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Bin Laden Killing Is Obama's Defining Moment
Tweet Share on Facebook May 13, 2011 Comment (10)This week President Obama’s approval rating hit 60 percent, with fully 53 percent of Americans favoring his re-election and substantial leads over any potential Republican challenger.
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Shame on the Media for Donald Trump, Royal Wedding Coverage
Tweet Share on Facebook April 29, 2011 Comment (5)It’s been quite a couple weeks for the media. With a royal wedding, a celebrity meltdown, and a political sideshow, they’ve hit a dream trifecta of tripe.
Network news executives must be thrilled. I mean, how often do they get to put up a “kiss countdown” graphic? Or report as “breaking news” that the president of the United States was in fact born in the United States, while in effect promoting their own reality show starring the clown who made this racist lunacy the number-one topic of political discussion on social media?
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No Drama Obama Drops the Budget Hammer on the Republicans
Tweet Share on Facebook April 14, 2011 Comment (22)Folks, there is an adult in the room. In outlining his long-term budget proposal, No Drama Obama dropped the hammer on the Republicans and put the focus of the debate right where it needs to be: what kind of country are we?
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America Is Suffering the Effects of Short-Sighted GOP Policies
Tweet Share on Facebook March 31, 2011 Comment (25)I spent much of last week in a hospital in Cincinnati with my dad. He has Parkinson’s disease, which sucks. He’s home now, with my mom, brother, and sister doing all they can to care for him. And it hit home for me that we are living not only with the consequences of a horrible disease, but also with the consequences of decisions made in Washington over the last 10 years.
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Scott Walker, Glenn Beck, and the Age of Chicken Little Politics
Tweet Share on Facebook March 10, 2011 Comment (15)If you don’t read this bog post—IN FULL—life as we know it will come to an end, the Earth will stop spinning on its axis, and the terrorists will win. THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER!
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Scott Walker, John Boehner, and the Politics of 'Broke'
Tweet Share on Facebook February 24, 2011 Comment (17)During a recent appearance on Meet the Press, House Speaker John Boehner offered up a pithy, two-word justification for draconian budget cuts: “We’re broke,” he intoned. This week, on Morning Joe, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker invoked the same b-word as a pretext for his jihad against unions: “I’m not going to negotiate the budget. We’re broke.”
No serious person disputes that public debt and the deficit are massive issues that demand comprehensive solutions and tough choices. But are we really broke? Depends on who you mean by “we,” pilgrim.
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Palin and Bachmann Are Crowding Out the Republican 2012 Field
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2011 Comment (23)Four years ago today, Barack Obama announced his run for the presidency before thousands gathered to witness the beginning of his historic march to the White House. Hillary Clinton had already declared as well. Even then, fully 19 months before Election Day, the energy and excitement was palpable. The crowds were building, the fundraising was accelerating, and the campaigns were organizing in a big way.
Now, 19 months out from Election Day 2012, the GOP presidential field remains unformed. There’s a lot we don’t know, but what we do know is that two potential candidates flutter lots of hearts in the Republican base: Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. And they’re tying their own party in knots. [Read more about the 2012 election.]
