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Dick Polman
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  • Clint's blasphemies

    February 9, 2012

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    We have become so polarized in this country that even a patriotic car commercial can prompt ideological hysteria.  More »

  • A hat trick for Rick

    February 8, 2012

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    Today's fun trivia question: Which Republican presidential candidate has won the most contests?  More »

  • Low risk hypocrisy

    February 7, 2012

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    Successful politicians are highly competitive people, and if they believe that their principles might get in the way of winning, they'll chuck the principles.  More »

  • Santorum on the rise?!

    February 6, 2012

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    Remember those scenes in Terminator 2 where the cyborg gets blasted to bits, only to regenerate itself over and over? This week, it might be Rick Santorum's turn to play the cyborg.Despite four c...  More »

  • Rooting for misery

    February 3, 2012

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    Bad news for Republicans today. The last thing they want to hear is that the economy is steadily healing on Barack Obama's watch.  More »

  • The latest from the country club

    February 2, 2012

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    At first glance, Mitt Romney's latest gaffe du jour - "I'm not concerned about the very poor" - seems quite minor. During his morning chat on CNN yesterday, he explained that the v...  More »

  • Yogi Berra politics

    February 1, 2012

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    Mitt Romney's vanquished Florida rivals appear to be inspired by Yogi Berra, the renowned philosopher who once said, "It ain't over 'til it's over."Having been thoroughly...  More »

  • The greatest post in all our lifetimes

    January 31, 2012

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    Some things in life are numbingly predictable. Birds fly south for the winter, celebrities flee into rehab, and politicians declare that the next presidential election will be the most consequential (...  More »

  • Reagan's bit player

    January 30, 2012

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    If the Florida polls are correct, Mitt Romney appears poised to (finally?) pound a stake into the heart of the Newt Gingrich candidacy. Then he'd drop a two-ton bank safe on top of it, then he�...  More »

  • The bully goes down

    January 27, 2012

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    The winner of Republican debate last night was Wolf Blitzer. More on that in a moment.Mitt Romney strengthened himself considerably, in the final clash before Tuesday's Florida primary. Fast on h...  More »

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ABOUT DICK POLMAN
Cited by the Columbia Journalism Review website as one of the nation's top political scribes, and by ABC News' online political tip sheet as "one of the finest political journalists of his generation, " Dick Polman is a national blogger and columnist who has covered or chronicled every presidential campaign since 1988. A Philadelphia resident, Dick roamed the country for most of his 22 years at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he still contributes a Sunday print column. He has been blogging daily since 2006. He's currently on the full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, as "Writer in Residence." He has been a frequent guest on C-SPAN, CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, and various NPR shows - most notably Philadelphia's "Radio Times" on WHYY-FM.
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