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Gridiron Dinner 2009: Palin Comes For Russian Embassy, Barney Frank Talks About Twitter

AP | Posted 12.05.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from...

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More Palin Lies: The Trooper in 'Troopergate' Breaks His Silence

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

The Alaska State Trooper at the center of Sarah Palin's so-called "Troopergate Scandal" has broken his more than year-long silence since his embattled divorce with Palin's sister.

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A Rogue Review

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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What passes for policy with Palin are the standard conservative talking points -- lower taxes, lower deficits, less government and a strong defense.

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Palin's Former Ally Calls More Lies to Rogue

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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Palin would like everyone to believe that all of her problems began after she was named as McCain's running mate, when in reality the ethics complaint were pouring in months earlier.

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The Audacity of Dopes

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.

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The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

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Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

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Schmidt Calls Palin's Memoirs "Total Fiction"

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt now joins a host of former McCain staffers who have challenged the veracity of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, even before it hits the streets on Tuesday.

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The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.14.2009 | Books

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Excerpts from Sarah Palin's Going Rogue have been released by several news agencies that have received advanced copies. Here are the first ten lies from the memoir.

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Palin Usurped "Concession" Speech

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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Headlines recently declared "Sarah Palin's Speeches Were Ready but Never Seen -- Until Now." While Palin did not deliver her concession speech on election night, she did deliver most of it eight days later.

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McCain's Chief Strategist Defends Palin VP Choice

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a 2012 presidential candidat...

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Schmidt: The GOP "Holistically Is Bereft Of Ideas" On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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In comments almost certain to rankle Republicans on Capital Hill, Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign manager Steve Schmidt accused the GOP on Friday of ...

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The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?

William Bradley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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This is a fight between some neocons who still want to promote Palin and their discredited geopolitical agenda against some Republican would-be modernizers.

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Meghan McCain Unhappy With Being Deemed Less Influential Than Dick Cheney [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

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Megan McCain's response to the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen about Cheney seems to be the sort of weird petulance that could undermine her strong advocacy.

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William Smith, GOP Chief Counsel, Links Gay Marriage To Pedophilia

Legal Times | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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The new chief Republican counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote a blog post last month in which he linked same-sex marriage to pedophilia, a...

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Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O

William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.

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Steve Schmidt, McCain Campaign Manager: 'When Lehman Collapsed...The Campaign Was Finished'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

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Ben Smith reports on a joint appearance by opposing campaign gurus Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, who gave the students of the University of Delawar...

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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Steve Schmidt: Political Ambulance Chaser

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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While it is great to see people like Schmidt so dramatically shift their positions on such a hot-button political issue as gay marriage, we should all clearly realize see this for what it is: political ambulance chasing.

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Steve Schmidt, McCain Campaign Manager: Religion Could Kill The GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Speaking publicly for one of the first times since the end of the presidential campaign, John McCain's campaign manager Steve Schmidt painted a dire p...

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Steve Schmidt To Call On GOP To Back Gay Marriage

CNN | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, a key architect of John McCain's presidential campaign, is making his first public return to Washington a bold one. Schmidt will use a...

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McCain's Chief Strategist Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Steve Schmidt, Sen. John McCain's chief strategist during the presidential campaign, said in a recent interview with the Washington Blade that he supp...

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Whitman's Sampler: The Ex-eBay CEO's Moves Mirror the Republican Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Whitman, pushing policies that resonate on the far right of American politics even as some doubt her sincerity, has her work cut out for her in winning the governorship of blue state California.

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Steve Schmidt: Jindal Is GOP's Destiny

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Ramesh Ponnuru at the National Review notes that a number of Republican heavyweights are hyping Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as the party's future, as ...

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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