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“Senator Cheney?”: Just When You Thought The Senate Couldn’t Get Any Worse,...
If we were to make a list of competitive Senate races to watch in 2014, Wyoming wouldn’t make the cut. Sen. Mike Enzi is a popular Republican incumbent in a deep-red state — he won re-election in 2008...
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“The Unknowns That Are Known”: No One Cares What Donald Rumsfeld Or The...
A sneering Liz Cheney, looking to unseat Wyoming GOP Sen. Mike Enzi, told a Tea Party town hall in Jackson Hole Tuesday night that she would not support a congressional resolution to back President...
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“The Law Of The Land”: The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Stopped...
When congressional Republicans condemn the Affordable Care Act, there’s one problematic word in particular they tend to use an awful lot. The Hill did a nice job picking up on the trend. In floor...
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“Dick Cheney’s Transcendent Cynicism”: Using The Same Self Serving Game,...
Dick Cheney’s cynicism knows no end. Yet, it still has the power to amaze—especially when Cheney’s political machinations go to extremes. Consider his current embrace of the Tea Party movement. At a...
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“The Rise Of Obamacare McCarthyism”: Anti-Obamacare Republicans Attack Each...
We talked yesterday about Rep. Jack Kingston, one of several House Republicans running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, who infuriated the right. His transgression? The congressman pushed a bill to add...
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“The GOP Culture Is Quite Ill”: The Republican Anti-Obamacare Purity Cult
Sahil Kapur at TPM has a fine report today looking at how hatred of Obamacare has become such an ideé fixe in the Republican party that even the mildest possible concession—or failing to be...
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“Liz Cheney Goes Home To Washington”: At Least Now She Can Stop Pretending...
Liz Cheney, who was trailing in polls by somewhere between 30 and 50 points, announced today that she is ending her Senate primary campaign against Republican Mike Enzi, a campaign that had been...
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“Social Security Faces Threat From ‘Ideological War'”: Republicans...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a message to supporters yesterday, warning of a real threat to Social Security. By any fair measure, she’s right. “We’ve known for years that Social Security...
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“More About Marketing Than Math”: The Tea Party’s Big Idea To Shrink...
Insurgent political movements are usually built around a big idea, like abolition or workers’ rights. The Tea Party certainly has a big idea: Shrink the government. Wanting to shrink the government is...
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“More Budget Gimmickry”: Republicans Vote To Hide Costs Of Repealing...
Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee voted Thursday to shield attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act from objections that it would add to the government’s budget deficit. The budget...
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