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    What Did Obama Mean by Change?

    MAY 30, 2012 9:23AM

    By Cenk Uygur


    Topics: politics news, wolf pac, obama reelection, hope and change, get money out, change, campaign-finance-reform, billy, john yarmuth, video, barack obama, elections 2012, barack obama, elections 2012

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 1787 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    OWS: NATO can’t feed poor, Chicago, Roseanne/Jill Stein

    MAY 21, 2012 12:59PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, news, television, politics, nato, chicago, roseanne barr, jill stein, occupy wall street, occupy america, ows, green party, hank rush, houston’s star of hope mission, peter morici, kyocera, project vote smart, barack obama, israel, palestine, education, mass media, advertising, alternative media

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1033 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1558 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The assassination of the first Mormon presidential nominee

    MAY 9, 2012 11:53AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: belief, religion, business, politics, first mormon presidential nominee, assassination, joseph smith jr., mitt romney, mormons, mormon enigma, richard bushman, rough stone rolling, william law, nauvoo expositor, polygamy, deseret news, ann eliza young, william godbe, brigham young, barack obama, jt ready, frank vandersloot, human research subjects, project vote smart, jill stein

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 437 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    General Election Announcements a Study in Contrast

    MAY 8, 2012 10:19PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: barack obama, virginia, new hampshire, mitt romney, general election, csi:miami

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 2672 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Romney Goes Ugly Early

    APRIL 19, 2012 8:31AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, presidential election 2012, mitt romney, barack obama, negative campaigns, a failed president, war on women, george w. bush, romney attacks obama, who is mitt romney really?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 13505 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Republicans are secretly voting for President Obama

    MARCH 23, 2012 9:08AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: politics, open call, barack obama, 2012 presidential election, republicans, mccain, palin, gingrich, santorum, mitt romney, president obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 6756 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    What if Sandra Fluke were a Woman of Color?

    MARCH 15, 2012 9:44PM

    By profkeck


    Topics: rush limbaugh, sandra fluke, bill maher, gop, presidential race, contraception, advertisement, corporation, race, racism, women, women of color, listening post, aljazeera, national press club, congress, aol, allstate, rick santorum, mitt romney, newt gingrich, ron paul, andrew breitbart, shirley sherrod, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 6036 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    It's Settled then: Women, We're at War

    MARCH 13, 2012 10:35AM

    By Ramonas Voices


    Topics: transvaginal probe, sandra fluke, rush limbaugh, rick santorum, religious right, patricia heaton, komen foundation, contraceptive rights, catholic bishops, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2276 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Newt Gingrich, the Algae Candidate

    FEBRUARY 26, 2012 3:25AM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: newt gingrich, herman cain, burlingame, california republican convention, algae, oil, moon, barack obama, robot monster, 2012 presidential race, energy, oil, gop

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 11170 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Republican Racism is an Air Raid Siren, Not a Dog Whistle

    JANUARY 18, 2012 3:44PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: race and politics, race, barack obama, primary campaign, republicans, tea party gop, tea party, primary, chris matthews, south carolina

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1588 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    With the Cordray Appointment, Obama Hits the Trenches.

    JANUARY 4, 2012 7:39PM

    By Dan O'Mahony


    Topics: barack obama, richard cordray, conusmer financial protection bureau

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1843 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Iowa Caucus Results

    JANUARY 4, 2012 11:31AM

    By Sarah Warden


    Topics: politics, news, barack obama, election 2012, republican candidates, florida primary, south carolina primary, new hampshire primary, michele bachmann, newt gingrich, ron paul, rick santorum, mitt romney, iowa caucus results

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2184 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    The Iowa Caucus: Shakespeare Was Right About the Masses

    JANUARY 4, 2012 4:30AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: politics, texas william shakespeare, ron paul, rick santorum, rick perry, ram productions international, newt gingrich, mob mentality, mitt romney, michele bachmann, michael russnow, marc antony, julius caesar, iowa caucus, herman cain, gop presidential race, gop, brutus, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 3871 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    If Rick Santorum Wins the Iowa Caucus, Does It Matter?

    JANUARY 2, 2012 5:11PM

    By Sarah Warden


    Topics: politics, news, president obama, barack obama, jon huntsman, michele bachmann, rick perry, ron paul, newt gingrich, mitt romney, election 2012, rick santorum, iowa caucus

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2599 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Knavish Newt: Could He Win It All?

    DECEMBER 9, 2011 11:01AM

    By Sarah Warden


    Topics: news, politics, 2012 election, 2012, barack obama, mitt romney, gingrich, newt gingrich

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 4863 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Extremism on Both Sides? Show Me

    OCTOBER 20, 2011 8:54AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: universal health care, health care reform, consumer protection agency, faux extremism, rightwing extremism, leftwing extremism, extremism, tea party, kaiser permanente, theodore roosevelt, hank paulson, bernie sanders, michael moore, keith ellison, barack obama, ronald reagan, tip o’neil, nancy pelosi, barney frank, dennis kucinich, mitch mcconnell, occupy, occupy america, republican primary campaign, michele bachmann, leftwing ideology, liberalism, progressivism, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 974 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Who Is Making Congress Look Bad?

    OCTOBER 15, 2011 11:15AM

    By MuddyPolitics


    Topics: democrats, gop, washington, conservatives, tea party, congress, president obama, barack obama, mitch mcconnell, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1607 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Ames Straw Poll isn't the real Iowa -- Not even close

    AUGUST 19, 2011 8:12AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: barack obama, rick perry, michelle bachmann, des moines register, jimmy zuma, des moines, butter cow, iowa state fair, kevin rivers, who tv, election, republican, straw poll, iowa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2015 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Confidence Is Sexy. But Please Keep Your Shirt On.

    AUGUST 11, 2011 3:55PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: barack obama, confidence, kids, president

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