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No Joke: George W. Bush Writing a Book on Economic Growth
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2012 CommentSometimes you have to ask yourself if something is genuine or whether the keen minds behind The Onion have managed to hack reality. To wit: Former President George W. Bush is writing a book on—wait for it—strategies for economic growth.
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Mitt Romney’s Memory Hole
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2012 Comment (8)It's funny what Mitt Romney can and cannot remember (or maybe that should be can and cannot "remember"), be it about bullying in high school, or cold, harsh behavior toward congregants in his church.
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JFK, LBJ, Schlesinger, Caro, and the 'Argument Without End'
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2012 Comment (1)Several years ago I was at a cocktail party at my parents' New York City apartment, chatting with the historian Robert Caro. I noticed that smoke seemed to be emanating from his person and said, "I'm not sure how to put this, Bob, but, umm, are you on fire?" He pulled open his jacket and we were both startled to find that its lining was smoldering and then alight. Apparently his jacket had dangled over a candle when he was leaning over a table and it caught.
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Democrats Gunning for Ron Paul's House Seat
Tweet Share on Facebook May 11, 2012 Comment (13)Ron Paul isn't leaving the presidential race but he is leaving the House of Representatives—and Democrats have their sights on his House seat, which they view as "winnable," the party's House campaign chief said.
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Do House Democrats Want Obama to Campaign for Them?
Tweet Share on Facebook May 10, 2012 Comment (3)Who’s afraid of big, bad Barack Obama? It may well be that some House Democrats are—at least in terms of how he affects their re-election prospects. Democrats are more scared about appearing with Obama than Republicans are with Romney, top GOPers say—and it’s a charge the Democrats’ top House campaigner didn’t deny. Ultimately, however, it may not matter.
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How to Write Republican Talking Points
Tweet Share on Facebook May 10, 2012 Comment (5)I wrote last month about the unique definition of compromise that some on the right employ, specifically Rep. Tom Price's characterization of compromise as being when you get more of what you want. Wednesday, The Maddow Blog's Steve Benen flagged another classic, Indiana Republican Senate nominee Richard Mourdock's repeated redefinition of the word "bipartisanship" as consisting of "Democrats coming to the Republican point of view."
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Democrats Soft Pedaling Super PAC, Citizens United Opposition
Tweet Share on Facebook May 9, 2012 CommentDemocrats may not like Citizens United or "super PACs," but they're not nearly as vocal about it as they used to be. One little noticed piece of evidence that they're soft pedaling the issue can be found (or not) on the Democratic National Committee's website, which has quietly dropped the topics from its list of "Issues" it touts.
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Democrats Will Have Upper Hand in Lame Duck Session of Congress
Tweet Share on Facebook May 8, 2012 Comment (7)Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, is cautiously optimistic that the expected lame duck session of Congress will produce the legislative action that seems impossible before the election. And he thinks that his side will have the upper hand in the lame duck as Republicans will be forced to reconcile their big deficit talk with their infatuation with bigger tax cuts.
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Top Dem: Republican Budget Will ‘Haunt’ Mitt Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook May 8, 2012 Comment (7)The ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee promised Tuesday that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and the GOP will pay a political price for their attempts to avoid mandated defense spending cuts by slashing social safety net programs.
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Talk of a Third Party 2012 Candidacy Diminishes
Tweet Share on Facebook May 1, 2012 Comment (5)Remember last week when I noted that D.C. political operatives, specifically pollsters, see such roiling, rolling anger out there that a third party candidate seems likely? Tuesday, I got the other side, with D.C. veterans saying that the system just won’t allow a third party to emerge.
