governor of Alaska and thanks to an unconscionable lame duck pardon by Frank Murkowski, she can only pardon turkeys.

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