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Russ Feingold: Obama 'Never a Left-Wing Progressive'
Tweet Share on Facebook February 28, 2012 Comment (5)Russ Feingold brought his new book and refreshing Wisconsinite ways to the Washington book store Politics and Prose the other night. The buoyant scene felt straight out of Madison, the capital city where the Progressive Party was born. The former Democratic senator, who served 18 years and lost his re-election race in 2010, was treated as if he were, well, a Jewish Jimmy Stewart. Getting fired by angry voters in the Tea Party election of 2010 seemed a badge of honor in this throng.
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Happy Birthday to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2012 Comment (6)This we know about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the two presidential birthday celebrants in February: Lincoln would have been more fun to hang out with. But let me give Washington--born this day in 1732--and his gravitas their due.
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Americans Deserve Political Freedom from the Catholic Church
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2012 Comment (18)A confession: The Catholic Church is too much for me—and I'm not even Catholic. A prayer: Give me political freedom from that religion.
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Susan G. Komen's Good Girl Image and Hardball Abortion Politics
Tweet Share on Facebook February 7, 2012 Comment (5)The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation had better clean house, starting with the resignation of one Karen Handel, a vice president of public policy. The militantly antichoice Handel and her job should part ways after causing the worst public relations debacle of the 21st century: a move to break up with Planned Parenthood. The Komen foundation rescinded the decision after a maelstrom of public opinion, but it is still in real trouble. For starters, their races have lost a certain luster for many of us.
