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And the Envelope, Please: Surviving the College Application Process
God as Tea Partier: Judges Defend the Pledge of Allegiance
Glenn Beck, Jim Wallis, and Falwell-esque Dangers of Mixing Politics and Faith
Lady Gaga, Rep. Jared Polis, and 5 Tips for Pols Who Twitter
The Census and Me -- Life in 10-Year Chunks
Michelle Obama Rejects Demonizing Twinkies In Her Anti-Obesity Crusade
Massachusetts Study: Health Care Reform Reduced Abortions
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Obama Tracks the Olympics on His BlackBerry
By Tom DiemerCampaigning for Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, President Obama admitted Thursday he's distracted a lot these days. It seems Obama is frequently checking his BlackBerry for results from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, The Hill newspaper reports. The president ticked off the names of several medal ...
DNC's Aggressive New Ad Attacks Republicans' Defense of Wall Street
By David SessionsA new television spot released Friday by the Democratic National Committee presents an aggressive populist message and attempts to connect Republicans with unpopular banks and financial institutions. The ad, titled "They're Doing It Again," criticizes the GOP for fighting financial reform and ...
Democrats Vow to Stop Campaign Finance Changes After Supreme Court Ruling
By Patricia MurphyHours after the Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions can spend unrestricted amounts of money to influence political elections, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said they will hold hearings and introduce legislation in an effort to blunt the effect of the ...
$1 Billion Spent on Political Ads in '09
By Christopher WeberA media analysis firm finds about $1 billion has been spent on political advertising so far this year, with most of that money going towards -- you guessed it -- the health care reform debate. TNS Media Intelligence says because 2009 is an off year for elections, that $1 billion figure isn't even ...
Parsing the Tuesday Election Returns -- at Your Own Peril
By Walter Shapiro
Beware of the dreaded Only-Game-in-Town Syndrome. Next Tuesday night -- as actual statewide election returns flash across TV screens for the first time since Barack Obama's election -- political junkies will face a nearly irresistible temptation to divine cosmic patterns from the gyrating digits. ...
ABC and NBC Refuse to Run Ad Critical of Obama Health Care
By Emily Miller
ABC and NBC have refused to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan. The commercial features a doctor who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to rationing and will disproportionately harm the quality of care for seniors on Medicare. The spot has ...
Health Care Acronyms Spell Out the Truth
By Bob FrankenLet's consider the acronym. No, it is not a city in Ohio. An acronym is a clever set of initials for the title of an organization or endeavor. Often, it's a clever set of initials in search of a cause. ...
Anti-Gay Marriage NOM Uses Children as Human Shields
By Tommy ChristopherWhile this new ad from the National Organization for Marriage (or LATENT) comically reminded me of Mr. Show with Bob and David's "What's a Gagortion?" sketch, it's also the latest example of an emerging trend: using children as cover for bigotry. Here's the ad: (h/t Jason Linkins)Just last night, I ...
Democrats' New 'Survivor' Ad Can't Beat GOP Clown College
By Tommy ChristopherThe DNC has released another in a series of ads mocking the Republicans, a new cottage industry for the Democrats. The latest ad takes its cue from a remark by Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, which isn't very sporting if you ask me, and it features prominent Republicans in a montage for an ...
John Boehner Insults Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Terrorism Video
By Tommy Christopher
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is not amused with Republican House leader John Boehner's new web ad, which features footage of terrorists, pictures of the President with the Saudi King, and directly juxtaposes the President's chummy-looking greeting of Hugo Chavez with a photograph of the ...
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