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FLASHBACK: Democratic Party 2005

Biden: “I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing.” OBAMA & DEMS IN 2005: 51 VOTE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION’ IS ‘ARROGANT’ POWER GRAB AGAINST THE FOUNDER’S INTENT Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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Dazed Democrats rethink entire strategy

Scott Brown has turned this town upside down. Usually, the tendency among political reporters and operatives alike is to over-react and over-interpret elections. And there are caveats to the stunner in Massachusetts. Yes, this was a special election, which often produce unusual results. Yes, Democrat Martha Coakley ran a timid, sometimes terrible, campaign for Ted [...]

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GOP banks on repeal push for 2010

By LISA LERER & CHRIS FRATES Republicans hope a push to repeal the Democrats’ health care bill will inspire voters to turn out for them in the 2010 elections — even though some of them admit that it has no realistic chance of working. “We have to repeal very substantial parts of it and that’s [...]

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Holy Fools

The article below could also be titled: “The Circular Firing Squad.” ~~John Cronin~~ http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGMwMDk4YmIzZjYyOTMwNDRlMTA5YWE4NDEyZWVjZDM= NRO By the Editors Sen. Harry Reid has been a kind of reverse Houdini with a talent for getting into traps. To appease Democratic moderates, he proposed to drop the public option, which made liberals furious. To get back in their [...]

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