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'Morning Joe' and Eliot Spitzer Know How to Keep Women Quiet

-Joanne Bamberger
Joe Scarborough and Eliot Spitzer dominate their co-hosts, Mika Brzezinski and Kathleen Parker, on their respective talk shows. Is this plain old sexism or part of a long-entrenched male/female social dynamic?
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Obama Getting Heat From Left and Right for U.S. Role in Libyan Attacks

-Politics Daily Staff

Republicans such as Richard Lugar and Roscoe Bartlett are questioning the U.S. intervention, but so are Democrats Jim Webb and Dennis Kucinich.

Public Support for Gay Marriage on Verge of Surpassing Opposition

-David Gibson

A Pew survey shows Americans almost evenly split between those who oppose and others who support same-sex marriage, continuing a trend toward acceptance of such unions.

What Would Jesus Cut? Deficit Debate Rallies Christians -- and Exposes Divisions

-David Gibson

Evangelical leaders push to protect poor from budget cuts but face as much opposition from the faithful as they do from Congress.

Pro-Choice Extremist Reportedly Arrested by FBI for Threats to Pro-Life Activists

-David Gibson

A harsh critic of the anti-abortion movement, Ted Shulman was being held without bond at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, pro-lifers said.

Gay Marriage Decision May Not Hurt Obama or Help the Religious Right

-David Gibson

Growing public acceptance of homosexuals -- even among some Republicans and conservative Christians -- is blunting the issue as a campaign weapon.

Majority Leader Harry Reid Among 'Most Liberal' Senators

-Politics Daily Staff

For only the second time, the National Journal ratings found every Democratic senator compiled a more liberal voting record than every Republican -- and every GOP senator had more conservative voting habits than every Democrat.

Moderates Are Not Independents, and Other Clues to Moves by Obama, GOP

-Jill Lawrence

There's a reason Obama signed tax cuts and proposed a spending freeze, and GOP leaders want to defund Planned Parenthood. The numbers behind the moves.

Glenn Beck Meets Billy Graham, Later Blasts the Left as 'Evil'

-David Gibson

Could the meeting with 'America's pastor' boost Beck's credibility with evangelicals -- and his ratings with his Fox TV audience?

Obama Administration Returns to Earlier Conscience Protections For Health Workers

-David Gibson

The changes announced Friday keep some Bush-era language on abortion but largely disappoint social conservatives.

Marching in Madison: Are Union Workers Welfare Queens, or Friends and Neighbors?

-Eleanor Clift

In Wisconsin, where 40,000 marched on Friday, unions say they are willing to negotiate benefits and contribute more, but the key word is negotiate – they don't want to surrender that basic right.

Former Sen. Russ Feingold Launches 'Progressive Movement'

-Tom Diemer

The co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law wants to fight the influence of corporate money which poured into GOP campaigns after the Supreme Court threw out key sections of the reform.

Keith Olbermann to Launch Show on Current TV in Late Spring

-Politics Daily Staff

In addition to executive-producing and hosting the news and commentary show, Olbermann will also serve as Current TV's chief news officer.

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