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The Blogosphere Reacts to the Kerry-Boxer Senate Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Waxman-Markey, Senator Brown, Brian Beutler, Copenhagen, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Global Warming, Senator Kerry, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Elana Schor, Steve Benen, Brad Johnson, Kate Sheppard, Senator Lincoln, Matt Yglesias, Aces, Senator Boxer, Senator Baucus, Cejapa, Bradford Plumer, Joseph Romm, Collin Peterson, Kerry-Boxer, Climate, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Green News, Energy, Green News
Josh Nelson

The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.

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Poll: Nearly Half Of Americans Believe "Death Panel" Falsehood

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Steve Benen, Americans, Healthcare Reform, Death Panels, Politics News

There's a pretty striking finding buried in the new NBC/WSJ poll: It turns out nearly half of Americans believe the "death panel" fib. The pollster r...

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McCain's Kitchen Sink Strategy
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Murray Waas, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Mother Jones, G. Gordon Liddy, Immigration, The Nation, Women's Media Center, Greg Sargent, David Niewert, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, James Ridgeway, Andrew Lam, Peggy Simpson, Steve Benen, Acorn, Washingotn Monthly, Carl Bernstein, Final Presidential Debate, New America Media, Alaska Independence Party, Talking Points Memo, Josh Harkinson, Jonathan Stein, Max Blumenthal, Home News
The Media Consortium

With less than three weeks to go in the run-up to the presidential election, the McCain campaign, with help from the Republican National Committee, co...

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P.O.W., It's the New Teflon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Amato, Ben Smith, Steve Benen, Maureen Dowd, John McCain, Ana Marie Cox, Howard Fineman, John Kerry, Pow, Safety, Charlton Heston, Rambo, Vietnam, Security, John Wayne, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

McCain has been tweaking his P.O.W. story, with some variation, for many years. For Democrats, critiquing its overuse is too little, too late.

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