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A New War on Healthcare Begins – OutFront – CNN
GOP plans to fight for Obamacare repeal in Congress The U.S. Supreme Court has made their ruling on Obamacare, but in Congress, the fight to repeal and replace the controversial health care reform law is just beginning. OutFront tonight: Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, CNN, Elections, Health Care, OutFront, President Obama
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Obama Worried About Fund Raising – OutFront – CNN
With record amounts of money flowing between donors, SuperPACs, and campaigns, this election is set to be the most expensive in our country’s history. In fact, Mitt Romney’s campaign is expected to announce their candidate raked in $100 million in … Continue reading
Rewriting the Constitution – OutFront – CNN
There’s a new movie out portraying Abraham Lincoln as both a defender of freedom and… a vampire hunter. Yes. In what appears to be a trend of irreverent but oddly heartfelt takes on American history, The Daily Show Senior Writer … Continue reading
Chicago Murder Rate Surges as New York’s Drops to Record Low – The Daily Beast
This is a tale of two cities and murder. As the sun rose Sunday, New York City hit a remarkable milestone, recording just 193 murders in the first six months of the year. In that same span, more than 250 … Continue reading
The Hispanic Challenge for Obama and Romney – The Telegraph
America is a nation of immigrants with an illegal immigration problem — a dilemma for both the presidential candidates America is a nation of immigrants with an illegal immigration problem. For the past four decades, immigration has been a political … Continue reading
Mitt Romney’s Empty Obamacare-Repeal Rhetoric – The Daily Beast
Right off the top, Romney delivered one of the tightest lines of his campaign: “What the court did not do on its last day in session, I will do on my first day if elected president of the United States. … Continue reading
Incumbents Charles Rangel, Orrin Hatch Beat Back Primary Challenges – The Daily Beast
The RINO hunters and DINO hunters took a beating Tuesday night. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated a Tea Party challenge. Left-wingnut and Mugabe-aficionado Charles Barron was decimated by New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, despite the support of big labor … Continue reading
Policy Black Hole: Mitt Romney Keeps His Ideas To Himself – The Daily Beast
Welcome to the policy-free campaign. The Romney camp hopes to make this election a referendum on President Obama—it offers the chance to win by default. In contrast, the Obama camp is fervently trying to make the election a choice between … Continue reading
Is Israel-Bashing, Dictator-Backing Charles Barron Heading To Washington? – The Daily Beast
New York City Councilman Charles Barron is the real-life embodiment of the paranoid right-wing fantasy about President Obama: a former Black Panther, a backer of wealth redistribution, and an outspoken admirer of leftist dictators worldwide. But now Barron has risen … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Elections, National Security, New York, President Obama, The Daily Beast, Wingnuts
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Who is Marco Rubio? – The Daily Beast
Marco Rubio’s memoir, American Son, is coming out on Tuesday. It will inevitably be a campaign document, scrubbed clean of unflattering details, intended to be an exhibit in his bid to be Mitt Romney’s VP nominee. Which is why The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Elections, Republican Reformers, The Daily Beast
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No Home-Field Advantage for Mitt Romney – The Daily Beast
There are a lot of things different about this presidential campaign: an African-American incumbent running against a Mormon, most obviously. But on a more mundane level, there is uncharted strategic territory as well: never before has a presidential candidate written … Continue reading
Jeb vs. Grover: Battle for GOP’s soul – CNN.com
This is what happens when politics starts looking like a cult: Jeb Bush gets attacked for being a traitor to the conservative cause. The former Florida governor has been speaking with the freedom of someone not running for office, saying … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, CNN, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, Republican Reformers
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American Way: Wisconsin Recall Vote Shows Union Power is Problem for Democrats – The Telegraph
The biggest election before November took place last week in Wisconsin – and it didn’t go the Democrats way. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker had polarised the state by taking on public sector labour unions, rolling back their collective bargaining … Continue reading
Hyper-Partisanship Dragging Down Nation – CNN.com
It’s not your imagination: Our politics are more polarized than at any point in recent history. That’s the conclusion of a new survey from the indispensable Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. And if you needed more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, CNN, Elections, Independent Voters, Wingnuts
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Past Scott Walker: Fight Crosses Party Lines as California Voters Back Pension Reforms – The Daily Beast
The most significant election on Tuesday wasn’t in Wisconsin. It was in San Jose and San Diego, where nearly 70% of citizens voted for public-sector union pension reforms, introduced by Democrats, that could save their cash-strapped cities billions of dollars. … Continue reading
Top Three Conclusions From Wisconsin Recall Election – The Daily Beast
It was a big win for Scott Walker and a big wake-up call for Democrats. The Wisconsin governor survived a recall effort that received more than a million signatures by gaining more votes in this special election than he did … Continue reading
Thee Wisconsinites Running the RNC Double Down on Walker Recall Fight – The Daily Beast
Local politics is national in Wisconsin this weekend. It’s not just because the attempt to recall conservative Gov. Scott Walker is a ground-game test case that foreshadows the super PAC–funded fight between big business and big labor in the fall … Continue reading
Mitt Romney’s Stockholm Syndrome Behavior – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney’s long slog through the Republicans’ reality-show primary is over. After the party auditioned a cast of unlikely and occasionally unstable contenders ranging from Michele Bachmann to Herman Cain to a resurgent Rick Santorum, the most responsible man won. … Continue reading
American Way: Why Barack Obama Now Has a Battle on His Hands for the 2012 Election
There are storm clouds on the horizon for Barack Obama’s re-election. Democrats indulged in over-confidence during the Republican primaries. It was an understandable reaction to the chaos that came with all the pandering to the far-Right and the rise of … Continue reading
Grow Up, Congress: Make a Deal on Debt – CNN.com
Confronted with record-low approval ratings, Congress seems determined to drive them down even further by planning another game of chicken with the debt ceiling this fall. The last time they tried this game, the United States lost its Triple-A credit … Continue reading