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Marco Rubio Will Defeat Charlie Crist in the 2010 GOP Senate Primary

Senate Guru | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Crist, Florida, Nrsc, Marco Rubio, Senate 2010, Republican Primary, Republicans, Straw Polls, Florida Senate Race, Politics News

Florida's conservative Republican base overwhelmingly prefers Rubio to Crist as their nominee, no matter what the DC GOP establishment and NRSC might try to dictate. Look at the polls.

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Jeb Bush: GOP Must Be More Than The "Old White Guy Party," "Party Of No"

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Image, Republican Party, Republican Image, Jeb Bush Gwu Speech, Jeb Bush Republican Party, Jeb Bush Gop, Gop, Jeb Bush Speech, Jeb Bush, Republicans, Politics News

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush had some critical words for Republicans in a recent speech, saying the GOP needed to become more than the "old white ...

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Halloween Parties and the Latest in Gruesome Candy

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Candy, Marty Feldman, Stephen Moyer, Zombies, Will Durst, Vampires, Balloon Boy, Bela Lugosi, Vomit, Spiders, Halloween, Hannibal Lecter, Goldman Sachs, Candy Corn, Douchebags, John Belushi, Filippa Hamilton, Alex O'Loughlin, True Blood, Billy Mays, Activia Yogurt, Jeffrey Dahmer, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Halloween Party, Jack Nicholson, Leatherface, Living News

Where once the King of Halloween confection was Candy Corn -- selling 8.3 billion kernels a year -- planners of today's Halloween parties lobby their new faves: the latest in gross and disgusting party food.

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Myth Understood

Steven Weber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, Roger Ailes, Law and Order, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Republicans, American Democracy, Politics News

One good thing the Republicans have accomplished, albeit accidentally, is the lifting of the veil from the big, ugly machine of American democracy.

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The Missing Story in Democracy Corps' Analysis of the Conservative Right

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Authoritarianism, Democracy Corps, President Obama, Religious Right, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Republicans, Politics News

The study is certainly worth reading in full, but I wanted to address Democracy Corps' dismissal of a "racial element" in this hard-core right wing opposition to Obama.

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Twitter Scandal: GOP Lawmakers Pose As Dems, Refuse To Stop

New York Times | Maria Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republicans Fake Websites, Gop Impersonates Democrats, Chris Healy, Democrats Twitter, Republicans Twitter Impersonation, GOP Twitter, Gop, Republicans Twitter, Gop Fake Website, Chris Healy Twitter, Gop Twitter Impersonation, Republicans, Politics News

We know politicians are making more use of Twitter and other social networking tools, and we know the Republicans are making more use of it than their...

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Republicans: We're Boxed In By Conservative Commentators

Politico | Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Presidential Candidates, Republican Presidential Candidates 2012, Rush Limbaugh, Republican 2012 Election, Republican Party, Republican Rift, GOP Rhetoric, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Gop, Tim Pawlenty, Republican Rhetoric, Glenn Beck, Partisan Rhetoric, Gop Rift, Republicans, Politics News

Many top Republicans are growing worried that the party's chances for reversing its electoral routs of 2006 and 2008 are being wounded by the flamboya...

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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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Wall Street Donating Little To Obama

The New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

The Wall Street giants that received a financial lifeline from Washington may have no compunction about paying big bonuses to their dealmakers and tra...

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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Republican Senator Olympia Snowe Controversially Decides to Deprive Country of Poor Health Care

Ben Berkon | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Maine Senator, Bridge, Mitch McConnell, Olympia Snowe, Health Care, Orrin Hatch, Republicans, Ben Berkon, Dick Cheney, Comedy News

In political news, Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe, has publicly decided to sign the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill, controversially depriving the United States of its poor health care.

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Bill Maher On The Year In Ridiculous Republicans (VIDEO)

Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bill Maher Republicans, Real Time With Bill Maher, Bill Maher Gop, Video, Bill Maher, Republicans, Comedy News

On ""Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher decided to end his show by mocking all the Republicans who have become prime targets for jokes now that Georg...

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Hillary Is Still the Best President That Wasn't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gallup Poll, Democratic Party, State Department, Obama, Presidential Experience, Presidency, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, 2012, Politics News

Millions still have a deep respect, admiration, and appreciation for her tireless work as a women's rights advocate, her fight for health care reform, civil rights, and international diplomacy.

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Joe Scarborough, the "Real Conservative," Has Been Blinded by the Right

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Republican Gomorrah, Conservatives, Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Democrats, Barack Obama, Max Blumenthal, Republicans, Media News

"We don't do Crossfire here," Scarborough muttered to me after the cameras went off. He was visibly upset and unable to make eye contact with me.

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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

Read More: Vision, Dnc, Start With Why, Rnc, Olympia Snowe, Democrats, Democratic Party, Platform, Why, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

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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New GOP Website Functions Much Like The Party: It Doesn't!

Julie Farby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Michael Steele, gop.com, Republicans, Hip Hop, Technology, GOP Website, Rnc Chairman, Technology News

RNC Chairman Michael Steele promised to "take this party to the streets" and God damn it, he wasn't messin' around!

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Democratic Health Care Plan Fails, Feeds Fat Cat Insurance Lobby

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Lobby, Senator Max Baucus, President Obama, Public Option, Insurance, Re-Election, Campaign Cash Contributions, Reform, Republicans, Democrats, Healthcare, Inside DC, Politics News

So let me get this straight. President Barack Obama makes a clarion call to reform healthcare so that the 30 million Americans (not including the 12 m...

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Not Snark: GOP Hispanic Organizer Renounces GOP to Recruit for GOP

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: DeeDee Blase, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Senator-Russell-Pearce, Republicans, Politics News

DeeDee Blase founded "Somos Republicans" to recruit to Arizona Hispanics... says, "Obama sold Latinos down the river. It's my mission to call him out on this."

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

Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: GOP.Com Launch, Rnc, Republican Party Website, GOP.Com Glitches, gop.com, GOP.Com Problems, Republican Party, Rnc Website, RNC Website Relaunch, Republicans, Technology News

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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GOP Claims Olympia Snowe Was Born in Kenya

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Birthers, Andy Borowitz, Orly Taitz, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Michael Steele, Gop, Republicans, Comedy News

Orly Taitz, leader of the so-called "birther" movement, said that Sen. Snowe's vote was "textbook Kenyan" behavior. "She's putting her tribe first," Ms. Taitz said.

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Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, White House, Cadillac Tax, Senate Finance Committee, House, Charles Rangel, Cbo, Afl-Cio, Obama, Reform, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Health Care Tax, Pelosi, Rangel, Nancy Pelosi, Public Option, Baucus Bill, Health Care Reform, Tax, Republicans, Health Care, Senate, Politics News

A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

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Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Senate Finance Committee, Wasted Time, Timetable, Health Insurance Industry, Obama, Reform, Reid, Baucus, Obstructionism, Health Care, August, Committee, House, Finance Committee, Democrat, Congress, Bipartisan, Democrats, Barack Obama, Americas Health Insurance Plans, Insurance Industry, Chris Weigant, Health, Industry, Health Insurance, Max Baucus, Obstructionist, Harry Reid, Republicans, Ahip, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.

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GOP Uses ACORN To Fight Bank Redlining Law

AP | SHARON THEIMER and PETE YOST | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN – ranging from charges of voter r...

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Two Parties of 'No' and a Silent Majority

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Senate Democrats, Democrats, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News

The silent majority now is the voice of the "independent". If you listen past the yelling to hear the actual voices, you see that this is the position of most Americans.

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Why I Divorced the Democratic Party: A Response to My Health Care Critics

Keli Goff | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Party Loyalty, TheLoop21.Com, Black Voters, TheLoop21, Health Care Reform, Environmentalism, Parenting, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

When I started writing about young Black voters, I found that I had much more in common with some of my subjects than with some of the liberals I had worked with and for.

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