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Baucus' Bill Not Bipartisan, But Panmedia

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.

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Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

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Friday Talking Points [91] -- Win One For Teddy

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.

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Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

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Harry Reid: GOP "Run By A Talk Show Host"

Politico | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched his harshest attack on the Republican Party in months, claiming the GOP is "being run by a talk show host."...

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The Bachelorette: Season Finale Recap

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Tasha Gordon-Solmon

This week's episode was billed as "The most emotional season finale in Bachelorette history." But unless bikinis make you teary, it was pretty tame.

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

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The Bachelorette Week Five Recap: The Week of the Hyperbole

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Tasha Gordon-Solmon

This week was intense! People had the best moments of their lives and the worst moments of their lives.

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What Pelosi Could Have Done: A Response to Chris Weigant

Frank Dwyer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Frank Dwyer

"What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?" the estimable Chris Weigant asked in a recent post. She could have defended her country. She could have ...

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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Reid: There's "No Big Plot" For Funding Health Care Reform

The Hill | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday there is "no big plot" to pay for healthcare reform with cap-and-trade revenues in the federal...

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Reid: Justice Roberts Lied To Us

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took a moment Friday to lament Supreme Court Chief Justice John Robert's tenure on the court so far, which in Reid's...

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Jason Linkins

Chip Reid Asks Gibbs About 'Ugly Democratic Heads' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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Here's a video of the scandal that just went down in the White House Press Room! CBS News' Chip Reid was questioning Robert Gibbs about health care s...

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Ryan Grim

Reid Spokesman: Anti-Earmark Crusader A "Partisan Hack"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) got under the fingernails of the government watchdog group Taxpay...

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Senate Rejects McCain In Bipartisan Fashion

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The bottom line of this story is that nine out of forty-one Republican senators just broke ranks with their party and voted to strip a McCain amendment from a budget bill.

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Democrats Should Just Say No To Budget Filibusters

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

A little-known rule in the Senate may dramatically change the balance of power between the parties during the upcoming budgetary process.

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DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don't

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Jane Hamsher

There appears to be a pretty big gap between what DC journalists think Americans think, and what Americans actually think. Look at the DC media's "winners" and "losers" in the wake of the stimulus bill.

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Reid On Stimulus: We Have The Votes

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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On Wednesday, Democratic senators were saying that they didn't yet have the votes to pass an economic recovery package. A day later, Senate Majority L...

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Reid Speaks Out In Defense Of Lobbyists

Think Profress | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who helped pass legislation in 2007 to limit the influence of lobbyists, invited top lobbyists to join him f...

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Israel in Gaza: Three Wrong Arguments

Howard Schweber | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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Howard Schweber

The Reid/McConnell resolution is a perfect articulation of one voice in the American debate over Israel's actions in Gaza. Here are a few objections that should be raised.

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

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Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

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Friday Talking Points [59] -- New Year's Resolutions (For Democrats)

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Happy New Year 2009! Because I've always felt it is more amusing to make new year's resolutions that others should follow, today's Friday Talking Poin...

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Harry Reid Faces Uphill Re-Election Bid

Wall Street Journal | T.W. FARNAM | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Harry Reid will command the biggest party majority of any Senate leader in a quarter century when the new Congress convenes in January. But the N...

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