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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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Why they want to go over the cliff

  By JONATHAN ALLEN   Washington’s Democratic and Republican power brokers have sent the message to the nation that going over the fiscal cliff is a worst-case scenario. But they’re not acting that way, not at all. Instead, many of them have calculated that it’s better to go over the cliff — at least temporarily [...]

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The October Surprise May Be Libya

  Team Obama claims the Middle East as a singular success. Will the media go along?   By John Fund      NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE  What if we’ve already had an October surprise in this campaign, in September, and the mainstream media are failing to follow up? An issue becomes a real issue only if enough people [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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What John Ensign’s resignation means for Sharron Angle

By: Rachel Weiner The surprise resignation of Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has major implications for another Nevada Republican: former assemblywoman Sharron Angle. Angle, who lost last fall to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, was planning to run for Rep. Dean Heller’s seat when the Republican congressman ran for Senate next year. Now that Ensign is [...]

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Democrats Refuse to Cut Government Spending

by: Emily Miller Congressional Democrats and President Obama are blocking every effort by Republicans to cut runaway government spending, leaving Washington at a stalemate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) even failed to pass a token spending cut last week. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) has fought any cut from current spending levels in [...]

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Then There Were Three – or – Who neutered the Blue Dogs?

It came as no surprise that the Republican controlled Congress were able to get a repeal on Obamacare.  On the final vote, 245 to 189 the GOP manged three vote from rival Democrats.  As all the eyes looked towards Sen. Harry Reid’s desk and waited for his next move – no one bothered to do [...]

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House passes health law repeal

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 1/19/11 3:29 PM EST Updated: 1/19/11 8:41 PM EST House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. The vote was 245 to [...]

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Reid: Tea party’s days are numbered

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid believes the tea party’s days are numbered.   By: Shira Toeplitz POLITICO “The tea party will disappear as soon as the economy gets better. And the economy’s getting better all the time,” Reid said in a pre-recorded interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” scheduled to air Sunday. Reid argued that [...]

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John McCain’s new role: GOP agitator

By MANU RAJU POLITICO Sen. John McCain is getting under the skin of Democrats these days — and he seems to be relishing it. After Democrats scrapped a massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday, McCain gloated about its defeat — and Democrats fumed. When he took a whack at efforts to bring up a [...]

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