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Obama and Afghanistan: Two Items I Don't Understand

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President John F. Kennedy, President Obama, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Vietnam War, Afghanistan Troop Increase, Democratic Party, President Lyndon Johnson, Republican Party, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Barack Obama would seem to be a man of rare psychological balance and has, certainly, no debt to the administration of President Bush. Why follow its example?

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Some Revolutions are Revolting

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Politics News

As much as far-right Republicans like to think they're invoking the American Revolution by promoting Lipton, they're ignoring reality and history - again.

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Tiger Quits Golf; Will Become Politician

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Politics, Extramarital Affairs, Rachel Uchitel, Mark Sanford, Andy Borowitz, John Ensign, Republican Party, Tiger Woods, Comedy News

"After two days of refusing to speak to the media about suspicious aspects of my personal life, I have proved to myself that I am qualified for a career in politics," Mr. Woods told reporters in Orlando.

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Poll: GOP Divided Over Party's Direction, Leaders

Washington Post | Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, 2012 Elections, Dede Scozzafava, Bailout, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Stimulus, Politics News

The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact ma...

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Mike Huckabee Leaning Against Presidential Run In 2012

AP | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Gop, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Elections, Mitt Romney, Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Palin, Romney, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he's leaning slightly against running for president in 2012 but says it's far too early to ...

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Ken Salazar Fires Back At Oil Companies Over Western Leases

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Interior Department, Utah Oil Leases, Natural Gas Companies, Ken Salazar, Republican Party, Salazar Oil Lease, Oil Companies, Colorado, Denver News

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an ar...

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GOP Purity Test Would Have Banished Bush And Reagan

David Edwards and John Byrne | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Reagan Republican Purity Test, Republican Purity Principles, Gop Purity Principles, Republican Purity Resolution, Republican Purity Test, Gop Purity Resolution, Gop, Bush Republican Purity Test, Reagan Gop Purity Test, Bush Gop Purity Test, Gop Purity Test, Politics News

The following article was produced by the Raw Story and written by David Edwards and John Byrne. The latest trend in the Republican Party is an effor...

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Right And Left Join To Reform Criminal Justice System

New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Republican Party, Heritage Foundation, Conservatives, Liberals, Courts, Crime, Ronald Reagan, Nacdl, Reform, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Edward Meese Iii, Beyond Left and Right, Aclu, Libertarians, Judicial Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes invol...

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How Sarah Palin Might Win The White House

Washington Post | Matthew Dowd | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason...

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Reform...at What Cost?

Susan Bevan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moderate Republicans, Moderates, Republican-Majority-for-Choice, Abortion Rights, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Anti-Abortion, U.S. House of Representatives, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

Like it or not, abortion is a legal medical procedure and a decision that has to be left to doctors and families. Why are women being singled out and denied coverage, even through private plans?

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RIP Compassionate Conservatism

Will Marshall | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Senate, Federal Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, George W. Bush, Gop Health Care, Gop, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, David Walker, Health Care, Republican Party, Joseph Cao, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News

In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.

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GOP Considers 'Purity' Resolution For Candidates

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rnc Ten Principles, Gop Resolution, Gop Ten Principles, Republican Party, GOP Platform, Republican Platform, Republican Resolution, Gop Obama, Republican Purity Resolution, Gop Purity, Republican Purity Test, Gop Purity Resolution, Republicans Obama, Gop Purity Test, Politics News

Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support if they want party backing. Candidates, the...

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Jim DeMint Battling Senate GOP Leadership In Next Election

Politico | Manu Raju and Josh Kraushaar | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Party Activists, Jim Demint Gop, Jim Demint Conservatives, Republican Party, Jim Demint Right-Wing, Demint Tea Party Support, Jim Demint Republicans, Gop, Demint Rnc, Jim Demint Tea Party, Tea Party, Politics News

If you're an underdog conservative running for Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) should be on your speed dial these days. A favorite of the tea part...

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Republican Identity Crisis Forces GOP Politicians To The Right

Politics Daily | Jill Lawrence | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Ideology, GOP Ideology, Right-Wing, President Obama, John Mccain Obama, Club for Growth, Rnc Strategy, GOP Conservatives, Palin Conservatives, Republican Party, Gop Obama, Gop, Republicans Obama, Tea Party, John McCain, Gop Strategy, Politics News

John McCain rails against a bipartisan global warming bill two years after sponsoring one himself? He says he's "dear friends" with Sarah Palin and en...

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Tea Parties Organizing, Training For 2010 Under The Radar

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Odom, Tea Party Protests, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, 2010 Elections, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, Republican Party, Politics News

For some, Tea Parties are a reaction against a floundering Republican Party. For others, Tea Parties are a Republican Renaissance.

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Irrational Exuberance in Anti-Obama Hatred

Aaron Keyak | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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The use of swastikas, photos of dead Holocaust victims, and anti-Semitic epithets should have no place in any event or venue sponsored or promoted on either side of the partisan divide.

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When it Comes to Sarah Palin, Blame John McCain

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Conservatives, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Politics News

There is a good deal of blame to go around when it comes to Palin, and a lot of worthy targets, but it was McCain who made the decision to put her on his ticket and to give her that national platform.

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The Audacity of Dopes

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Charlie Gibson, Kim Kardashian, Kate Gosselin, Nicole Wallace, Katie Couric, Snl, Newt Gingrich, Tina Fey, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Politics News

No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.

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Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" In Upstate New York Congressional Race

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Conservative Party, Paper Ballots, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Doug Hoffman Conservatives, Bill Owens, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New...

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Neo-Confederate, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Hugh Hewitt, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Sean Hannity, Birther, Tim Pawlenty, Joe Lieberman, Manchurian Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Far Right, Tea Party, Creationism, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Chairman Mao, Katie Couric, Media News

Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

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How Sarah Palin Could Win The 2012 GOP Nomination

Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Huckabee, Gop, 2012 Elections, New Hampshire, Democrats, Straw Poll, Palin, Romney, 2012, Republican Party, Primaries, White House, Sarah Palin, Pawlenty, 2012 Election Strategy, Palin Election Strategy, Republicans, Politics News

If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...

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GOP Presidential Candidates Already Jockeying For 2012 Election

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Michael Steele, White House, Gop, 2012 Elections, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2012, Mike Huckabee, ny23, New York 23, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pataki, Tim Pawlenty, Fundraising, Republican Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...

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Q&A Bill Frist: Healthcare, The GOP and Birthers

David Goodman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Gop, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Republican Party, Health Care, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News

Bill Frist is the former Republican Senate Majority Leader. He is the author of the new book: A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.

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Utah Becomes A Battleground In The GOP's Civil War

Los Angeles Times | Mark Barabak | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Gop Civil War, Utah, Republican Party, Robert Bennett, Politics News

Utah has emerged as an improbable battleground in the fight for the future of the GOP, as the party's veteran U.S. senator -- with nary a whiff of per...

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