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The Buffett Rule Is Dead, But You Won't Stop Hearing About It Anyway
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Dead. Kaput. Dunzo. The Buffett Rule, which would have raised taxes on the U.S. millionaires and was supported by 60 percent of Americans, died in the Senate yesterday. But that won't stop Republicans and Obama from using it as a political tool.
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It's Not Just Republicans Who Have a War on Women
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The GOP Is Having Woman Troubles
A phrase that keeps coming up this Republican primary season is "war on women." But what's interesting in the conversations about a so-called "war on women" is that women do not seem to be having it.
Never Fight a Culture War on the Internet
Maybe the GOP (or more specifically, certain members of the party) returned to the '50s in just one day, but the rest of us haven't. Beyond the obvious social and cultural shifts of the last 60 years, there is one major factor: the Internet.
RNC Urges Republicans to Lay Off Personal Attacks on Obama
A couple GOP strategists, Ari Fleischer and Nicholas Thompson, have some words of advice on how best to attack the president: stick to branding him a flip-flopper and skip the personal critiques because people actually like the president as a person.
Conservatives Control the Political E-mail Rumor Mill
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Make This Laughing Child an Internet Star
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Obama Has Actually Raised More Money from Wall Street Than Romney
The other day The New York Times suggested Romney had raised more than Obama, today the Washington Post's clearing things up.
GOP-ers Are Getting Wary of Michele Bachmann
When offered support, Republican state Senate candidate Cindy Golding hesitated to accept
Romney's Job-Creation Plan: Cut Taxes and Punish China
The Republican candidate has delivered his first major policy address
Poll: Rick Perry Opens Double-Digit Lead Over Romney
A new poll from Rasmussen finds the Texas governor with 29 percent of the vote
Rush Limbaugh Did Not Care for Fox News' GOP Debate Questions
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Republicans Are Already Looking Ahead
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Scott Brown Says He'll Support Harry Reid's Debt Plan
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Obama Impersonator Says He Wasn't Pulled Early Over Race Jokes
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Do Not Ask Chris Christie Where His Kids Go To School
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