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Sarah Palin: Going Rogue to the White House Or Someplace Else?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Rnc, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Punditmom, Hillary Clinton, Going Rogue, Rnc Chair, George Bush, 2012 Election, Presidential Campaign, Palin 2012, Jeb Bush, Politics News

When people dismiss Sarah Palin out of hand, I keep thinking one thing -- remember the last politician we scoffed at as not even close to being competent enough for the White House?

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Just Being Alive Will Soon Be a Pre-Existing Condition

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Barack Obama, Pre-Existing-Condition, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Politics News

Many people who are against health care reform claim that a public option will result in rationing. But if denying a beaten woman coverage doesn't amount to rationing, what is it?

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Where Is the Right Wing's Christian Forgiveness When It Comes to Ted Kennedy?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Kennedys, Edward Kennedy, Punditmom, Republicans, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Politics News

Apparently, many on the political right are without sin, because they wasted no time after Senator Ted Kennedy's death to start casting as many stones as possible.

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Dear Federal Marshals, Glenn Beck is Waiting for You

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Joanne Bamberger, Threats Against Federal Officials, Politics News

If someone even jokingly threatens harm a federal official, it's considered a federal offense. Has anyone mentioned this to Glenn Beck?

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Can Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Help Get Health Care Done?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Punditmom, Valerie Jarrett, BlogHer '09, Barack Obama, Politics News

If anyone can keep President Obama on track on this issue, it's Jarrett.

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Jenny Sanford -- The Political Spouse Role Model for My Daughter

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Role Models, Mark Sanford, Jenny Sanford, Joanne Bamberger, Punditmom, Family Values, Political Spouses, Politics News

The message often sent to our kids is that it's okay for husbands to wander and that wives will still stick around, regardless of how badly they've been betrayed. That is, until Jenny Sanford.

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Sonia Sotomayor and Elle Woods Have a Lot in Common

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Elle Woods, Lilly Ledbetter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Punditmom, Legally Blonde, Joanne Bamberger, Barack Obama, Politics News

Conservatives are going to try to convince America that no judge should be appointed to the Supreme Court who doesn't decide cases by applying the law to the facts of a case in a vacuum.

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Michelle Obama's Story is Mine. And Yours.

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Punditmom, Michelle Obama, Working Class Families, Joanne Bamberger, Economy, College Education, Living News

I love Michelle's story because it's similar to mine. What I don't love is the ooh-ing and ah-ing of journalists as if Michelle's story is something new, because it's not.

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Media Coverage of Adoption -- It's Not Just About Madonna

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: International Adoption, Joanne Bamberger, Madonna, Cnn, Punditmom, Malawi, Adoption, Media News

Is the Washington Post suggesting that finding two young girls dead in a freezer is somehow more heinous becase the mother had adopted them?

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Five Imagined Confessions of Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.03.2009 | Living

Read More: The View, Truu Confessions, Joanne Bamberger, Punditmom, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Living News

I started wondering what kind of confessions, political or otherwise, Elisabeth might have. As someone who was pro-McCain/Palin in the 2008 election, I bet there could be some really juicy ones!

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Dear AIG, I've Solved Your Bonus Problem!

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Joanne Bamberger, Bailout, Punditmom, Economic Crisis, Business News

If AIG employees don't get their millions, what are they going to do, quit? It's not like there are tons of jobs out there at the moment.

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John McCain and the Tale of the Earmarks

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Pork Barrel Spending, John McCain, Joanne Bamberger, Earmarks, Federal Spending, Federal Budget, Politics News

Senator McCain (or his staff) is on a Twitter campaign to convince us that he has our budget interests at heart and that the Democrats are going on a wild earmark spree.

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There's More to Influence on Twitter Than Being Famous

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Social Media, Twitter, Joanne Bamberger, Punditmom, David Schuster, Famous Twitterers, Claire McCaskill, David Gregory, Tweeters, Tweet, Washington DC, Maya Angelou, Al Gore, Media News

Al Gore, it's not really kosher Twitter etiquette to have 160,000+ people on your list and then only be interested in what two of them are tweeting.

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Suleman Octuplets Are a Good Reason to Look at Fertility Regulation

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Punditmom, Nadya Suleman, Fertility, Joanne Bamberger, Adoption, Living News

If there are scores of laws that regulate the adoption process, why is it any less important that there be some regulations when it comes to having eight embryos implanted at one time?

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Goodyear, You Can Spare $360K for Lilly Ledbetter?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Equal Pay, Joanne Bamberger, Gender Discrimination, Lilly Ledbetter, Punditmom, Fair Pay, Video, Politics News

Even though Lilly Ledbetter has become a standard bearer for the fight for fair pay for women, Lilly herself will never see a nickel of the money that she sued Goodyear Rubber & Tire for.

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Was Caroline Kennedy Ever the Real Candidate?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Punditmom, Hillary Clinton, Joanne Bamberger, David Paterson, Kirsten Gillibrand, Caroline Kennedy, New York State, New York State Governor, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Gillibrand, Paterson New York State, Politics News

Was Caroline nothing more than cover for New York Governor David Paterson's efforts to court and vet the candidate who would most benefit him?

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When it Comes to Bernie Madoff, Congress is More to Blame Than the SEC

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Bernard Madoff, Congress, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernie Madoff, Securities Fraud, Politics News

As Congress gets ready to point the finger at the SEC for falling down on the job, it had better get ready to own up to its share of the blame.

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Barbarians, Masters & Thieves

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Punditmom, Securities and Exchange Commission, Economy, It's the Economy Stupid, Economic Crisis, Business News

"Mommy & Daddy have saved and worked hard for a long time so we will have food and a house and money for college. Don't worry, sweetie," I said. In retrospect, I was a fool.

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I Know Sarah Palin. She's Tracy Flick & So Much More

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Punditmom, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Reese Witherspoon, Style News

Sarah Palin's winking and so-called "folksy" manner don't fool me or many others I know. We've seen her type all to often and we know exactly who she is -- just someone who has decided that there's no reason to know too much.

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And Then Sarah Palin Invoked Dick Cheney

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Punditmom, Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden, Constitution, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Palin, in a way Cheney has done so many times, was clear in her contempt for her opponent, the moderator, the process and, yes, the American people.

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Sorry, Sarah Palin, Sometimes Life Isn't Fair

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Vice Presidential Debate, Gwen Ifill, Punditmom, Foreign Policy, Sarah Palin, Funny Videos, Politics News

I knew there was one thing I could not say. "Your honor, please don't ask me as many questions about this motion as the other lawyers, because I'm not as experienced in the law as they are."

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The Hurdle Hillary Supporters Can't Get Over

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lily Ledbetter, Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Women Voters, Barack Obama, Punditmom, Politics News

As I was pondering why there is still so much coverage of the so-called reluctance of "older" Hillary supporters to become enthusiastic about Obama, I had one of those light-bulb, Oprah AHA! moments.

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Who's the Next "Viable Woman Presidential Candidate?"

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Punditmom, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

Given the treatment Hillary has received, I fear it will be a long time before another woman is ready to subject herself -- and her family -- to the meat grinder of American presidential politics.

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Today We Can Breathe

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Joanne Bamberger, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Punditmom, Yoga, Relaxation, Politics News

My little time out for yoga recently made me wonder if it isn't time for the candidates and all of us Democrats to find our center and focus on the thing that matters most -- US!

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