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Lakoff: Why extreme conservatives like the sequester

February 27, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Congress, Government, Language/Words, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

With just a few days to go before mindless spending cuts take effect under the ill-advised “sequester” plan, it’s popular, among media commentators, to

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Are Republicans really the “ignorance caucus?”

February 19, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democrats, Language/Words, Obama, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republicans, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections 8 comments

Recently, economist Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that many Republicans act as if they were members of “the ignorance caucus.” As

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Our recent history of “Voting Wars”

November 27, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Congress, Good government, Human Rights, Politics, Republicans, States, Voting/Elections, Women Leave a comment

“Procedures and equipment vary from county to county, with the result that voters’ chances of casting a vote in a statewide election that will

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Lame duck: Obama’s not-so-grand bargain

November 19, 2012 Madonna Gauding Budget, Democrats, Obama, Republicans, Taxes Leave a comment

According to a leaked memo provided by Bob Woodward on last Sunday’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Obama’s first try at a “Grand

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Arlen Specter, part of a vanishing breed

October 24, 2012 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Democrats, Reproductive rights, Senate, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It’s somewhat like evolution – eventually a certain species just dies away. Perhaps the specie that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was most like

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Paul Ryan not fit to be vice-president—or president

October 22, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

After the vice-presidential debate, I watched MSNBC’s coverage of a focus group of undecided voters. One young man, who was on the fence before

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Dick Morris—yeah, that Dick Morris—called today

October 8, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

According to Dick Morris—the Republican political consultant and Fox News contributor who was the recorded voice on my phone a few minutes ago– “Barack

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Study debunks Romney myth of makers and takers

September 28, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Government, Ideas, Republicans Leave a comment

Political scientists Suzanne Mettler and John Sides provide the numbers that debunk the Romney view that 53% of the population are hardworking, independent, and

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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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Taken in by Republican propaganda

September 3, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Congress, Government, Media, Obama One comment

The 90-year-old, college-educated woman sitting across from me is someone whom I know for sure voted for President Obama in 2008. I also know

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