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Club for Growth

Kate Clinton | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Gop, Club for Growth, Pat Toomey, Democrats, Democrat Socialist Party, Republican Party, Monty Python, Politics News

A strong moderate Republican Party might save the Democrats from themselves but not by trying tag it "the Democrat-Socialist Party," calling for secessions or tea-bagging its way into activism.

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Rumsfeld's Katrina Antics, Reported By GQ, Reveal How Congressional Investigations Were Whitewashes

David Fiderer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donald Rumsfeld, Michael Brown, Susan-Collins, Hurricane Katrina, George Will, Gq, George W. Bush, Politics News

When new revelations emerge, the Republicans' credibility takes new hits. That's why GQ's reporting on Rumsfeld is damning to Susan Collins, who spearheaded the Senate's sham investigation of the Katrina disaster.

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Ridge, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Connecticut, Immigration, Iraq, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Guns, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Moderates, Charlie Crist, Mark Kirk, Gay Rights, New Jersey, Conservatives, Maine, Katrina, Republican Party, Illinois, Abortion, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Civil Unions, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, New York, Susan Collins, Jon Corzine, Jon Huntsman, South, Israel, Christopher Christie, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Politics News

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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Specter Switch: Another "Win" for the Grand Old Purity!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, Gop, U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter Democrat, Bill Kristol, Lindsay Graham, Olympia Snowe, Republican Purity, Club for Growth, Pat Toomey, Republicans, William Kristol, Republican Moderates, Chris Chocola, Micahel Reagan, Politics News

Pure like ice. Pure like fire. That's the way they wanted it. That's the way they'd have it, and they'd leave no tone unspurned. Only true believer...

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Left and Right Miss Lesson of Specter Switch

Sandy Maisel | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, Kathleen Sebelius, Judge David Hamilton, Olympia Snowe, Democratic Senate, Fillibuster, Arlen Specter Democrat, Arlen Specter Switch, Fillibuster-Proof-Senate, Politics News

The Specter switch should be more than a wake-up call for Republicans. It should be a sign for all in Washington that the governing process is out of whack.

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What? "Political Self-Preservation?" Shocking!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Michael Steele, George Bush, Sen Arlen Spector, Gop, Ronald Reagan, Sen. John Cornyn, President Barack Obama, Olympia Snowe, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Democrats, Republican Party, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Spector's no dummy. He knows the highly effective and stauchly conservative Club for Growth will lavish support and money on a much more radically right-wing 2010 GOP primary opponent.

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Local Media Challenged DC Pundits' Anti-Union Spin -- And Pushed Specter

Art Levine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Afl-Cio, Maine, Employee Free Choice Act, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

The conventional wisdom among members of the Washington punditocracy is that the EFCA is essentially dead or doomed, in part because of the defections of moderate Senators Specter and Lincoln.

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GOP Reaffirms Pro-Swine Position

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Susan Collins, Karl Rove, Andy Borowitz, Sean Hannity, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Fox News, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Republican Party, Republicans, Comedy News

"The Republican Party has traditionally been the pro-swine party," said GOP strategist Karl Rove on Fox News. "This is a moment in our history when everyone must ask themselves: Are you with the pigs, or are you against them?"

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GOP Stripped Flu Pandemic Preparedness From Stimulus [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Pandemic Preparedness, Economic Stimulus Package, Kathleen Sebelius, Swine Flu Symptoms, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Pandemic, Politics News

[UPDATED, below] [with reporting from Ryan Grim] Remember way back in the day, President Obama delivered his Not Really The State Of The Union addre...

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Centrists Demand Smaller Budget, But It's Unclear What They'd Cut

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Centrists Obama Budget, Budget, Obama Budget Cuts, Obama Budget, Obama Budget Fight, Obama Press Conference March 24, Politics News

Republicans and some conservative Democrats have adopted a simple refrain in opposition to President Obama's budget: it's too big. On Monday, Sena...

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GOP Political Darwinism: Who's Adapting and Who's Going Extinct?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eric Cantor, Dick Cheney, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Bill Kristol, George Will, David Brooks, Gop, David Frum, Social Darwinism, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Karl Rove, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, Andrew Sullivan, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Dennis Hastert, Susan Collins, Jon Huntsman, Charles Darwin, Sarah Palin, Neoconservatives, Tim Pawlenty, Politics News

David Brooks is one of the few conservative voices who have shown to be a lot more right than wrong over the past few years when it comes to the ever-shifting dynamics in American politics.

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Obama, Lieberman, and "The Hug": Color It Purple

Lanny Davis | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Msnbc, Obama Hug, Bi-Partisanship, Senator McCain, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Bloggers, Man Hug, Joe Lieberman, Politics of Hugging, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

We need pressures from the left in our party to remind us why we chose to be Democrats rather than Republicans.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Michael Steele 'Open To' Punishing Stimulus-Backing GOP Senators [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Video, Economic Stimulus Package, Republican National Committee, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

[UPDATED, below.] During an appearance on Your World with Neil Cavuto yesterday, Michael Steele told the host that he was "open to" punishing Senator...

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The Party of "No"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Gop, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, President Bush, John McCain, Stimulus Bill, Nancy Reagan, Politics News

If these GOP clowns believe that America can withstand another 20 months of recession, credit freezes, layoffs and stock market declines, they are truly delusional and drunk on their own Kool-aid.

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern Republicans, Mark Sanford, George W. Bush, Confederate Flag, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Reconstruction, Attorney General Eric Holder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Representative James Clyburn, Sarah Palin, Budget Deal, Governors Reject Stimulus Aid, Rick Perry, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee, John McCain, State Budget Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, President Andrew Johnson, Gary Coleman, Opposition to Stimulus Bill, Southern Governors Reject Stimulus Money, Recall Election, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Susan Collins, Opposition to Receiving Stimulus Money, Olympia Snow, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tom Delay, Council of Conservative Citizens, Barry Goldwater, Stimulus Bill, Southernizing the Republican Party, Neo-Confederacy, Politics News

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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Two Women Show Real Bipartisanship

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women in Politics, Republican Women Senators, Susan Collins, Wall Street Bailout, Geithner Plan, Geithner Press Conference, 100 Days, Geithner Bailout, Olympia Snowe, Obama Administration, Obama Economy, Bipartisanship, Bank Bailout, Stimulus Bill, Tim Geithner, Maine, Politics News

Think of what the Congress might accomplish if we had a few more women like Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe on both sides of the aisle.

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What One Learns from Politicos Who Watch Movies...

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Lindsey Graham hosted a movie night a couple of years ago and his selection was Seven Days in May. Other hosts were Jane Harman and Susan Collins who picked Thelma and Louise.

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institute for America’s Future, Gop, Usw, Mortgage Delinquency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Demos, Michael P. Brown, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Credit Default Swap, American Conservative Union, Hurricane Katrina, Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Olympia Snowe, Carl Rove, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, United Steelworkers, Economic Policy Institute, Barack Obama, American Prospect, James Lee Witt, Susan Collins, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wall Street, U.S. House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Times, Thinking Big Thinking Forward, Forclosure, Americans for Tax Reform, Stimulus Package, Politics News

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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GOP Group Threatens To Campaign Against Republican Stimulus Backers

Fox News | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Republicans Stimulus, Susan Collins, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman, National Republican Trust PAC, Economic Stimulus, Republicans Stimulus, Stimulus, Politics News

A GOP group is putting Republican lawmakers "on notice," threatening to campaign against anyone who breaks ranks to vote for the more than $800 billio...

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Lieberman: Republican Moderates Deserve "Congressional Medal Of Honor" For Stimulus Cuts

Think Progress | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman, Economic Stimulus, Stimulus Bill, Politics News

Today in his town hall address in Elkhart, IN, President Obama criticized heavy cuts to education funding in the Senate's economic recovery package cr...

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Nelson Collins Amendment To Stimulus Gets Vote Tuesday

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Obama Stimulus, Stimulus Vote, Nelson Collins Amendment, Ben Nelson, Stimulus Plan, Collins Amendment, Nelson Collins Amendment Vote, Nelson Amendment, Politics News

Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have reached a compromise on a stimulus bill that will be voted on Tuesday. A procedural vote on t...

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Stimulus, Yes; Bank Bailout II, No

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics

If Obama does his job he will mobilize public opinion and isolate Republicans who would rather sink the economy than give a Democratic president legislative success.

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GOP Senators Face Party's Wrath For Supporting Stimulus Bill

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, Stimulus Bill, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, President Obama, Republican Senators Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Package, Politics News

The GOP is set against passage of President Barack Obama's stimulus package. Republicans in the House all voted against it (although it passed) and t...

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Stimulus Deal Reached In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Harry Reid, Ben Nelson, Stimulus Meeting, Politics News

Senators from both parties have reached a deal to advance President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan through the Senate. Montana Democrat Max Bau...

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