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McCain's Warped Worldview

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

A lesson McCain should have learned is that the world is a complex place, that today's enemies may be tomorrow's negotiating partners -- as Obama has at times dared to suggest.

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Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question -- what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

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Friday Talking Points [41] -- The Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Regulation is Not a Bad Word

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

McCain and Gramm are financial radicals who have taken over the system. The idea of putting them back in charge is absolutely unthinkable.

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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East Tennessee: Conservative and Green

Kayla Webley | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

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Kayla Webley

In Republican-dominated East Tennessee conservation and environmentalism are propelled less by Al Gore-style inconvenient truths than by biblically mandated calls to stewardship.

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Senate Legislation Blocked Constantly By Obscure Political Maneuvers

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reported last year on the aggressive tactics Republican senators were using to obstruct an unprecedented number of bil...

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After Heller, The Gun Lobby's "Slippery Slope" Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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The 269-269 Electoral Tie Scenario

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

So what would happen if the Electoral College tied? Well, it goes to the House of Representatives. And since the Democrats have an advantage in the House, you'd think "President Obama." But you'd be wrong.

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Rebranding Republicans: McCain's Conundrum

William Bradley | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

A day spent recently following McCain around California points up how difficult a task he has in store. And how short he remains of the mark on "rebranding" a Republican Party.

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What Makes McCain Tick?

Robert Scheer | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Will the real John McCain stand up? Actually, I don't expect him to, now that he is the Republican presidential candidate, he is pandering to the irrationalities that drive his party.

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US Military Needs the New GI Bill

Victor LaPorte | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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Victor LaPorte

We have heard the opposition's argument against the 21st Century GI Bill time and time again: At a time when the United States Military is fighting ...

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Big Mac's Iraq Travel Guide for Obama: "Great Green Zone Escapes"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

I can spare Sen. Obama a lot of wasted time if he truly wants to visit the real Iraq -- not the Baghdad that John McCain wants him to see, and upon which to judge Iraq.

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GI's Guide to the New GI Bills

Victor LaPorte | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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Victor LaPorte

Support our troops and veterans. Support the 21st Century GI Bill!

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Friday Talking Points [33] -- If It Quacks Like A Lame Duck...

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

President George W. Bush, asked in a press conference why Republicans in the House and Senate are increasingly defying him, proven by the fact that do...

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Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

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Paying for War at the Pump

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

There is no better measure of the failure of Bush's foreign policy than that the American taxpayers who paid for the invasion of Iraq are now being rewarded with skyrocketing prices at the pump.

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A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

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Republicans: Change or Become Irrelevant

Lonnee Hamilton | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

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Lonnee Hamilton

Many black and brown voters self-identify as socially conservative. The race-based tactics of the Southern strategy and the nasty anti-immigrant tone, however, make it all but certain these voters will remain Democrats .

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Democratic Landslide In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...

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