Revisiting Real Americas.

on November 9th, 2012
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Sarah Palin wouldn’t recognize these places. [...]

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Romney’s Unforced Errors.

on September 18th, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall event in Dayton, Ohio, on March 3, 2012. Photo by Terence Burlij/PBS NewsHour. (CC 2.0)

I mentioned in the previous post that Team Romney had been making a big mess of things over  the last few weeks, to the chagrin of Republicans who feel [...]

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About That 47 Percent.

on September 18th, 2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or furiously catching up on “Boardwalk Empire,” you’ve probably heard about the bombshell video that MoJo released from a Mitt Romney fundraiser earlier in the campaign. In it, the Republican presidential hopeful tells a crowd that nearly half the nation is not pulling its fiscal weight and is [...]

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Your Random-Ass Roundup: Itching for a Fight Edition.

on March 2nd, 2009

Obama says he’s ready for a fight to push his $3.5-trillion budget proposal through Congress.

Ugh. The economy shrank by 6.2 percent in the fourth quarter, which was worse than anyone predicted.  The Dow slipped below 7000 for the first time in 12 years. AIG, the world’s largest insurer, just posted a [...]

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Make Up Your Damn Minds, GOP.

on January 16th, 2008

So Iowa goes to Huck, N.H. to McCain and Michigan to our mortal enemy Mitt Romney. Said John Dickerson: “The GOP primary is starting to look like a Pee Wee soccer tournament: Everyone gets a trophy!”

No GOP Anchor in Sight. [NYT]

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