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Measuring Republican nay-saying: The Index of Obstruction and Delay

June 5, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Courts, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

Republicans can try to say it ain’t so, but a newly developed statistical measure says it is: The GOP’s delaying tactics and outright obstruction

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2012 election cost a monstrous $6 billion

November 13, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Media, Voting/Elections One comment

Gaius Publius writing at Americablog comments on a recent New York Times article on this election cycle’s monstrous cost. I suggest reading the NYT article then

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Mike Papantonio: A handful of billionaires control the GOP

September 19, 2012 Madonna Gauding Government, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

In the following video, Mike Papantonio, host of Ring of Fire Radio, suggests that the GOP is no longer a viable political party. Thanks

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Support for Tea Party plummets

December 8, 2011 Madonna Gauding Politics Leave a comment

On November 29, Pew Research Center reported that since the 2010 midterm elections, the Tea Party has lost support nationwide and also in the

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Harry Truman figured out Republicans a long time ago

November 21, 2011 Arthur Lieber History, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections 2 comments

In 1948, President Harry S Truman summed up his view of the Republican Party this way: … I have studied the Republican Party for

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Protesting the GOP’s “blame-the-victim” philosophy

October 18, 2011 Mike Davis Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Financial reform, Illinois/Midwest, Politics Leave a comment

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Herman Cain informed the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters that they should not blame the banks

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GOP governors’ overreach may help Dems in 2012

June 3, 2011 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Economy, Politics Leave a comment

Republicans flipped twenty legislative chambers across the country in 2010 and picked up 10 governorships. Many Republicans, like Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, campaigned

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A Model-UN resolution from a “country” called GOP

December 9, 2010 Arthur Lieber International, Missouri region, Politics One comment

This time of year is when I wrap up a series of model United Nations activities for high school and middle school students.  Through

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Not your father’s GOP

March 18, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, Government, History, Politics Leave a comment

Actually the Republican and Democratic parties collaborated quite a bit well into the 20th century. They had to, because both parties were populated by both liberals and conservatives. Republicans and Democrats crossed party lines to advance their causes.

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We all live in glass houses but some don’t realize it

March 4, 2010 Chris Mayes Politics 4 comments

The ability to sell a contradiction is sometimes the measure of a man or woman, at least when it comes to success in politics. 

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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