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Tom Coburn: Holder 'Doesn't Believe In Second Amendment'

The Hill | Eric Zimmermann | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said this week that the administration will try "all sorts of things" to chip away at the individual right to own a gun, war...

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Evan Bayh "Agnostic" On Public Health Care

ThinkProgress | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

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On Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) trashed the idea of including a new public health insurance plan as part of health care reform...

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Ryan Grim

Whoops: Economic Forecast Wrong Within Weeks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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The business of making long-term projections is generally a safe one: If you wind up on the wrong end of a forecast, enough time has often passed that...

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Why Isn't Senator Coburn Going After This Wasteful Spending?

William A. Smith | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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William A. Smith

Noticeably absent from Coburn or McCain's list of suggested cuts is the failed abstinence-only-until-marriage funding that remains in the bill.

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Catholic Extremists Swiftboat Sebelius

Cristina Page | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Cristina Page

The Catholic Church may refer to pro-choice politicians as extremists but the majority of Catholic congregants agree with pro-choice politicians like Sebelius on reproductive issues.

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Reading The Pictures: The Non-SOTU Top Screen Grabs Of The Night

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2009-02-25-Picture17.jpgWhat was inescapable was Obama's irrepressible sense of confidence.

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President Obama Is Driving Republicans Insane

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

By rising above their bait and merely presenting a contrast of character, President Obama is making the Republican A-listers appear small, petty and absolutely befuddled.

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Coburn To Settle Football Bet By Singing 'Rocket Man'

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most pressing musical issue in the nation's capital Wednesday was whether a stone-faced se...

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Canaries in the Coal Mine

Carlos Watson | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Carlos Watson

They may live in cities other than Washington, speak languages other than English, make money via means other than approval-mongering -- but these six may just become key players in the new Obama administration.

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How Far Will Obama Take 'Team of Rivals' Approach? ... Hillary? McCain? Romney? Lieberman?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

Sen. Clinton is obviously qualified and I think America would love to see a new government that wasn't simply made-up of cronies but of people with differing viewpoints who come together for the good of the country.

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Do the Democrats Want to Lose?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

The Democrats are about to lose to Bush and the grossly unpopular Republicans again on FISA and telecom immunity. But are they really losing? That depends on what your objective is.

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Jason Linkins

Senator Tom Coburn: Accidental Ironist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, noted frenemy of Senator Barack Obama and one-man distant early warning system of the Coming Lesbian Panic, wrote an op-e...

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Coburn: "I Think It Was Probably A Mistake Going To Iraq"

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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During a town hall meeting in Muskogee, Oklahoma this past weekend, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) admitted that it was "a mistake" for the United States to i...

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Sam Stein

DeLay Not Impressed By McCain, At All

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday was designed to shore up conservative voters, his most vulnerabl...

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GOP Senator: Deficit Spending Is Bigger Moral Issue Than Abortion

The Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Congress's deficit spending has become a moral issue surpassing abortion because it saddles future generations with mas...

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