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Ramirez on the Tea Party message to the GOP
Can you hear them now? Normally I’d write an introduction to Michael Ramirez’ editorial cartoon, but the latest entry from the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist needs no explanation at all: If it needs...
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Bachmann up nine in targeted House seat
Cruising. In each of the last three election cycles, Democrats have made the Minnesota 6th Congressional District a targeted race — especially so after Rep. Michele Bachmann became a nationally-known...
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Countdown begins: How long before Olympia Snowe leaves the GOP?
Gulp. C’mon. We all know it’s coming. Visibly sad, Snowe called Castle “an outstanding public servant who was committed to the common good of his state and country.”… At times, as the Maine Republican...
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Home Depot founder rips Obama WH as “tenured” academics, apologizes for...
"They don't have a clue what they're talking about." No one in the White House knows how to create jobs, and Bernie Marcus knows why. On CNBC, the founder of Home Depot blasted Barack Obama and his...
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Great news: Incumbent sore loser to launch desperate bid to keep power
Terrific. Hey now, ingrates. She’s doing this for you. “Believe you me, the easier path would be to pack it all up and go do something different,” she said. “If I had not heard this call from Alaskans,...
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Video: And now, an important message for John McCain from Lady Gaga
"I am here to be a voice for my generation." I’m not sure how to react. On the one hand, I agree with her on “don’t ask, don’t tell” and think her approach here is kind of sweet. No stunts, no...
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Internal White House debate: Is it time to start attacking Palin?
Dude? I know, I know. Supposedly they already decided to do this, right? Well, yes and no. David Plouffe took a few shots at her the other day and Gibbs called her “the most formidable force in the...
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O’Donnell on social issues: “I can assure you, my faith has matured”
"It'll be the Constitution on which I base all of my decisions, not my personal beliefs." People are asking for her speech from the Values Voter Summit. I’ll post that later, but for now, a peace...
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O’Donnell at Values Voter Summit: These ruling-class elitists call us wacky...
"We're not trying to take back our country. We are our country." The Right Scoop has the whole speech, but since most of you won’t sit through 18 minutes on a Friday night, you’ll find the money bit...
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DeMint: We need a “big God” to have a small government
Hmmmm. A memorable passage from today’s Values Voter Summit. Like O’Donnell’s rhetoric against the “ruling class,” it’s smart retail politics and important at a moment when social conservatives are...
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Video: Palin’s speech in Iowa
Stumping. Haven’t had a chance to watch yet but people are clamoring for it, so here you go. Skip ahead to 21:30 of the clip. Ace’s co-blogger DrewM watched live and says this was obviously a stump...
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Quotes of the day
Earthquake. One difference is that while Mr. Reagan made Republicans more conservative, the tea party is making them more populist. Business interests will find, for example, that when they turn to the...
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Murkowski: This is one woman who won’t quit on Alaska
Oh my. Dude, it’s on. “This is Alaska, where we come together, and we embrace one another for who we are, not because we may share the same political label, but because of who we are and what we...
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NARN, the Ruling Elite Edition!
Live video and chat from 1-3 pm CT! The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our eight-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 9 am CT. If you’re in the Twin Cities, you can...
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The Palin Card
Queen of Diamonds, not Hearts. Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic thinks it’s time for the Obama Administration to play the “Palin Card,” setting the former governor of Alaska up as the target for some...
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Can Murkowski win? Update: Calling all lobbyists!
Won't even get to the Taylor Line. Nate Silver says not to count out Lisa Murkowski too quickly in her six-week write-in campaign to save her job in the US Senate: Can Ms. Murkowski win? Sure she can....
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Couple tried selling US nuke secrets to Venezuela
Hmmmm. Perhaps the time has come to start reviewing the clearances granted in the US nuclear weapons program. In a sting operation, the FBI arrested a couple trying sell secrets on nuclear-weapons...
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CT approves rate hikes to cover ObamaCare mandates
Up to 20%. The big question here will be whether Kathleen Sebelius herself will travel to Connecticut to smite the insurers personally, or the state government that approved rate hikes of up to 20% to...
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Donnelly: Maybe I’ll vote for someone else for Speaker!
Desperation. It seems as though Joe Donnelly’s big campaign secret has surfaced: he’s a … Democrat. The Congressman in Indiana-02 has tried mightily to hide that fact from voters this cycle, spending...
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Video: In DC, tour guides need a license to talk
Ironies abound. Only in Washington DC could a person who describes the First Amendment’s protection of free speech wind up in jail for 90 days. The Institute of Justice has decided to challenge DC’s...
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