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If You Have Donated To The RNC Since 1991, You Have Funded Abortion

Melinda Warner | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, Rnc, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Michael Steele, Health Insurance, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Republicans, Politics News

Using the RNC's logic, every person who has donated money since 1991 has also funded abortions, because a portion went towards the employer's portion of each employee's health care premium.

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, John McCain, Congress, Fdic, Hank Paulson, Liquidity, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Chris Dodd, Democrats, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Bank for International Settlements, Senate, Forum of Financial Stability, Treasury, Washington, Comptroller of the Currency, Central Banks, Sec, Global-Financial-Markets, Us, Sheila Bair, Republicans, Politics News

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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10 Reasons Why Democrats Who Opposed the Health Care Bill Made a Political Mistake

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Health Care Vote, Democratic Health Care Bill, Politics of Health Care Reform, Public Health Insurance Plan, Public Option, Frontline Democrats, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Republicans, Pre-Existing Conditions, Health Insurance Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Even ignoring how critical it is to overhaul our broken health care system, most of the 39 Democrats who voted against reform in the House last week still made a political mistake. Here's why.

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Will Democrats Scuttle Healthcare Because Of Abortion?

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Kim Stagliano, Health Insurance, Democrats, Healthcare, Republicans, Health Care, Living News

I used to say I was politically pro-choice but personally pro-life, meaning I would never consider having an abortion. That was until I was faced with the choice of carrying a baby to term myself.

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Tea Party Civil War? Lawsuit, GOP Friction Splits Leaders

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Odom, Tea Partiers, Conservatives, Amy Kremer, Conservative Movemment, Tea Party Patriots, Gop, Tea Party Civil War, Amy Kremer Fired, Tea Party, Tea Party Express, Amy Kremer Sued, Republicans, Politics News

Some major cracks have emerged in the "Tea Party" movement's leadership. In October, Amy Kremer, a founder and top staffer for the Tea Party Patri...

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Scozzafava Maddow Interview: Purging Party Of Independent Thinkers Leads To Minority Status

Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Video, Dede Scozzafava, Scozzafava Interview, Scozzafava Video, Rachel Maddow, Scozzafava Rachel Maddow, Republicans, Politics News

Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow interviewed Dede Scozzafava, the GOP congressional candidate (New York-23) who was ousted from the race by conservat...

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We Finally Have Health Reform! And I Think I'm Going To Be Sick

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Republicans, Democrats, Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama, Kucinich, Politics News

The Republican strategy was ingenious. They forced the administration to concede and compromise, got much of what they demanded and still complain when it fails. Brilliant.

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Hold the Hofstadter: Why the GOP Is Winning 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Over the last few months, a number of prominent political columnists have pointed to historian and social critic Richard Hofstadter to explain what is happening to the Republican Party. Here's why they shouldn't.

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Illinois GOP Orchestrates Smear Campagin Against Muslim Civic Organization CAIR

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Fort Hood, Illinois Republicans, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Illinois Politics, Fort Hood Shootings, Republicans, Chicago News

I am shocked, but should I really be? Yesterday the Illinois GOP issued a press release baselessly accusing a respected Islamic civil rights organization of being anti-Semitic.

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Republicans File Constitutional Amendment Limiting Bills to 5 Pages

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jim Inhofe, John Boehner, Jim Demint, Republicans, Conservatives, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Trees, Comedy News

The battle for the soul of the Republican Party is over. Conservatives and the moderate have come together behind a constitutional amendment that would prohibit Congress from passing any bill longer than five pages.

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Top-Down Blowback; The GOP Discovers That the Grassroots Bites Back

Rob Kall | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Top-Down-Bottom-Up, Gop, Teabaggers, Bottom-Up, Tea Party, Grassroots, Republicans, Michael Steele, Tea Party Protests, Health Care Protests, Rush Limbaugh, Conservative, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Paul Krugman, Health Care, Politics News

Limbaugh, Beck and Palin tap the energy and emotions of the masses and flame their biases and bigotry. The web and the media have changed the rules. The grassroots are connected like never before.

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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Scozzafava Tells Her Story: 'My Name's A Verb Now'

Washington Post | Jason Horowitz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech. "My name's a verb now," she said....

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Proposals In House Would Curb 'Too Big To Fail' Banks, Firms

Wall Street Journal | DAMIAN PALETTA and MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Sec, Larry Summers, Too Big to Ail, Lobbying, Bank of America, Lobbyists, Chase, Paulson, Economy, Metlife, Regulation, JP Morgan, Obama, Democrats, Prudential, Recession, Barney Frank, House, Senate, House Financial Services Committee, Henry Paulson, White House, Treasury, Hank Paulson, Kanjorski, JP Morgan Chase, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats are advancing proposals in Congress designed to limit the size and complexity of financial companies so that any collapse wouldn't damage th...

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The Big Confusion: "Moderates" and "Independents" Are Not the Same Thing

John Zogby | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dede Scozzafava, Moderates, David Brooks, Public Opinion Polls, Independent Voters, Public Opinion, Ny-23, Democrats, David Hoffman, Republicans, Politics News

In a recent New York Times piece, David Brooks divided the electorate into liberals, conservatives and independents. This view mistakes a lack of party affiliation for ideological innocence.

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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Bill Owens, Charlie Crist, Palin, Mark Schauer, Mark Kirk, Rnc, Tea Partiers, Dede Scozzafava, Tim Walberg, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Minutemen, Wayne Gilchrest, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Rush Limbaugh, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Ritght to Life, Barack Obama, Heather Wilson, Moderate Republicans, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Club for Growth, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Joe Schwarz, Chris Chocola, Politics News

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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Obama's Choice: Jobs Now or Republicans in November

Les Leopold | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Wall Street Crisis, Wealth, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Republicans, Business News

We face a true national emergency. More than 30 million Americans are without jobs or are working part-time because there are no full-time jobs to be found.

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The Night They Brought Old Dixie Back

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Politics, President Barack Obama, Obama Mississippi, Breaking Politics News, Obama Virginia, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

The Republicans are resurgent, at least for now. It's going to be a hard slog in 2010 and 2012 to keep the grassroots fervor alive -- and the funding to sustain it. In Virginia, we are just plain tired.

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Breaking the Pre-Nup

Will Durst | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Election Day 2009, Political Parties, Republicans, Democratic Party, Satire, Barack Obama, Politics News

For liberals, Election Day '08 was the marriage of hope and opportunity. Election Day '09: not so much. More like a summons from a partner's divorce lawyer to give a deposition.

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Anonymous Democratic Strategist Claims White House Discouraged Fox News Appearances

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Gop, White House, Anita Dunn, Opinion, News, Obama Fox News, Pundits, Axelrod, Programming, Obama, Propaganda, Commentators, David Axelrod, Television, Sean Hannity, Tv, Fox News, Dnc, Republicans, Media News

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...

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The Chamber of Commerce Party

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Education, Bipartisanship, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.

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Frank Rich: White House Doesn't Seem To Understand Public's Wall Street Rage

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, ny23, Regulation, Obama, Teaparty, New York 23, White House, Dede Scozzafava, Finance, Gop, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Bill Owens, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Financial Reform, Election Day 2009, H1N1 Vaccine, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Bill Thompson, Main Street, Elections, Anger, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Republicans, Politics News

The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...

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What a Difference a Year Makes: Will We Ever Have Truth in Politics?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Politics, Elections, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Governing." On Wednesday's Ha...

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The GOP Health Care Plan: A Cruel Joke

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Gop, Gop Health Care, GOP Health Care Plan, Republicans, Republicans Obama Health Care, Politics News

Some had the audacity to hope that the Republicans would work with the President to solve health care. Now, it's clear they are putting insurance industry profits above the health of America's families.

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Mike Britt, Former Colorado GOP Chair, Payed National Republican Party For Voter Information: Report

9News | Adam Schrager | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dick Wadhams, Mike Britt, Josh Penry, Colorado Republican Party Bribery, Colorado GOP, George W. Bush, Republicans, Denver News

KUSA -The former executive director of the Colorado Republican Party authorized the downloading of a massive e-mail list from the Republican National ...

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