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Cowards Sank the Deficit Plan – The Daily Beast
The Bipartisan Deficit Commission led by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson voted 11 to 7 in favor of their far-sighted plan to cut the deficit by $4 trillion within the decade. But it can be classified as only … Continue reading
Mosque Money Shocker – The Daily Beast
Developers of the controversial Park51 Islamic community center and mosque located two blocks from ground zero earlier this month applied for roughly $5 million in federal grant money set aside for the redevelopment of lower Manhattan after the attacks of … Continue reading
Defusing the Terrorists’ Prison Bomb – The Daily Beast
Terrorism is always one bad day away from being the most important issue in America. With election-eve cargo plane bombing plots disrupted by information from a repentant al Qaeda member who was also an ex-Guantanamo detainee, a timely new counter-terrorism … Continue reading
The Tea Party Hurt the GOP – The Daily Beast
The lesson that hyper-partisans will be tempted to take from Tuesday’s historic “shellacking” is that the more polarizing the candidate, the better the results. Reality does not bear that theory out. In fact, the most celebrated Tea Party-supported nominees trailed … Continue reading
The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by Picking Rick Santorum – The Daily Beast
A cleansing bout of craziness in 2012 could be just what the GOP needs. I’m talking about a nominee so far to the right that conservative populists get their fondest wish—and the Republican Party is forced to learn from the … Continue reading
The Obama Haters Book Club – The Daily Beast
Hating President Obama has become its own industry—and here’s a new stat to prove it: To date, there have been at least 46 anti-Obama books published. I’m not talking about thoughtful criticisms of his policies, but hyperbolic denunciations, distortions, or … Continue reading
God for Vice President – The Daily Beast
Christine O’Donnell’s latest face-plant—asking “Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?”—was not just cringe-inducing. It was revealing and part of a growing chorus from social conservative populist candidates running under the Tea Party banner this year. O’Donnell’s … Continue reading
China Invades the Midterms – The Daily Beast
China has emerged as a key campaign issue in 2010, invoked by Democrats and Republicans alike. But the anger isn’t just the outsourcing of jobs in this Great Recession—it’s the long-term threat to American sovereignty posed by the U.S. debt. … Continue reading
We Need More Moynihans – The Daily Beast
Collections of letters are usually academic exercises or vanity projects, rarely read and containing little practical wisdom. The great exception comes from Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary. This is an autobiography written in real … Continue reading
Left-Wing Crazies Take Their Turn – The Daily Beast
“We as one nation must stand together, must fight the forces of evil, the conservatives in this country across the board,” bellowed Ed Schultz, emcee of the One Nation Working Together rally on the Washington Mall Saturday. “The conservative voices … Continue reading
The Comedian Political Takeover – The Daily Beast
Stephen Colbert testifying in front of Congress. Bill Maher serving as a one-man opposition research division against Wingnut Queen Christine O’Donnell. Jon Stewart hosting a pre-election “Rally to Restore Sanity” on the Washington Mall. It’s no joke: Comedians are driving … Continue reading
The Tea Party Abortion Doctrine – The Daily Beast
Call it the Palin Standard, the new normal creeping into Republican abortion politics—opposition even in cases of rape and incest. When Sarah Palin was plucked from obscurity two years ago to become the VP nominee, McCain’s senior policy aides did … Continue reading
The Media Hijackers – The Daily Beast
How does a fringe preacher go from 50 congregants to the front page of 50 newspapers overnight? Just say you’re going to burn the Quran. It took little more for the “Reverend” Terry Jones and his ironically named Dove World … Continue reading
The Top 10 Weirdest Campaign Ads – The Daily Beast
It’s enough to make you miss the “Daisy” ad. LBJ’s invocation of nuclear war if Barry Goldwater won the ‘64 election was substantive and civil compared to the worst of the campaign ads we’ve seen so far this season. It’s … Continue reading
Will Boies and Olson Win the Gay Marriage Argument? – The Daily Beast
Closing arguments in one of the prime civil-rights fights of our time is scheduled to take place this Wednesday in San Francisco, with the high drama surrounding the constitutional challenge to California’s Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage heightened by … Continue reading
The Top 25 Centrist Columnists and Commentators – The Daily Beast
Professional partisans present a vision of American politics where everything is divided between the far left and the far right. Lately, they seem to be dominating the nation’s political debate. But there’s a powerful backlash brewing—a movement of voices from … Continue reading
The GOP’s War on Teddy Roosevelt – The Daily Beast
Here’s how crazy our politics have become: Legendary Republican President Theodore Roosevelt is being called a socialist by conservatives like Glenn Beck. The man on Mount Rushmore, the Rough Rider president, is getting caught up in a party-purity dragnet 91 … Continue reading
The ‘Birthers’ Began on the Left
The Birthers were back in force at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. WorldNet Daily founder Joseph Farah used his prime-time speaking slot, broadcast on C-Span, to pump up claims that President Obama was not born in the United … Continue reading
Top 5 Misconceptions About the Tea Party Movement
One year ago, the first Tea Party protest hadn’t even been held yet and the phrase remained safely ensconced in American history textbooks. This weekend, the first national Tea Party Convention will be held in Nashville, and the fractious movement … Continue reading
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10 Congressmen Who Should Be Fired
With less than 100 days left to the midterm elections, it’s clear that anti-incumbent anger is going to be a bad wind blowing through Nov. 2. But not all incumbents are created equally weasel-y, and the best way to judge … Continue reading