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Obama and the Political Center

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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The failure of McCain's divisive message to resonate beyond the base should have alerted Republican leaders to the resurgence of the center, but they seemed to have missed this clue.

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Grayson: Fox News Is "The Enemy Of America" (VIDEO)

Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

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Appearing on The Ed Show Wednesday night, outspoken Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson slammed both Fox News and the GOP, saying that "Fox News and their Re...

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Keep Going, Republicans! You're Doing Great!

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Michelle Malkin, Mark Halperin, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Political Parties, Blue Dogs, Erick Erickson, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Christopher Buckley, Republican Party, Chris Cillizza, Republicans, Politics News

If recent polling is any indication, people don't want to be associated with the party that elevates the self-satirical wackaloons. Especially when they refuse to be honest about who they are.

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Downplaying the Uninsured: Michael Steele and the Ongoing Republican Propaganda Campaign to Derail Health-Care Reform

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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One of the key components of Republican opposition to reform involves claiming there are fewer uninsured Americans than people think. So it isn't 40 million, it's more like 12 to 15 million -- as if this makes reform unnecessary.

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Projection TV: Real Americans Watch Fox News

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Conservatives -- or "Real Americans" -- are easily threatened, and view those outside their tribe with suspicion. Those outside their tribe don't deserve a lot: especially not the right to vote.

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Bill Maher Talks Balloon Boy, Interviews Rep. Alan Grayson (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

On "Real Time" this Friday, Maher began his show with a monologue about the the "balloon boy" saga surrounding the Heene family. Maher made some fun...

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The Census and the GOP Latino Strategy: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Don't Count 'Em

Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, 2010 Census, Senate, Latino Voters, Acorn, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Immigration, Democrats, Republican Party, New York News

Republican Senators have proposed to require all those who fill out census surveys to affirm their citizenship. That may be the final nail in the coffin of the GOP/Latino relationship.

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When the Two Parties of a Two Party System Don't Know Why They Exist

Simon Sinek | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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Neither party does a good job of contextualizing why they have the opinions they do in the first place. Though both parties know why America exists, neither party can tell you why it exists.

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GOP: This Is Your Future Calling (and Sorry, It's Brown)

Frank Sharry | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Republican politicians have been guilty of using immigrants as a wedge issue for so long that they are in real danger of sacrificing their future with Latino, minority, and swing voters.

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Susan Collins Open To Voting For Health Care Overhaul

Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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(AP) WASHINGTON - A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting Presiden...

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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GOP.com: RNC Website Relaunches, Stumbles On First Day

Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology

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The first day of the RNC's relaunch of its website, GOP.com, has had more than a few stumbles and hiccups -- which Dems have, predictably, gleefully t...

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Glenn Beck Compares Fox News To Jews During Holocaust (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Leave it to Glenn Beck to take things too far. On his radio show Tuesday Beck drew a rather over-the-top analogy between, of all things, Fox News and ...

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RNC's New Website Includes Timeline Of GOP Accomplishments... Lists Nothing After 2004

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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The Republican National Committee has launched a new website in a bid to foster a focused online presence for the GOP. Upon first visit to the websit...

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Is Obama a "Narcissist"?

John McQuaid | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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If conservatives want to win back power, they should focus on issues. They could start by kicking Obama off the analyst's couch and taking a spin on it themselves.

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Voters Tiring of Republican Partisanship on Healthcare

Andrew Baumann | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Momentum is growing for passage of health care reform, and, because of their continued obstructionism, so is the threat to Republicans.

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GOP Pisses Off World; Wins Prize!

Steven Weber | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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While bestowing laurels upon Obama may strike some as premature, what is long overdue are the consequences for the right's assault on reason and sanity, consequences which have a satisfying irony.

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Health Care Bill May Not Get Single GOP Vote In The House

Washington Post | Ben Pershing | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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The House is inching closer to voting on a comprehensive health-care bill, even as the chamber appears so divided that the measure may not attract a s...

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Republicans: A Fairy Tale

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/12 March on Washington, Tea Party, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

Once upon a time, Republicans just loved America. Now, we get conservatives in the streets protesting, turning to the TV cameras in tears, asking what has happened to the America they knew.

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WSJ: It'll Be Hard For GOP To Party Like It's '94

Wall Street Journal | GERALD F. SEIB | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republicans, 2010 Elections, Republican Party, Politics News

A big question hangs over American politics: Could next year be 1994 all over again? That was the year a bitter debate over health care led to a disa...

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Arizona Mothers Storm Kyl's Senate Office, Denounce GOP as Sexist

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Dozens of local mothers descended on the office of Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona Wednesday to denounce what they say are sexist attitudes held by Kyl and the Republican Party in general.

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The Demonization of Barack Obama

Sheldon Filger | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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While wrapping their vituperation in the American flag, these extremists masquerading as patriots are actually damaging the heart and soul of the conservative movement in the United States.

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Reagan's Response to the Revolt of '78 and the Relevance for Republicans Today

Lou Zickar | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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For all the talk about moving beyond Reagan and becoming a party of the future instead of the past, the fact is that the GOP would benefit greatly from a dose of Reagan-style optimism at this time.

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

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Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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Republicans: The Party of Whiners

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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Republicans have perfected their shrill and tuneless whining into an art form. In place of Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," we now have the GOP's "Book of Lamentations."

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