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Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him
By Alexander Zaitchik
September 16, 2009
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The man who shouted "You lie" at President Obama gets a rebuke from the House and a big hug from Michele Bachmann
By Mike Madden
September 16, 2009
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And the former Pennsylvania senator can't say just yet whether he'll run for president in 2012
By Vincent Rossmeier
September 15, 2009
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They only want government to intervene when they suffer personally -- so let's yank their federal health insurance
By Joe Conason
September 11, 2009
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America is changing, and that makes white people like Joe Wilson -- and Michele Bachmann -- very nervous
By Richard Benjamin
September 11, 2009
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By ignoring GOP hooligans and getting his fellow Democrats behind his compelling vision of healthcare reform
By Joan Walsh
September 10, 2009
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Even some Republicans said their party had gone overboard in criticizing Obama for giving a speech to schoolkids
By Gene Lyons
September 10, 2009
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An assemblyman caught boasting about sex begs for privacy. Maybe he shouldn't have been screwing with the public
By Andrew Leonard
September 9, 2009
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President Obama has only himself to blame for the healthcare reform quagmire
By Gene Lyons
September 3, 2009
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The Energy Secretary is a "radical global warming activist." Not that there's anything wrong with that
By Andrew Leonard
September 1, 2009
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Republicans are winning on healthcare for one reason: Discipline
By Robert Reich
September 1, 2009
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His list of achievements is epic, but he worked to fix healthcare for 40 years. Let's finish the job in his name
By Joe Conason
August 28, 2009
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Would the public option pass if he were around? Maybe not: The Senate's liberal conscience was also a horse-trader
By Mike Madden
August 27, 2009
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John Boehner has a busy first hundred days after the Republicans take back the House in November 2010
By Salon Staff
August 26, 2009
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Republicans are congratulating themselves for their "principled" opposition. Who do they think they're fooling?
By Andrew Leonard
August 24, 2009
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It's almost Labor Day. Healthcare reform is struggling, the public option is near dead. Why couldn't Obama deliver?
By Thomas Schaller
August 24, 2009
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Six senators representing 3 percent of the population are running things because the White House wants it that way
By Robert Reich
August 23, 2009
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Progressives want the president to show some backbone on health care... and everything else
By Andrew Leonard
August 21, 2009
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Republicans want Obama to fail. He needs to stop seeking consensus, because it makes him look weak
By Joe Conason
August 21, 2009
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The White House reasserts its support for a government-run healthcare option, but signs point to critical condition
By Vincent Rossmeier
August 17, 2009
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A pollster applies some historical context and gives three reasons why things aren't bleak for the president
By Paul Maslin
August 12, 2009
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Sorry, Sarah Palin -- rationing of care? Private companies are already doing it, with sometimes fatal results
By Mike Madden
August 11, 2009
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Five right-wing myths about healthcare reform, and the facts
By Mike Madden
August 6, 2009
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Conservative groups are trying to Astroturf their way to a defeat of healthcare reform
By Robert Reich
August 5, 2009
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Can an overdose of TV ads while Congress leaves town help save Obama's healthcare plan?
By Mike Madden
July 31, 2009