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For nearly two years, the Democrats have controlled the House, the Senate, the presidency and two new judicial appointments to the Supreme Court. So why does it feel like the Democrats lost in 2008? I think it's because the Democrats have turned losing into an art form. You know how they say a good dancer makes it look easy? That's the Dems. They make winning look like losing, and losing look like the eternal hell-fires of damnation. The left could learn a few things from the right. To wit: 1) The right talks to average people. Even unabashed progressive Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) ...
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(Aug. 3) -- America is a very polarizing place these days, and while that is frustrating for some people, it's giving editorial cartoonists like Daryl Cagle a lot to draw upon. "Things are crazy, so this is a good time to be a cartoonist with a political point of view," said Cagle, who does cartoons for MSNBC.com. "People are angrier and more extreme than any time I can remember." For cartoonists like Cagle, the health care conflict, tea party activists, Shirley Sherrod, President Barack Obama continuing George W. Bush's war policies and the gulf oil spill provide him with a continuous flow ...
(May 26) -- Poor Rand Paul. After he spent just a few days speaking out against the federal ban on whites-only lunch counters, no one wants to be his friend anymore. Yet, while Paul's overactive mouth transformed him into a leper among right-wing lawmakers terrified that he will damage their poll numbers, Paul's beliefs are far more common than these lawmakers let on. Paul's specific objection to federal civil rights law should seem odd, even to those who share his libertarian outlook. In the Louisville Courier-Journal interview that elevated his beliefs into the national spotlight, Paul ...
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I believe I may have an insight into why so many conservatives crazy-hate Barack Obama: He's a liberal. A true liberal. An unabashed liberal. Yes, there's a liberal in the White House -- and most Americans aren't disgusted by that. In fact, most approve of him. (His approval rating is on par with that of Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan eight months into their presidencies.) Worse, he's a liberal with an ambitious liberal agenda. And even worse, he might just succeed in enacting it.During Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, he presented a strong case for his ...
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