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GOP Boss Says Birther Claims a Distraction
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2011 Comment (81)Newly-installed Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has a message for so-called "birthers": Shut up!
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Atlas Shrugged: The Tea Party Movie?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 13, 2011 Comment (5)Last year, on Tax Day, April 15, Tea Party activists stormed the National Mall, demanding that those on Capitol Hill listen to their cries for lower taxes and less spending. This Tax Day, after already gaining success at the polls in November and shifting the budget debate in their direction, maybe it's just time for a movie.
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No Clintonesque Diet for Larry King
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2011 Comment (1)Not that he needs to diet at 77, but former CNN gabber Larry King says he could never go on a veggie diet like former President Bill Clinton who lost several pounds before his daughter's wedding.
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Healthcare Vote Doomed 13 Democrats in 2010 Elections
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2011 Comment (20)In stunning proof that a single vote can doom a lawmaker’s career in Washington, a new review of the 2010 healthcare vote found that 13 Democrats lost their reelection last November because they backed President Obama’s health reform bill. What’s more, it put many other Democrats in jeopardy of losing their seats because it automatically cost them six to eight percentage points even before voting started. [See photos of healthcare protests.]
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Energy Boss Steven Chu Vindicated by Volt Sales
Tweet Share on Facebook April 11, 2011 Comment (7)They don’t call Energy Secretary Steven Chu the smartest Obama cabinet member for nothing. When he recently scoffed at worries that gas-electric hybrid cars heralded by the president were sales stinkers, we started asking around, only to find out that he is right. Take the GM Volt. Early sales were in the low hundreds, but demand has surged and insiders say sales should top 10,000 this year. That number could reach 90,000 next year, say industry officials. And just imagine what a hit they could be when a 500-mile battery for cars, one of Chu’s favorite projects, becomes available. The timing couldn’t be better for automakers. They must have a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2016 and there’s talk the feds might raise that to 62 mpg by 2025.
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Foul Stink Bug Targets Wine Grapes
Tweet Share on Facebook April 11, 2011 CommentThe Asian brown marmorated stink bug that has swept into 33 states and the District of Columbia, destroying peaches and apples along the way, has a new target: wine grapes. Researchers tasked with tracking the bug and finding a way to kill it now say that wineries in Virginia and out west in Oregon, Washington, and parts of California are under attack.
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Zogby: Government Shutdown Talk Hurts Obama's Re-election
Tweet Share on Facebook April 8, 2011 Comment (3)Pollster John Zogby updates our weekly Obama Report Card with a grade on the president's performance. Zogby uses his polling, expert analysis, and interaction with major players to come up with a grade and some comments that capture how he sees the president's week ending.
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Chamber Gives Obama a Backhanded Compliment
Tweet Share on Facebook April 8, 2011 Comment (1)The U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn't a group prone to giving a compliment to President Obama, but when they do, it can sting. Like today's comment from Chamber President Thomas Donohue when asked to size up the Democratic president after two years in office
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New 2012 GOP Face: Texan Rick Perry
Tweet Share on Facebook April 7, 2011 Comment (10)The Washington Whispers Poll has discovered a new Republican 2012 contender: Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Considered a very long shot by GOP pundits and political analysts, nearly one in three of those in our poll chose Perry as the sitting governor most suited to challenger President Obama.
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Snookie Pal McCain Says Twitter Is the Future
Tweet Share on Facebook April 6, 2011 CommentHe may indeed be an old dog, but 74-year-old Sen. John McCain can certainly learn new tricks. Remember back in 2008 when he described himself as being all thumbs on the Internet and social media sites? Well less than three years later, he’s an Internet rock star who has 774,272 Facebook fans and 1.7 million Twitter followers and who jumped head first into social media when he tweeted with Jersey Shore bad girl Snookie. “You’ve heard about my tweet with Snookie?” he asks. “I’ve gotten more coverage from tweets with Snookie than any foreign policy or national security statement that I ever made in my life.”
