President Obama holds post-midterm press conference, #3
First thread and embedded video here.12:41 PM PT: On Ed Henry's stupid question about why won't Obama admit that has to change direction, Obama starts to answer...and is interrupted by Henry, who...
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Right-wing chatter machine furious Obama failed to offer resignation after...
Apparently, Pres. Obama should have offered the keys to Mitt Romney after Tuesday's election Based on the response to President Obama's post-election press conference by the right-wing chatter machine,...
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New GOP spin: Midterms were a repudiation of Hillary Clinton
Hahaha, check out the headline on this Republican National Committee press release: Hillary's Policies Were On The Ballot Nice try, guys, but even if we assume that Hillary Clinton's policies are the...
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Politico on 2014: 'Now there could well be as many as 10 or 20 Bachmanns...
I'm not always a fan of Politico, but this piece by Alex Isanstadt does highlight what could turn out to be a real problem for House Republicans: They just elected a bunch of wingnuts. If House...
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Hillary Clinton 2016 begins, Reince Priebus claims to be delighted
Actual scene from Hillary's first debate with the likely GOP 2016 nominee, the RNC Squirrel Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign is here, reports Amy Chozick of the New York Times, starting...
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Rand Paul: Benghazi is Hillary Clinton's 'main Achilles' heel'
Every so often, I catch myself wondering if Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's brand of libertarian politics is what the GOP needs to put itself in contention for 2016. I mean, if a Republican presidential...
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Scott Walker leaves little doubt he's running for president
Over the weekend, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made it abundantly clear that wants to run for president in 2016. Exhibit A, this exchange with NBC's Chuck Todd on Meet the Press: CHUCK TODD: I've...
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Some Democratic senators counting on filibuster to give them leverage
In one corner, we have a handful of senators in the Democratic caucus from purplish and reddish states who think that the Republican takeover of the Senate will put them in the driver's seat because...
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GOP operative calls party's immigration policy a 'slow-moving car wreck'
Sean Hannity and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, co-chairmen of the GOP's Latino Outreach Committee Apparently, the only way a Republican can take a reasonable position on immigration reform these days is to...
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Scott Walker's plan to reduce dependence on foreign oil is to import more...
Genius Genius plan from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Republicans in Congress should also enact a comprehensive energy policy that makes the United States less dependent on foreign oil—including...
View ArticleA new chapter in the same book
Yesterday marked a big change for me: It was my last day as a full-time blogger. It’s been seven years now for me, all of them as a member of the Daily Kos community, including the last six writing on...
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Jon Stewart takes to the silver screen with 'Rosewater,' his directorial debut
Earlier this week, I had a chance to screen Rosewater, Jon Stewart's directorial debut, which opens nationwide on Friday. Rosewater, which was also written by Stewart and is distributed by Open Road...
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