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

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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

It's Time To Lead, Mr. President

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.

I'm Sick of Hearing About the Poor, Poor Millionaires

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.

Sarah Palin, The Anti-Poet

John Lundberg | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

Watching Sarah Palin resign the other week, I remembered how frustrating it is to listen to her speak. She uses simple words, but combines them into ...

The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

Obama Faces First National Security Failure as Sotomayor and Health Care Hang in the Balance

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Kimberly Krautter

Last week's sustained cyber-attacks on some of our country's most sensitive government networks exposed how a country that lives by the technology can also perish by the technology.

For the Health of the Nation: Ensure a Public Option

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

The last time the World Health Organization stacked up countries' health systems, the United States came in 37th, behind Chile, Morocco, Cyprus and even drug war-torn Colombia.

Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


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?

Sarah Palin, Preparing to Run

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

After reading Palin's interview in Runner's World, I doubt she'll be off the political stage anytime soon. A presidential campaign is a long race that requires a lot of endurance.

Sarah Palin -- What a Schmuck

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics


Kimberly Krautter

Who cares if she feels she has checked off her personal laundry list of things to do? You don't quit just because you want to pursue a new ambition.

Thomas Frank: How Dysfunction Helps The GOP

Wall Street Journal | THOMAS FRANK | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


'Remember the $400 hammer? How 'bout that $600 toilet seat?" asks a Conservatives for Patients' Rights TV commercial criticizing President Barack Obam...

What Sanford, Ensign, and Spitzer Have in Common

Julie Menin | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Julie Menin

It is hard to conceive of Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin holding a news conference to say they had been conducting an affair, disappeared to another country to call off an affair or visited a male prostitute.

RNC's Michael Steele Becomes Union Man

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

Steele can perch that white hard hat atop his head, but he's going to have to labor at learning some hard philosophical lessons before becoming a real steelworker, a true union man.

Republican Party Bankrupt; Reorganizes As A Church

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.07.2009 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

Republican officials wasted no time in taking advantage of their new found status as a religion and began punishing infidels, giving each other impressive titles and handing out funny hats.

Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

Dick Cheney - The Republican Gift that Keeps Giving

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

The Cheney model for the post-vice presidency seems to be to become the party's lead attack dog. It is difficult to fathom why Cheney has chosen to do this, but supporters of Obama should not be ungrateful.

WATCH: Republicans Debate "Socialist" Resolution

David Murdock | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


David Murdock

The RNC concludes a special session this afternoon with a much-anticipated vote on a resolution to re-brand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party."

What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time. Even if she disagreed with the policy, there simply wasn't much for her to do about it.

Rep. Joe Barton: Waxman 'Doesn't Have the Nuts' to Pass Energy Bill

David Murdock | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


David Murdock

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill. Next week,...

A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

Talk Radio Hosts Offer the GOP a Huge Leadership Pool

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

With the Republican Party flailing about looking for new leaders why don't any of the high-powered conservative radio talkers run for public office?

The Specter Switch: The Incredible Shrinking Republican Party

Lanny Davis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


Lanny Davis

The shrinkage is primarily due to two facts about the current Religious-Right dominated Republican Party: unpopular ideas and bad attitudes.

Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Kemp was a fervent believer in "supply side economics," which I just as fervently oppose. But you do not have to agree with all of Jack Kemp's economic policies to be impressed and inspired with his life and leadership.