The Democrats choose Charlotte for 2012 convention | Michael Tomasky
guardian.co.uk - 5hrs 15mins ago(Just so you know, traditionally, campaigning Democrats have cared about staying in union hotels, while Republicans have not. I guess those days are now officially over, although it seems strange to me because unions, for all their flaws and probl…
Read more >>GOP Ethics Chair: Ethics Office Would Take Info From A Tabloid
TPMMuckraker - 1day 5hrs agoRep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) told a reporter for a newspaper in his home state that political realities kept House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) from shutting down the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which he said would begin an investigation…
Read more >>Where are those 8 million jobs Democrats promised to save or create?
Washington Examiner - 1day 6hrs agoSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Senate Republican Communications Center is pointing out a data point President Obama and congressional Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would rather no…
Read more >>Why Obama Can Get Away with Being a Hawk
The Atlantic - 1day 9hrs agoIn the 1991 movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Spock told of "an ancient Vulcan proverb," which held that, "Only Nixon could go to China." The proverb referred to the idea that hardliners like Richard Nixon can more easily make peace …
Read more >>Republicans kept ethics office to avoid political firestorm, top lawmaker says
The Hill - 1day 11hrs ago
House Republicans decided to keep the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) in order to avoid political attacks from their opponents, the chairman of the House ethics panel said Sunday. Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) claimed in an inte…
Read more >>Bachmann's Tea Party address gets 'Saturday Night Live' treatment
The Hill - 2 days ago
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) got the "Saturday Night Live" treatment last night for her Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union on Tuesday. SNL lampooned Bachmann's Speech on Tuesday, particularly how Bachmann, in the …
Read more >>Civility--children's play calls for beheading of Sarah Palin
Examiner.com - 3 days agoLess than a month after the Leftwing in America blamed Conservatives for the Tucson shooting and demanded 'civility' in political discourse, a Children's play in Montana called for the beheading of Sarah Palin. The play, which was presented at the…
Read more >>New GOP House Majority Tries to Redefine Rape and Incest
The Mudflats - 3 days agoWell, that didn’t take long. The new House GOP majority has stepped out with a bold new plan for the American People, specifically women. The limits on federal funding for Abortion except for the cases of Rape and Incest, are now under ass…
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