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History is Made: New GI Bill Signed into Law

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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It is a promise we made to the veterans of World War II: that those who defend our country should be able to take advantage of America's opportunity. This legislation again fulfills that promise.

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The Good Fight

Sen. Harry Reid | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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As a boy, I learned to swim at a whorehouse. Every Thursday, the whoremonger in town would ask the girls who worked the El Rey to clear out, and he'd invite the children in town to swim in his pool.

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Reid: Clinton, Obama Fight Does "Zero Damage" To Democrats

Bloomberg | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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"The protracted battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination is doing 'zero damage' to the party and ins...

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There Shan't Be Blood: An Outline to a Democratic Drama in 3 Acts

Will Bower | Posted 03.12.2008 | Home

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Is there a chance for a happy ending to the Democratic nominating drama?

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It's OK for Clinton & Obama to Lobby Each Others Delegates

Donnie Fowler | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

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If the Democratic race is still very close when summer rolls around, then how else is one of them going to get the nomination if they don't start recruiting delegates of all kinds to switch sides?

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Obama and Clinton's State of Surveillance

Ari Melber | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

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We need leaders who will not only vote against unchecked spying, but go to the mat with the full power of their office and their bully pulpit to defend the Constitution.

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When Nashua Met Harry and Nancy

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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Granite-staters are fed up with anything that constitutes politics-as-normal inside the Beltway and that includes anyone who is perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- associated with it.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

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Senate Considers Staying Open During Xmas To Prevent Bush Appointments

Washington Post | Al Kamen | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Christmas is usually a time when controversial nominees for top federal jobs wait for Santa, in the form of the president of the United States, to com...

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News Alert: If You Love Renewable Energy, It's Time to Freak Out

Toby Barlow | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

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Pelosi and Reid are just about to do the stupidest thing imaginable: pull the rug out from underneath the blossoming renewable energy economy at the time when we need it most.

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Return Of Reid Aide Applauded By Anti-War Figures

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

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The anti-war movement had a small but important victory today, not in the form of legislation on Iraq, but rather in the reemergence of a prominent ai...

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Chris Dodd Leads Where Reid Fails

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

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Reid's tenure as majority leader has been nothing but an exercise in timidity, which is about a lot more than not having the votes to pass legislation.

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The Democrats Should Have Walked Out

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

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A little good old political theater is what was in order today.

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Reading The Pictures: Overcoming My Blue DNA

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

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I, for one, never again want to read, see or hear the phrase: "But we don't have the votes."

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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Dems On Iraq: Autoshadowphobia In Remission?

David Sirota | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

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A few months ago, in the face of polls showing the public wanted an end to the war, Democrats were refusing to use their power to, well, end the war.

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Open Letter To Speaker Pelosi And Majority Leader Reid

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.10.2007 | Politics

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Either the polls are lying to me, or you guys are just ignoring the public and conspiring to prove that Democrats have no backbone whatsoever.

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