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Democrats' Crucial Mistake In the Gas Price Fight

David Roberts | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Oil Shale, Oil Drilling, Democrats, Offshore Drilling, Republicans, Green News

The drilling "movement" is a classically right-wing operation -- top-heavy, fueled by corporate money, reliant on aggressive PR, and meant to intimidate D.C. decisionmakers. It is astroturf, not grassroots.

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Schwarzenegger's Reform Means Minimum Wage

Paul Peete | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Minimum Wage, Sacramento Bee, Budget, Sacramento, Arnold, Economy, Schwarzeneggar, November Elections, Republicans, Democrats, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Home News

Will the same pay rates apply to the Governor and members of the California State Legislature? Their monthly postage allowance is more than federal minimum wage earners make.

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If We Drill in the US, We Don't Get the Oil

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Exxon-Mobil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Media, Democrats, Politics News

Everyone seems to assume that if we drill for oil in the US, we will get the oil and won't be dependent on foreign oil anymore. But we won't get anything, Exxon-Mobil will.

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Republicans Flip-Flop for McCain

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, Marriage, Mccain, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Conservative Base, John McCain Conservative, Obama Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Politics News

One by one, prominent conservatives are "coming around" to the candidacy of John McCain after excoriating him for months as nothing more than a liberal in sheep's clothing.

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Republicans: "On the 12 Days Before The Election"

David Mixner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Lindsey Graham, Election, Republicans, 2008 Election, Oil Companies, Cheney, Politics News

On the 12 days before the election... McCain will be saying "Bush Who?" He will be reminded at the polling booth.

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Republican Front Group Skirts Election Law: Attacked Wellstone, Attacking Shaheen

Mandy Grunwald | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sununu Shaheen, Front Groups, Jeanne Shaheen, AJS, Attack Ads, Paul Wellstone, Republicans, Politics News

The Shaheen-Sununu rematch is one of the most important in the country. It's the Democrats' best chance of knocking off an incumbent -- but the AJS is up to its old tricks.

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The Republican Albatross: Conservatives, Ideology, and the Human Condition As Seen By David Brooks

Dan Agin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media

Read More: IQ., New York Times, Conservatism, Genes, Republicans, David Brooks, Media News

The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.

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Reading The Pictures: Lieberman Co-Chairs The Disappropriation Committee

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Republicans, Campaign, Democrats, Senate, Greg Sergeant, Lieberman, Media News

Planted between these two chairs, the suggestion in this NYT image is that Lieberman is straddling between the two parties.

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Imagining if Obama Had a McCain Week

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Economic Policy, John McCain Women, John McCain Phil Gramm, Mental Recession, John McCain Iran Cigarette Joke, Journalism, Republicans, Politics News

Imagine if Barack Obama's top economic advisor had said that Americans were "whiners." Republicans would have played video footage over and over again, and they'd be right to do so.

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Alarming Gains for Big Oil Need a Response

Tom Matzzie | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Gas Prices, John McCain, Bush, Big Oil, Exxon Mobil, George W. Bush, Oil Prices, Oil, Iraq, Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News

Progressives are losing ground with the public on drilling. We must create a message-frame that attaches all of the negatives of Big Oil companies to the drilling proposals under consideration.

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Democratic Presidencies Aren't Always Bad For Stocks

MarketWatch | Mark Hulbert | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks Up With Democrats, Stocks, Economy, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Stocks Down With Democrats, Business News

ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- Here is today's investment pop quiz: Does the stock market perform better during Democratic or Republican presidencies...

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Early Clues Ignored That Obama Would Be McCain's Siamese Twin On the Big Ticket Issues

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Liberal Democrat, Senate, White House, Illinois State Legislator, Barack Obama, National Journal, Presidency, John McCain, Republicans, Home News

It's getting harder and harder to find much difference between presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain...

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McCain's Conservative Model: Theodore Roosevelt

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY and MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Republicans, Conservatives, Theodore Roosevelt, McCain and Roosevelt, Politics News

Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said g...

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The Republicans and Barack Obama Are Going to Give Into the Terrorists

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Liberties, America, Freedoms, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Fisa, Fourth Amendment, Surrender Monkeys, Republicans, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.

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This Isn't Infighting, This is Therapy

Chip Hanlon | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Gop, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Tax Cuts, Infighting, Robert Novak, Republicans, Politics News

You may be expecting the finest in GOP entertainment as we righties tear each other apart ahead of November's presumed debacle. But in fact, it's the first step in our return to the majority.

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Webb's VP "No Thanks" a Big Blow to Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Webb seemed to slam the door for good on any run at the vice presidency with his seemingly unequivocal "no thanks" to Obama. But politics being politics, a no never completely means no.

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Denver Singer's Black National Anthem Switcheroo Was a Risky Act for Obama, and Black Americans

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Patriotism, Star Spangled Banner, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Black National Antheme, Rose Marie, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Racism, George Bush, Democrats, African-Americans, John McCain, Republicans, Home News

Heaven only knows what black Denver singer Rose Marie was thinking when she stood at the microphone and belted out the lyrics of the black national ...

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The Sacred McCow

Mary Lyon | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain War, John McCain, Republican Double-Standard, Jim Webb McCain, John McCain POW, Republicans, Barack Obama John McCain Matchup, Wesley Clark McCain, Democrats, McCain POW, Politics News

the letters POW do not spell POTUS. Such voices as those of Wesley Clark and Jim Webb are correct to bring some balance and perspective to the issue and wipe some of the steam off the windows.

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All of McCain's Base Belongs to Us: Why It Won't Even Be Close

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Karl Rove, John McCain, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Tim Russert, Republicans, Politics News

Call it what you want: arrogance, a jinx -- but let's be honest with ourselves -- this thing is over. McCain won't just be defeated, he'll be crushed in a way that redefines the political map for the next 25 years.

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McCain Campaign Stumps for Obama

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Obama Polls, Bush Popularity, Grover Norquist, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

With all polls showing that Americans believe Republicans are hurting the country, the McCain campaign wants Americans to be absolutely sure they know that Obama is the Democrat.

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Liberal Principles II: People Are Political Animals

Linda Hirshman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Principles, Bush Legacy, Liberalism, Michael Dukakis, Liberals and Conservatives, John Locke, Republicans, Conservatives, Philosophy, Barack Obama, Politics News

Like the centrism that fueled the Clinton years, minimalism is a philosophy for losers. Democrats were sure losers in those years, so they were probably well-served by a philosophy for losers.

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This is Obama's Time...

Hal Donahue | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservatism, Barack Obama, 1932 Election, Change, Obama Change, Republican Presidential Candidates, Economy, Democrats, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

Now, we as a people realize that the extreme conservatism dominating the Republican Party produces only division and incompetence. We are demanding a reversal of course.

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Nipping Solar Energy in the Bud

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Solar Tax Credits, John McCain, Bush Administration, Solar Power, Barack Obama, Republicans, Green News

Many a start-up's hopes were dashed when the Bureau of Land Management, in its infinite wisdom, decided to place a moratorium on the construction of new solar plants on public land in six Western states.

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Liberal Principles

Linda Hirshman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Liberals and Conservatives, Philosophy, Conservatives, Liberalism, Conservative Principles, John Locke, Bush Legacy, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Liberals have a path out of Egypt. But if our principles are still unbaked or minimalized, it will be another long trip. As the warthog said in The Lion King, "Put your behind in the past."

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The McCain/Bush Effect on Red States

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Judicial Philosophy, Bob Dole, 2008 Election, Republicans, Mccain Red States, Politics News

By nominating McCain, GOP voters thought they got the best of both worlds: an elder statesman and a maverick. Instead, they got Bob Dole, just older and even more disliked by conservatives.

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