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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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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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Unions Under Fire – OutFront – CNN
All eyes were on Wisconsin on Tuesday as Scott Walker emerged victorious from just the third gubernatorial recall election in the nation’s history. But in his latest column, John Avlon explains why the results of two local California elections held … Continue reading
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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
November’s Dress Rehearsal – OutFront – CNN
CNN’s Erin Burnett previews Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker recall election is the most expensive recall in the state’s history. We crunch the numbers and analyze the impact of this race on November’s presidential election. CNN contributors … 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
Bill Clinton praises Romney – OutFront – CNN
Fmr. Pres. Bill Clinton praises Mitt Romney’s Bain capital experience. Was it an accident or a secret campaign strategy. CNN’s contributor John Avlon, LZ Granderson and Fmr. Communications Dir. for Rick Santorum, Hogan Gidley comes OutFront.
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
Americans Elect Failure to Find Candidate Threatens Third-Party Dreams – The Daily Beast
The deadline for Americans Elect is here and they still don’t have a candidate. This failure threatens to kill the effort to field a bipartisan third ticket for president before it ever really began—despite $35 million spent and 420,000 people … Continue reading
Will Dick Lugar Be The RINO-Hunters’ Latest Trophy? – The Daily Beast
It’s RINO hunting season, and Dick Lugar has a big target on his back. The six-term Indiana senator was once Richard Nixon’s favorite Republican Mayor—but Tricky Dick looks like a hippie compared to the Tea Party crowd, and Lugar has … Continue reading
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Partisan Spin Denies Obama Credit for Immigration Success – The Daily Beast
The headline should be striking: U.S.A. Stops Illegal Immigration from Mexico in its tracks. That’s an underlying insight in a study by the Pew Hispanic Center released days before the Supreme Court heard arguments over the controversial Arizona illegal immigration … Continue reading
Romney and Fairness – OutFront – CNN
John Avlon on CNN’s Out Front talks with David Frum and Faiz Shakir about fairness and Mitt Romney’s campaign strategy for the begining of the 2012 presidential election.
Why Tax Reform Talk a Dead End – CNN.com
It turns out that Richard Nixon was a hippie. Here’s Tricky Dick’s wisdom on taxation, always worth dusting off this time of year: “We shall never make taxation popular, but we can make taxation fair.” See — he’s talking about … Continue reading
Mitt Romney’s Tax Idea Would Wallop High-Income Blue States – The Daily Beast
When candidates talk to high-level donors, they tell the truth. And so despite his campaign’s strenuous downplaying, Mitt Romney’s open-mike “gaffe” revealing some details of his tax plan at a closed-door fundraiser in Palm Beach is real news. Forget for … Continue reading
Sex Trafficking Survivor’s Inspiring Political Run in Portland, OR – The Daily Beast
In the summer of 1989, Jeri Sundvall-Williams was raped by 10 members of the Crips gang. She was then locked in a room, let out only from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night to turn tricks. She was required … Continue reading
Mitt Romney Romps in Illinois, But the Long Race Continues – The Daily Beast
Mitt Romney stomped to victory in Illinois last night. It was a decisive win, his broadest in a contested mainland state since Nevada. He won among women voters, independent voters, and voters whose top issue was the economy, according to … Continue reading
Fed-Up Press Ready to Call the Republican Race, But the Math Matters – The Daily Beast
While the presidential primary was the lead story most days between December and February, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver calculated that “in March, however, the nomination campaign has been the lead story just two times in 17 days.” The implicit editorial judgment … Continue reading