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Jesse Jackson Jr. and the perils of narcissism

February 22, 2013
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The rise and fall of Jesse Jackson Jr. - son of the civil rights legend, prominent Democratic congressman, champion of the poor - brings to mind something that the poet T. S. Eliot once said: "Ha... More »
Smearing Hagel: The conservative "media" in action

February 21, 2013
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What follows is a classic example of how a lie metastasizes in the body politic. To fully appreciate how the conservative "media" does its dirty work, erasing the line that separates rumor f... More »
Bully pulpit politics: Obama's edge over the GOP

February 20, 2013
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With federal spending cuts totaling $85 billion on the horizon - this is the dreaded "sequester," due to kick in on March 1 - Republicans are deluding themselves if they think they can pin... More »
A conservative bad boy plays the God card

February 19, 2013
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Sex! OK, now I have your attention. Conservatives are having a devil of a time trying to decide how they should feel about Mark Sanford, who offended the better angels of our nature back in 2009. L... More »
The GOP's digital deficit and its woes with young voters

February 18, 2013
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Stuart Stevens, the veteran Republican strategist who helmed the dead-in-the-water Romney campaign, was asked yesterday to weigh in on what ails the GOP. That was a bit like asking a Carnival Cruise e... More »
Pop quiz: How many blacks have been elected to the Senate?

February 15, 2013
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Frank Lautenberg's retirement announcement was a big Valentine's Day bouquet for Cory Booker, who had already been coveting the octogenarian's Senate seat. The Newark mayor now has a cl... More »
The downbeat world of the "Walmart moms"

February 14, 2013
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President Obama may sincerely believe that "the state of the union is strong," but the mood in the aisles of Walmart is apparently far less sanguine. Or so I conclude, after spending 90 m... More »
Obama buries voting reform

February 13, 2013
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Amidst all the center-left aspirations in President Obama's State of the Union address - climate change legislation, gun curbs, new federal money for road and bridge repairs, path-to-citizenship ... More »
State of the Union: Hype and reality

February 12, 2013
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The Beltway media is brimming with breathless stories about tonight's State of the Union speech. They basically fall into two categories: (1) What Obama Will Say, and (2) What Obama Should Say. W... More »
Why Christie's girth is a weighty issue

February 11, 2013
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Chris Christie got laughs on the Letterman show last week when he showed up with a doughnut. I get what he was trying to do. People keep goofing on his girth, and a former White House doctor had just ... More »