The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
By Gene Lyons Nov 25, 2009
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The GOP has owned it since Nixon. Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it
By Michael Lind
November 23, 2009
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Republicans look ahead to 2010, without bothering to figure out whether they've solved their problems first
By Mike Madden
November 19, 2009
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Republicans are off the deep end now, but pragmatism can wax and wane in a party over time
By Gabriel Winant
November 18, 2009
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Her publicity blitz begins today -- and all the slings and arrows will only make her stronger
By Max Blumenthal
November 16, 2009
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A South Carolina Republican who's taken heat from the right lately says the Reagan coalition is at an end
By Emily Holleman
November 13, 2009
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Resolved: The senator's dalliance with climate change legislation is tarnishing the Republican brand. Shun him!
By Andrew Leonard
November 11, 2009
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The way to fight Republicans is to make them think you like them. It'll scare them into passing the thing
By Garrison Keillor
November 10, 2009
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Republicans thought that driving moderate Dede Scozzafava into arms of Democrats was a good thing
By Gabriel Winant
November 10, 2009
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The Tea Party crowd descends on the Capitol to fight socialism, healthcare and President Obama
By Mike Madden
November 5, 2009
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Christie and McDonnell won by shushing the base, while Palin was the kiss of death in a rock-red House district
By Mike Madden
November 3, 2009
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A round table discussion of whether the revolt of the conservative base is a blessing or curse for the Republicans
By Thomas Schaller
October 29, 2009
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Treatment and prevention of swine flu hurts insurer profits. The timing couldn't be better
By Andrew Leonard
October 29, 2009
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Mark Sanford's thoughts on the author of "Atlas Shrugged" are worth hearing. But why bring God into it?
By Andrew Leonard
October 28, 2009
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The House minority leader attacks Dems for introducing empty resolutions -- while his members do the same
By Alex Koppelman
October 27, 2009
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The greatest threat to the U.S. economy is not creeping socialism. It's creeping subsidism
By Michael Lind
October 26, 2009
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Praying the country will slip into chaos, to make Obama look bad, is not a good place for a political party to be
By Garrison Keillor
October 14, 2009
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When the Fox News host pushes a crackpot theory, it doesn't take long for the GOP to run with it. A timeline
By Gabriel Winant and Tim Bella
October 12, 2009
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Journalists like Evan Thomas now admit the Clinton scandals were bogus. When will they admit they played along?
By Joe Conason
October 9, 2009
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Bill Frist breaks with his party, and criticizes some of its opposition to the Democrats' legislation
By Alex Koppelman
October 2, 2009
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The last Republican presidential nominee wants to moderate the party, but conservatives aren't happy
By Gabriel Winant
October 2, 2009
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The GOP Senator had no problem raising the government's debt ceiling under Bush. But now the "context" is different
By Andrew Leonard
October 1, 2009
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Plaintiffs claim conservative activist Rick Scott had strange criteria about who could work in his clinics
By Tristram Korten
October 1, 2009
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A leading foe of healthcare reform owns a chain of clinics aimed at people who would benefit from a public option
By Tristram Korten
September 30, 2009
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Let them make do with aspirin and hand sanitizer. Meanwhile, the money we save will pay off the deficit
By Garrison Keillor
September 30, 2009