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10 Spectacular Low Points of the 2012 Election
The 2012 presidential election provided plenty to look back upon: 10. A slew of people you don’t know threaten to move to Canada after the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in favor of the Affordable Care Act. 9. Obama first uses the...Tags: Halloween, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Mitt Romney, Candy Crowley, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Tea Party's Strength From Grass Roots
The Hartford CourantReports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...Tags: U.S. Senate, The Wall Street Journal, Parties and Movements, Richard Lugar, Tim Huelskamp
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Nothing unique in Akin's nonsense
Rep. Todd Akin's fame — more accurately, his infamy — now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of “The Vagina Monologues” and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter...
Tags: Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Feminism, Abortion
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Here's my predictions for Tuesday's election. Now share yours
The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday's election is that you might be wrong about key races and thus dent whatever reputation you have for political insight. "I don't know" is always a correct answer. "We'll see. Time will tell. It...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Justice System, Voting, Colin Powell
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Oh, your Akin eyes -- a Todd Akin reader
Change of SubjectLike Akin, (presumptive GOP vice-presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul) Ryan is a co-sponsor of the “Sanctity of Human Life Act,” a so-called personhood measure that defines life as beginning at “fertilization, cloning or its... -
Left turn -- Dems, GOP battle to a draw, but liberals romp
Change of SubjectPolitically, it was a status quo election. Democrats held on to the White House and their majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s voting. Republicans preserved their majority in the House and increased by one their hold on the majority...... -
“Unchain” or “legitimate rape”: Mack pairs Biden, Akin comments as “just as offensive”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelGOP U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV disavowed U.S. Rep Todd Akin's comments about “legitimate rape” Monday but not before pairing them with Vice President Joe Biden's “put ya'll back in chains” comments as “... -
Crystal Blog contest, 2012
Change of SubjectI am now tallying these results and will present an aggregated prediction Monday afternoon, listen to "Mondays With Johnny" at 12:30 on WGN-AM 720 and I may try to slip them in. The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday’s...... -
Presidential election or abortion referendum?
The platforms that the two political parties publish every four years are a lot like the warranties that come with washers or refrigerators: Nobody ever reads them, but if you do, you find that nothing in them actually applies. This year, though, the...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Parties and Movements, Tampa, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....
Tags: Joe Walsh, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Polls, Abortion
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Freakin’ over Akin -- Why the GOP is in such a tizzy over candidate’s abortion gaffe
Change of SubjectIt’s not his ignorance of human biology that makes Missouri congressman Todd Akin so toxic to his fellow Republicans. Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo / August 10, 2012 Yes, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate gave voice in a...... -
It's the social issues, stupid! -- Dems' focus on abortion borrows a page from GOP playbook
Change of SubjectAnswers to frequently asked questions coming this week from opponents of abortion rights. Q: Really? Abortion? Now? The U.S. economy is in the doldrums and the upcoming presidential election is about how to get it roaring again. But Democrats are......
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Nov 1, 2012
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Aug 27, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Aug 21, 2012
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Aug 23, 2012
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