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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.

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.

Veteran Sen. Dick Lugar Gets Challenge From the Right in Indiana

-Tom Diemer

Lugar, 78, has made it clear he will seek a seventh term -- and he's already raised $2.4 million for his campaign. But his GOP primary foe, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, will likely have the support of the tea party.

Arizona's Stormy Senate Race: Why the National GOP Is Watching

-Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

The split in Arizona Republicans between traditional conservatives and hardline tea partiers is a deep one. How the party comes together, or doesn't, may be a blueprint for the nation.

Sympathy for Protests in Egypt Turns U.S. Public Opinion Against Mubarak Regime

-Bruce Drake

Americans' view towards Egypt, a staunch U.S. ally in the Mideast, was strongly favorable up to last year, but the recent upheaval in the country has turned focus instead to the negative side of the Mubarak regime's autocratic rule.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour -- From Inside Player to White House Contender

-Jill Lawrence

The Mississippi governor is already well known to journalists and party activists. He's preparing to break out of that and try for the White House.

State of the Union Winners and Losers: How Did Liberals, Corporate America Do?

-Jill Lawrence

Moderates, college students, nerds and the building trades had a good night. Liberals, oil companies, the jobless and the wealthy, not so much.

Why Obama Chose Businessman William Daley as His Chief of Staff

-Lynn Sweet

The former Commerce secretary, strategist and JP Morgan Chase executive is hailed as a moderate with real-world experience; progressives complain he's too cozy with Big Business.

Deficit Reduction: Democrat Warner, Republican Chambliss Push for Plan

-Tom Diemer

Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Mark Warner say they're working with middle-of-the-road senators in a bid to get a deficit-cutting plan in place next year -- ahead of the 2012 presidential election.

'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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