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Dave Helfert: In 2012, Moderates Are the New Liberals

2012-05-31T15:34:10Z

The Legislative branch of our government is totally dysfunctional. Representatives and Senators used to point with pride to accomplishments. Today, they campaign on what they've stopped.

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Despite Some Victories, Tea Party Efforts Remain Largely Fruitless

2012-05-30T22:27:41Z

By DAVID ESPO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- Anti-incumbent fever is scarcely in evidence in the 2012 congressional primaries, despite costly effo...

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Palin Tested After Rebellion Against Tea Party

2012-05-29T09:19:59Z

Everyone has wondered who the Sarah Palin of 2012 would be. The answer is…Sarah Palin....

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Tea Party Injects 'The Gipper' Into Wisconsin Recall Fight

2012-05-28T17:54:00Z

With a little more than a week to go until Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election, a national tea party group on Monday released a TV ad in which t...

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Lugar: No Plans To Campaign For Mourdock

2012-05-27T11:32:26Z

Outgoing Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) said Sunday that he has no plans to campaign for Richard Mourdock, who handily beat him in a primary race earlier th...

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Romney Argues Big Spending Cuts Would Cause 'Depression,' Contrary To Tea Party Activists

2012-05-25T13:24:02Z

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have, in the course of the past week, pushed starkly different approach...

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Congressional Candidate Promises Traveling Tea Party Fight

2012-05-25T12:41:42Z

A Democratic congressional candidate in New Jersey promised during a debate Thursday to travel the country fighting Tea Party members of Congress.

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Dems: Mourdock Running Away From Tea Party

2012-05-24T15:43:47Z

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are criticizing Indiana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for removing pre-primary material from his website, ...

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Bill Schneider: Who's the Boss?

2012-05-23T17:12:58Z

When he spoke at the Reagan Library this week, Rep. Ryan defined the election as a referendum on the congressional Republican agenda. They don't need President Romney to lead the revolution. All they need is his consent.

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Palin Reverses Course, Makes Surprise Pick In GOP Primary

2012-05-22T23:51:11Z

In a departure from her pattern of anti-incumbent, tea party-backed picks in 2012 GOP primaries, Sarah Palin endorsed six-term Sen. Orrin Hatch ahead ...

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Christine O'Donnell Embroiled In Legal Tussle

2012-05-21T16:54:36Z

A legal tussle involving Christine O’Donnell and a disgruntled ex-aide who claims he is owed more than $18,000 heads to court today in Wilmington.
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Deepak Chopra: Obama Knows the Magic Word to End Our Troubles

2012-05-21T14:44:23Z

Evolve. Obama picked "Forward" as a simpler synonym, but the net effect is the same. The old America that was such a familiar comfort zone isn't coming back, no matter how warmly the Republicans try to conjure it.

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Palin Calls Reportedly Made In Wrong State

2012-05-21T00:35:26Z

Sarah Palin, who recently endorsed Texas senate candidate Ted Cruz in a competitive GOP primary, has started to make robocalls for the Tea Party-backe...

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West: Obama 'Obsessed With Being On Mount Rushmore'

2012-05-19T16:13:56Z

Cornel West criticized President Barack Obama, saying he's "obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore" and is focusing too much on his "legacy."

“I ...

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Tea Party Leaders Think They've Found Winning Formula

2012-05-18T16:39:25Z

WASHINGTON -- A week after unseating a six-term incumbent senator, leaders of FreedomWorks, a national Tea Party organization, said they have the winn...

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Tea Party, Conservatives Clash In Key State

2012-05-18T09:02:00Z

By Nick Carey NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legis...

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Graham Milne: Dear Pasty Republican Billionaires: Haven't You Got Anything Better to Do?

2012-05-17T16:50:52Z

These real-life Charles Foster Kanes have conquered the business world, crushed enemies in their wake and accumulated wealth to rival that of the pharaohs. But love remains elusive for them, no matter how many zeroes in their Cayman Islands offshore holding account.

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Agenda 21, UN's Sustainability Measure, Banned By New Hampshire House

2012-05-17T12:34:56Z

The Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to ban implementation of policies connected to the United Na...

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Mugambi Jouet: Comparing Political Extremism in Europe and America

2012-05-17T11:12:42Z

People often ask whether America or Europe fare better or worse in terms of political extremism. Yet, in a race to the bottom, what matters most is the direction.

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GOP Senate Would Require Insurgent Wins

2012-05-17T08:42:00Z

WASHINGTON -- For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.

They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent c...

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Republicans Get Another Boost From The Koch Brothers

2012-05-17T08:40:00Z

By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologi...

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Mark Axelrod: Trading Mays for Throneberry; or, the Disquiet of Losing Dick Lugar

2012-05-16T20:20:44Z

While I was working on a graduate degree in comparative literature at Indiana University, Dick Lugar was Mayor of Indianapolis and though he was Nixon's favorite Republican mayor, Dick Lugar was not Richard Nixon.

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Laura Kumin: Savory Crisps or Sables

2012-05-16T18:23:55Z

Sablés are delicate, sweet or savory, butter-laden crisps. This version would be a simple, elegant appetizer with cocktails or for a dinner party and a nice savory for an afternoon tea.

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Christopher Arterton: Hoosier Heresy or Wisdom, 2012 Style?

2012-05-16T14:24:58Z

The recent primary victory by Richard Mourdock over Dick Lugar should send greater shock waves through Washington than merely the one Senate seat now potentially up for grabs. Evidently, Tea Party-backed candidates will be continuing their war against the politics of compromise.

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Carl Gibson: Game On, GOP

2012-05-15T15:26:24Z

The 2012 election is a field full of bratty, intolerant, whiny kids on the field who want to have everything their way and nothing our way. Let's stop giving them legitimacy and play our hardest until we win. It's game time. Batter up.

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