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UK to confiscate paychecks in private sector?
All your salaries are belong to us. Well, if Donald Berwick’s favorite health-care system is to survive, the Brits have to do something, don’t they? The British government’s tax agency has proposed a...
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O’Donnell nearing $2 million mark since winning primary
Practical magic! If Christine O’Donnell’s supporters are worried about the eleven-year-old video released by Bill Maher last week in which the Delaware nominee for the Senate talked about “witchcraft,”...
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Town-hall questioner to Obama: “I’m exhausted”
"Is this my new reality?" No, this cri de coeur didn’t come from a House Democrat facing a tidal wave of voter anger, but they must feel some sympathy for this woman at Barack Obama’s CNBC townhall...
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Cantor: We’re not backing down on Obama tax hikes
Clarity. Eric Cantor offers a moment of clarity in the debate over extending the existing tax rates and what it really means for both taxpayers and the direction of government in the US. These are not...
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Murkowski: I represent the values of Alaskans, not Jim DeMint
Big-tent hypocrite. Color me a little confused. Lisa Murkowski responds to Jim DeMint’s accusation of being a “big-tent hypocrite” by claiming that DeMint doesn’t represent Alaska voters … which is...
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Obama’s legacy
Transformative. A long time ago I came to the conclusion that one of the motives driving Obama is his concern over his legacy. How will he be seen once he leaves office? In particular, given that he’s...
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Crist: Hey, let’s try amnesty to save Social Security!
Krugman acolyte? Why bother? After all, Charlie Crist also says that there’s nothing really wrong with Social Security in his discussion with the editors of the Orlando Sentinel, from which this clip...
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Ad wars begin: O’Donnell, Coons up with first spots in Delaware
Pet sounds. Watch ‘em together for some early insight into the race. The first clip comes from DeMint’s PAC, which is set to spend at least $250,000 putting it on the air; the second, from the DSCC,...
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Did the DoJ lie about the dismissal of voter-intimidation case?
Under oath? When challenged by Congress to explain the dismissal of an already-won criminal prosecution for voter intimidation against a New Black Panther Party activist, the Department of Justice...
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Video: Murkowski write-in campaign begins with terrible new ad
Groan. So bad is it that I had to Google around to make sure that this really is her official campaign YouTube account and not some pro-Murky fan freelancing for her. I don’t know where to begin. How...
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Video: Hitchens on “Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day”
Belief. We should mark the occasion, partly because this is a rare instance of believers and infidels being kinda sorta united in a spiritual cause and partly because, from the sound of things, he...
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Jimmy Carter: I’m, like, the best ex-president ever
Aw. Look at it this way: Has any ex-president caused as many problems for the Democratic leadership as this tool has? In that sense, he is kind of the best ex-president ever, isn’t he? And apparently...
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Quotes of the day
Getting desperate. President Obama’s political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a range of ideas, including...
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Obamateurism of the Day
No sabe mucho de la historia. The tagline on today’s post means “Don’t know much about history”, translated into Spanish by my good friend Val Prieto of Babalu Blog, and for a reason. Going back once...
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Insurers to drop child-only plans
Quelle surprise. As Glenn Reynolds sarcastically asks, “Who could have seen this coming?” Most of us outside of the White House understood that by forcing insurers to take on more risk while...
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Congress to give itself a long vacation?
Where's the budget? Normally, people take vacations only after making sure that they are fully caught up on their work. Not in Washington DC, however. The House may call it quits as early as this...
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Pennsylvania next in Rust Belt flood?
Panic button for Democrats. Democrats have lost Ohio just four years after staking their claim in the state, with Republicans leading all of the statewide races by wide margins and probably close to...
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Reid’s new pet?
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? The big question today is which Senate race is Harry Reid trying hardest to lose — Delaware, New York, or his own? First he calls Delaware nominee Chris...
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Ramussen: Miller cruising in Alaska in 3-way race
Florida redux. If this dynamic looks familiar to you, it should. The Alaska race looks a lot like its political analog in Florida, at the opposite end of the continental US, where the establishment...
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Fox poll shows O’Donnell down 15 points
Expected. The first survey conducted by Fox in Delaware after the primary election tells the story people more or less already knew. In a poll of 1,000 likely Delaware voters, Christine O’Donnell...
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