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Ethics Probe Could Feel to Voters Like 1992 House Banking Scandal

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Jennifer Donahue

Then, as now, the economy was coming out of recession. Then, as now, the housing market and job losses were hurting many Americans.

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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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Arthur Delaney

Jim Inhofe: Specter Switch Will Bring Republican Revolution In 2010 (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that Sen. Arlen Specter's defection from the Republican Party is "the first visible evidence" that the GOP wi...

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McCain, Palin Rely on 19th Century Ideals

Michele Swenson | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

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Michele Swenson

The culture war waged by Republican revolutionaries is grounded in 19th century gender, race and class divisions, as well as nativism that perpetuated fear of immigrants and derided social justice movements.

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