Month: May 2012

The GOP Problem, In Pictures

In 2008, the McCain campaign knew they had a major charisma and excitement deficit. Their candidate was old and cranky, and unloved by the base of the party. Barack Obama was not only filling stadiums of excited voters in...

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Obama Kicks Off Campaign

How can you not just bust out laughing at Mitt Romney when you see stuff like this? I mean, it’s hysterical. He’s literally got nothing. “Welcome to Ohio,” Mitt Romney told President Obama with more than...

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Milbank’s Right About Lugar

I have to give Dana Milbank credit for making a very good defense of Dick Lugar and a very good critique of the campaign Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock has waged against him. I know there will be a lot of unseemly...

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Obama and the Native Indian Tribes

. UN to investigate plight of US Native Americans for first time The UN is to conduct an investigation into the plight of US Native Americans, the first such mission in its history. The human rights inquiry led by James Anaya,...

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