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    Republicans Were Grand Once Upon a Time

    MARCH 5, 2012 10:10AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, republican party, right wing, barry goldwater, racism, conservatism, olympia snowe, george wallace, civil rights act of 1964, everett dirksen, jim crow, lyndon johnson, democratic party, tea party, nelson rockefeller, moderate republicans, geoffrey kabaservice, founding fathers, bipartisanship, polarization, 1964 election, solid south, new deal coalition, dixicrats, compromise

    • 0 Ratings
    • 292 Views
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    Give 'em Hell Barry Winning New Voters

    NOVEMBER 12, 2011 8:23AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: populism, class warfare, financial elite, unions, right wing, centrism, bipartisanship, republican party, obama, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 489 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Obama must get exit GOP's "My Way Or the" Highway

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 9:49AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, paul ryan, obama, democratic party, norm ornstein, david brooks, paul ryan, ayn rand, bipartisanship

    • 3 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Chutzpah! Barack Obama's Shameful Black Caucus Speech

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 10:06AM

    By Leonce Gaiter


    Topics: barack obama speech, bipartisanship, ezra klein, obama, obama black caucus, obama cave, obama compromise, obama governing style, obama lack of leadership, obama leadership style, obama speech, obama weak leader

    • 1 Ratings
    • 785 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Perry is scary — and YES, he COULD win

    AUGUST 7, 2011 5:32PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: economy, belief/religion, war profiteers, war profiteering, theofascists, theofascism, texas gov. rick perry, texas, ronald reagan, rick perry, presidential politics, president obama, president barack obama, politics, obama, mitt romney, lawrence o'donnell, joan walsh, islam, hurricane katrina, gov. rick perry, george w. bush, fascists, fascism, bushcheneycorp, bush, bipartisanship, barack obama

    • 1 Ratings
    • 169 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Party Goggles

    AUGUST 4, 2011 2:32AM

    By Olivia Nuzzi


    Topics: political system, debt ceiling, debt, bipartisanship, partisanship, democrats, republicans, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 256 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    America's Fourth of July

    JULY 4, 2011 7:55PM

    By pastvoices


    Topics: sparklers, fireworks, fourth of july, sparklers, birthdays, bbq, hand-churned ice cream, problems today, congress, blame games, partisanship, bipartisanship, definitions, belief/religion, economy, environment, family, food/drink, news, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 452 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Obama sells us farther down the river

    APRIL 9, 2011 7:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 2012 presidential election, al gore, barack obama, bipartisanship, budget cuts, cowardice, democratic party, dennis kucinich, environmental protection agency, federal budget, george w. bush, howard dean, john boehner, obama re-election, planned parenthood, politics, president barack obama, president obama, ralph nader, republican party, republican tea party, russ feingold, spending cuts

    • 6 Ratings
    • 515 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Time In A Bottle

    MARCH 11, 2011 2:52PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: politics, bipartisanship, unions, wisconsin, sasha abramsky, robert reich, democratic party, presidential inaction, barack obama

    • 1 Ratings
    • 292 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Dems and GOP to Also Mix at SOTU After-Party

    JANUARY 24, 2011 10:09PM

    By The Desperate Blogger


    Topics: satire, politics, political humor, entertainment, state of the union, sotu, bipartisanship

    • 4 Ratings
    • 304 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Entering Massachusetts: Please Don't Hug the Republicans

    JANUARY 24, 2011 9:35PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: politics, humor, spoof, comedy, massachusetts, bipartisanship

    • 2 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Everything I Need To Know I Learned in The Senate

    JANUARY 18, 2011 5:45PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: charles schumer, tom coburn, politics, state of the union speech, bipartisanship, democratic, republican, kindergarten, senate, getting along, founding fathers, capitol, childishness, statesmen, barack obama, sitting together, corruption, hypocrisy

    • 9 Ratings
    • 256 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Life Update

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 3:51PM

    By Patrick Frank


    Topics: personal reflection, meditation, nature, personal growth, drugs, relationships, music, poetry, journalism, politics, basketball, work, self-esteem, bipartisanship

    • 2 Ratings
    • 380 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Howard Dean in 2012

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 9:58PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bipartisanship, howard dean, howard dean 2012, howard dean in 2012, leftism, liberalism, obama, paul krugman, politics, progressive politics, progressivism

    • 18 Ratings
    • 459 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Obama is dead. Long live Obama.

    DECEMBER 5, 2010 7:51AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: taxes, spending, republicans, obama, filibuster, don't ask don't tell, bipartisanship, 2010 election

    • 0 Ratings
    • 141 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    He's Just Not That Into You...

    NOVEMBER 16, 2010 8:28PM

    By Jonathan Schmock


    Topics: bipartisanship, republicans, democrats, politics, comedy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 684 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    John McCain's Barbara Boxer Bashing is Way Off, Hypocritical

    OCTOBER 20, 2010 5:29PM

    By Dorsey Shaw


    Topics: barbara boxer, california, senate, carly fiorina, senate, bashing, john mccain, defense, hawk, white flag, diane feinstein, bipartisanship, gop, republicans, democrats, john mccain barbara boxer, politics, media, news, midterm elections 2010

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 2480 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    The Person, Not the Party

    JUNE 30, 2010 9:56AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: politics, bipartisanship, political independence, democrat, republican, jfk 1960, john f kennedy, 1960 democratic convention, supporting the underdog, political formation in children, family

    • 0 Ratings
    • 414 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Luncheon Society/Mario Cuomo/NY/2.19.10

    MAY 2, 2010 6:18PM

    By The Luncheon Society Mcbarton62


    Topics: politics, books, new york, bipartisanship, mario cuomo, the luncheon society

    • 4 Ratings
    • 426 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    A Lazy Voter's Guide to Rejecting the Two Party System

    MARCH 11, 2010 12:07PM

    By Bill Meradeia


    Topics: democrats, republicans, campaigh finance reform, voting, elections, two-party system, sarah palin, illegal immigration, tea party, finance, bipartisanship

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