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It’s a cliche, I know. But when it comes to the health care debate, the motto of Republicans and conservatives truly should be “Never let a fact get in the way of a good story.”
Oh, those pesky facts, as Glenn Beck might say (although Beck hasn’t used a real fact in so many years he [...]
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I never thought health care reform would be a slam-dunk. My private ideas about what I consider to be a health care reform victory look nothing like what passed the House of Representatives Saturday. In some ways, my expectations were exceeded. In others, I was deeply disappointed. One belief was strongly affirmed: the reform process [...]
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“I’m much more sympathetic now to Republican candidates who have been on city councils or county commissions and have voted to raise taxes, much more sympathetic then I would have been not being on council,” he said. “At some point with gas prices rising up, you can only cut so much.” – Erick Erickson
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Looking at the results of last night’s off-off year elections is a bit like looking at a Jackson Pollack painting. You see in it what you want.
Did the GOP win? Well, yes and no.
They won big in Virginia and in a squeaker in New Jersey, but lost a seat in upstate New York they [...]
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It’s kinda odd when you think about it.
The future of the Republican Party is being played out in two places that look very different at first glance: liberal New York and conservative Virginia. True, both states voted for Obama last presidential election, but national elections don’t really matter all that much in state-based campaigns. [...]
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A pretty ironic title for a post on a site called Bipartisan Report, isn’t it? Back in January I joined this site with a strong belief that it is possible to have a conversation around issues and not personalities. I even spent time on the phone with Michael P. Leahy, one of the proponents of [...]
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It was a heady moment. This week Eric Cantor, leading GOP House member, said that if an election was held today, the GOP would take control of the House.
And he might be right … if an election was held today.
But I have sad news for Mr. Cantor. There is no election today. There is no [...]
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I’m no big fan of Newt Gingrich, but I also know that he has a lot of political smarts (not that he always uses them appropriately). In the early part of the year, he made a very interesting comment that bares repeating in the midst of the onslaught by the GOP, the teabaggers and the [...]
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During the election I immersed myself in history as a way of understanding the tactics and divisions that arose during the primaries and the general election. One of the most brilliant was Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland. The lessons I learned from that book and a look-back at the history of Nixon’s rise, spectacular fall, and emergent [...]
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Americans have always loved freedom fighters. After all, it’s in our DNA — our story of the land of the free bought with the spilled blood of our forefathers who rebelled against oppression to create the most powerful nation in the world is a heady and exhilarating ideal. It’s hardly a surprise that so many [...]
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Dan on Conservatives, please don’t fill out your census forms!
Dan on Conservatives, please don’t fill out your census forms!
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JimH on Time to boycott Rush Limbaugh sponsors
Rosann Rommelfaenger on Cigna executive proves case for public healthcare option
Rosann Rommelfaenger on Cigna executive proves case for public healthcare option
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