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Are the Dems blowing it? Barrett trails Walker by 6 points in Wis. recall poll

Read the linked story in conjunction with the following comments and answer the question: Are the Dems blowing it? Just a couple days ago a story surfaced about Wis. Dems ticked off at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for failing to provide $500,000 in funds for the recal …

Romney Flips Back To Claim That Bain Capital Created 100,000 Jobs

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is back to claiming that his former private equity firm, Bain Capital, helped create at least 100,000 jobs, telling conservative radio host Ed Morrisey that “we were able to help create over 100,000 jobs.” The Ro …

House GOP Budget Plan Rejected By Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the Senate rejected for the second year in a row Wednesday a budget plan passed by House Republicans. The 58-41 vote against the GOP budget came after a daylong debate in which Democrats blasted Republicans for refusing to consider tax  …

Top Army general objects to GOP plan to slow troop reductions

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Wednesday he’s opposed to a plan from House Republicans to slow the reduction of U.S. forces over the next five years. The House Armed Services Committee included language in the Defense authorization bill to limit troop reductions …

GOTP imperialism in America :revelation

Imperialism is loosely defined as follows "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination." " .... is primarily a Western undertaking …

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Mike Huckabee tells Citizens United supporters: Obama 'surrounded himself with morally repugnant political whores with misshapen values and gutter-level ethics'

In a letter to Citizens United supporters, Mike Huckabee made clear his feelings about President Barack Obama. Commenting about how he doesn’t trust the president, he went on to say that Obama has surrounded himself with “morally repugnant political whores with miss …

The Chamber of Commerce's Dark Money Days May Be Over | Mother Jones

In the annals of loopholes, one that the Federal Election Commission, the nation's election watchdog, created in 2008 could rank as one of the most absurd. The FEC's Republican commissioners decided that shadowy nonprofits running political ads (think: the US Chamber of Commerce) …

The George Carlin & Scott Walker Clip Every American Needs To See - Democratic Underground

The George Carlin & Scott Walker Clip Every American Needs To See It’s almost like George had a pair of magic, look-into-the-future glasses.Warning: A little bit NSFW.

The Real Fraud: Second 'Non-Citizen' In James O'Keefe Voter Fraud Video Naturalized In 2011

In conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe’s latest video, he features two “non-citizens” who have supposedly committed voter fraud in North Carolina. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, one of the men, Zbigniew Gorzkowski, has actually been an American citi …

Opinion: Facts show Democrats are job creators

I delivered the faculty graduation address last weekend at the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. It’s one of the nation’s best and the reason is its emphasis on rigorous data analysis. Any public policy wonk worth her salt mus …