Monthly Archives: June 2010

by | June 13, 2010

HP Must Stand for Hair Pundit

From Ruth Marcus at Post Partisan at The Washington Post: What is this, middle school? I was all set to sit down and write about women in politics, and applaud Tuesday’s results, when off pops the new Republican nominee for … Continue reading →

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by | June 13, 2010

Far Right Angle

From David Weigel at Right Now at The Washington Post: Nevada GOP U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, who never courted the media the way Rand Paul did, has avoided her fellow “tea party” favorite’s mistakes, keeping fairly quiet since securing … Continue reading →

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by | June 12, 2010

You Can’t Spell Crazy Without AZ!

From TALKING POINTS MEMO: Dean Martin, Arizona state treasurer and Republican candidate for governor, is pushing a plan that would create “tent cities” to house illegal immigrants convicted of other crimes, modeled after notorious anti-immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s set-up in … Continue reading →

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by | June 11, 2010

Quick on the Uptake

From U.S. News & WORLD REPORT: Not everybody was pleased with President Obama’s uncharacteristic line on the Today Show, spoken in the pre-school hours Tuesday morning, that he wants some “ass to kick” in the Gulf oil crisis. Becky Quick, … Continue reading →

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by | June 10, 2010

Tony Hayward: Flying By the Seat of His Pants

From the Los Angeles Times: His voice breaking as he spoke of a brother lost in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Christopher K. Jones pleaded with lawmakers Tuesday to change a 90-year-old law that limits corporate liability for the … Continue reading →

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by | June 9, 2010

Detecting lies is easy, it’s finding any truth that’s almost impossible

From WIS10: COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has released the results of a lie detector test which he says proves he isn’t behind a string of attacks against one of his Republican opponents, Rep. Nikki Haley. In … Continue reading →

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by | June 8, 2010

Hayley Spills

From THINK PROGRESS : On Fox News Sunday today, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) continued to aggressively downplay the massive BP oil gusher, explaining that tar balls washing up on his state’s beaches are “no big deal” because you can … Continue reading →

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by | June 7, 2010

It’s Not a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Enough World!

From Alex Pareene at  Salon: Grown-up professional political pundits and journalists have decided that President Obama’s response to the oil spill has been a complete and utter failure because he has not acted mad enough. Some of them are also … Continue reading →

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