…of his legislative agenda through Congress, he's been stopped short since the Republicans took the House in 2010. Mark my words, though: Obama will be remembered as one of the most effective presidents the US has ever seen, based upon those two years alone. The country's not fully recovered from the Great Recession yet. But who honestly thought it would have, four years on?
I just don't get it: Romney is proposing nothing less than a re-hashed Bush-Cheney presidency. …
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…competitors, and find ways that they can show how pro-Hollywood and anti-business SOPA was ( Republicans hate Hollywood), while at the same time also funding his liberal opponents. A Democratic victory in Smith's district is unlikely, but his Democratic opponents probably hate him enough to make some noise, and I think it's extremely likely that Texas is full of younger Republicans who would love to take his place. There's got to be at least one who understands the Internet. …
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…seen." I refer to my campaign manager as " Mark Blockhead" and fellow Republicans as "just blockheads." And finally, last but not least, I'm a "Republican presidential frontrunner."
(Photo of " Herman Cain" doing "air quotes" by "The Associated Press" via "Politico")
Our coverage of Herman Cain's response to allegations of sexual harassment. (Is this photo a meme yet? Sorry, "meme"?). …
"You know, I want to just advise people watching at home playing that now popular drinking game of ‘you take a shot whenever Republicans say something that's not true.' Please assign a designated driver. This is going to be a long afternoon."
- Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, ranting during this week's House debate on the repeal of the health care reform bill . (via officialssay )
One reason Democrats and Republicans so rarely agree on anything any more is that the social dynamics of like-minded groups dramatically encourage polarization; but another is that the two parties increasingly represent entirely distinct nations. When Sarah Palin referred to rural America as "real America," she echoed and confirmed a growing Republican identification with, and habitation of, exurban areas. In Red America, most people live outside of the city, education …