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  • Paul Ryan's fantasy yearnings

    March 13, 2013

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    It speaks volumes about the Republican fantasy world that alleged deep thinker Paul Ryan foresees a balanced budget in 10 years - thanks to the repeal of Obamacare.  More »

  • Jeb Bush's flip flop flip on immigration

    March 12, 2013

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    Jeb Bush, GOP eminence grise and potential '16 presidential candidate, has been manically spinning through the news cycle, parsing and contradicting himself at every turn. But after days of caref...  More »

  • Death by drone: Obama's team spins again

    March 11, 2013

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    The Obama administration is clearly anxious to ensure that Americans feel comfortable about killing people with drones - because, yet again, Obama sources are trying to put some favorable spin on the ...  More »

  • Rush Limbaugh and other crazies

    March 8, 2013

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    We interrupt our normally scheduled program for another edition of This Week in Crazy. The envelopes, please! Third runner-up: Rush Limbaugh. The new jobs report, released this morning, says that t...  More »

  • Filibuster follies: Will the Senate ever cure its paralysis?

    March 7, 2013

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    Three cheers for Rand Paul, who at least knows that the right way to conduct a filibuster is to physically stand on the Senate floor and halt all business by talking interminably. Paul logged 13 hou...  More »

  • Why Asian Americans have come to detest the GOP

    March 6, 2013

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    We all know that Hispanic Americans spurned Mitt Romney and the Republicans in 2012, and we know all the reasons why. Their voting behavior has been exhaustively explored. But it turns out that Asian ...  More »

  • Obama's new quest for fat cat money

    March 5, 2013

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    President Obama has committed a blatant act of hypocrisy. Let's call him on it. The latest White House creation is a non-profit group called Organizing for Action, which aims to convert the Ob...  More »

  • He's baaack: Mitt Romney's bid for influence

    March 4, 2013

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    Halloween is nearly eight months away, but here's a scary quote guaranteed to send shivers down Republican spines.It's from Mitt Romney, who is apparently auditioning for his new role as Dea...  More »

  • Profile in courage: A newspaper owner sets his readers straight on gay marriage

    March 1, 2013

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    At the turn of the new century, it would've been politically bold for a president of the United States to file a Supreme Court brief in favor of gay marriage. No longer. Barack Obama's lawye...  More »

  • Meddling with the right to vote

    February 28, 2013

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    It has long been a tenet of the conservative faith that "activist unelected judges" are meddlesome creatures, that these robed elitists "legislate from the bench," that they &quo...  More »

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