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Bush Targets His Legacy

Alexander Dresner | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Politics, Bush Administration, Presidential Politics, Bush Legacy, President Bush, Politics News

This document tells me is that the administration's efforts to positively shape the president's legacy will continue to be marred by the same degree of incompetence that it has exhibited these past eight years.

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What to Expect from an Intelligent President

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Cognitive Complexity, Bridging Differences, Presidential Politics, Rick Warren, Frank Rich, Presidential Decision-Making, Barack Obama, Politics News

Brace yourself. It's going get rocky soon. We are about to have a very bright man as our president. And we've been away from that territory for a very long time.

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The Future of Progressive Reform

Jay Mandle | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Finance Reform, Presidential Politics, Public Financing, Politics News

Over and beyond the need to stimulate the economy, this country urgently requires reform and renewal. Unhappily, the way Obama's campaign was funded means that we are unlikely to get it.

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Sarah Palin Please Stop the Shout Outs, Shut Up and Go Find Your Purpose

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Leadership, John McCain, Politics, Senator Kay Bailey-Hutchinson, Ambition, Sarah Palin, Presidential Politics, Women, Purpose, Palin, Dorothy Height, Conservative Activism, Republicans, Conservatives, Elizabeth Dole, Republican Party, Liddy Dole, Politics News

Palin's personal ambition is a real blind spot. She ignored her team of Governors at the Republican Governor's Association meeting last week.

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Miami Blues: Palin And National Republicans Look Like The Sad California Republican Party

William Bradley | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Don't look now, but the national Republican Party is on the verge of becoming the California Republican Party. And that ain't a good thing -- unless you're a Democrat.

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An Integrated National Psyche

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cnbc, Presidential Politics, Colin Powell, Psychological Stability, Healthy Lifestyle, Election Day, Psychological, Integration, Climate Change, Civil Rights, President Barack Obama, Race Relations, President Obama, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Obama African-Americans, Politics News

The idea behind psychic integration is that it makes the individual healthier and more whole. It seems no great stretch to apply these same principles to our national psyche.

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Democrats: The New Western Strategy Is Paying Off

William Bradley | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

While the current party leadership deserves credit for a new path to presidential power, much of the new "Western strategy" has long been championed by former Senator Gary Hart.

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John McCain, POWH (Prisoner of the White House)

Howie Greene | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, McCain Vietnam, John McCain, Presidential Politics, Entertainment, James Brown, Politics News

Do we really want this guy locked up again, but this time as the leader of the "free world?" In essence, that's what being the president is all about. You are a POWH... Prisoner of the White House.

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McCainnibalism

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

The interesting thing about McCainnibalism is that it does not stop with trying to obliterate members outside of the campaign. The political gorging begins to happen on the inside.

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Prairie Voles and Politics

Marcia Meier | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

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There's reason to be alarmed about a culture where extreme emotions require pharmaceutical treatment.

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Snidely McCain Bullies as Usual, But Fails to Tie the Final Knot

Gloria Feldt | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain's Anger, McCain's Abuse of Power, John McCain, Presidential Politics, George W. Bush, McCain Obama, Snidely Whiplash, Dudley Do-Right, Presidential Debates, Mccain's Temper, Gloria Feldt, Barack Obama, Title X, Politics News

I've personally borne the brunt of his nastiness more than once since his first run for Congress in 1992. A few years after that, he stormed a Planned Parenthood clinic without warning in his Mesa AZ district.

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McCain and Palin In Their Own Words: 25 Laughable Quotes

Daniel Kurtzman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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1. "Our economy, I think, is still ― the fundamentals of our economy are strong." ―John McCain, Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15, 2008 (Source) 2. "T...

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John McCain's Big Problem

Brad Mirman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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The issue the McCain campaign feels is giving them the most traction is an ugly one, and not worthy of someone who wants to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

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Civility is Dying

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Eeriness is fermenting in America -- a thick shadowy cloud. Like Manifest Destiny, it is expanding and creating settlements inside the psyche of the American mind.

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Palin Non Grata: Even Drudge Avoids Wading into the Palin Ethics Swamp

Dan Treul | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, Palin Ethics Investigation, Barack Obama, Palin Scandal, Presidential Politics, Alaska Ethics Probe, Ethics, Sarah Palin, Matt Drudge, Drudge Report, Vote 08, 2008 Election, Ethics Investigations, John McCain, Walt Monegan, Drudge, Drudgereport, Home News

One would think that the Republican juggernaut of the blogosphere would at least want to spin the Alaska Committee's report. Is Palin such an embarrassment to mainstream conservative America that not even Drudge will rise to her defense?

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A Contrast Of Small-Town Mayors: Sarah & Mary

Mary Kinnunen | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska, John McCain, Small-Town Mayors, Presidential Politics, Wisconsin, Family Values, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Home News

MI offer this essay from the perspective of someone who's walked in Mayor Sarah's snowshoes. Also, I wanted to see how I might stack-up as a VP candidate. I was Hillary's Oneida County Chairperson after all.

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A Leader Should Be Able To Multitask

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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McCain has been a senator for what, twenty-six years? Based on the number of years McCain has spent in public office, debating and campaigning should both be skills in which he is quite adept.

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War Protesters Confront McCain In Swing-State Michigan

Dan Treul | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

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The protesters believe we must end the occupation of Iraq and redirect spending toward human needs. "You're so old," called one to the McCain fans. "It's time to change the rules."

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Why Obama Cheered the Surge on O'Reilly

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Iraq War, The Surge, Barack Obama, Antiwar Movement, Presidential Politics, MoveOn.Org, Gop, Bill O'Reilly, Democrats, John McCain, Politics News

What could Obama have possibly been thinking when he told Bill O'Reilly that the Iraq war surge is not only working but working beyond his wildest dreams?

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Educators: If You Enjoy NCLB, You'll Love the McCain/Palin Plan!

Gary Stager | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, John McCain, Education Reform, Nclb, Sarah Palin, Presidential Politics, Phonics, Politics News

Although much of what Sarah Palin says in her education plan for Alaska, reads like an undergraduate homework assignment, she does express support for something called ABC Schools.

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McCain Risks Becoming the Anti-Science Candidate

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

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The biggest blow to one's confidence in John McCain's commitment to sound science came last week with his choice of running mate.

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Will Hillary Rain on Obama's Parade?

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Do the Clintons intend to eviscerate what ought to be Obama's coronation at the Democratic Party Convention in Denver next week?

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Obama Caint Choose Kaine

Gloria Feldt | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Obama should not choose Kaine because he opposes a woman's most fundamental human right to decide her own destiny by making her own childbearing decisions.

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Oil's Well That Ends Well In Media, Politics

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Mainstream Media, Energy, U.S. Economy, Politics, John McCain, Presidential Politics, Nancy Pelosi, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Home News

The economic crisis is not just a product of high oil prices but that's what we're served up. Meanwhile, the middle class, lower class, and the poor pay the consequences.

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Reading The Pictures: The McCain Buffalo Chip (Un-)Cover-Up

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Photos, John and Cindy McCain, John McCain, Female Exploitation, Kid Rock, McCain Hypocrite, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Politics, McCain Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Wild Debachery, Mccain Buffalo Chip, John McCain Women, Campaign 2008, John Mccain Sturgis, Bikers, Media News

Only the wildly hypocritical McCain could have escaped any blowback from the debauchery and female exploitation in Sturgis. And, as an act of collusion, the visual media totally blinked.

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