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Newsflash: The President Can Veto Congress's Salaries & Benefits
There's been something of a Elite Pundit hissy fit over John Edwards' latest ad (see here and here, for examples) saying that he will take Members of Congress's health care benefits away from them if they don't pass a universal...
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2008 As the New 2006
Looks that way on trade/globalization issues....
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BREAKING: Obama Says He Will Vote for NAFTA Expansion
Hot off the presses from MSNBC: "Obama said he would vote for a Peruvian trade agreement next week, in response to a question from a man in Londonderry, NH who called NAFTA and CAFTA a disaster for American workers. He...
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Time Mag Slams Media For Edwards Coverage; Says Reporters Making "A Dumb Argument"
Two weeks ago, I asked a pretty simple question: What is real-life hypocrisy, and what is faux hypocrisy manufactured by the political Punditburo in lieu of actual reporting? I asked this question in the wake of right-wing Denver Post columnist...
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Democrats Beware: An Economic Populist Is Rising In the GOP's Presidential Primary
Leave it to the New York Times' crack campaign team to take what is a truly interesting story from the Republican presidential primary and boil it down into an uninteresting, hackneyed attempt to mimic People magazine-style nonsense (Suggestion for a...
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Edwards, Obama & Labor: Will the Populist Moment Become A Long-Term Movement?
In the last two weeks, something profound started happening out on the 2008 campaign trail - a momentum has started building like I haven't seen in my lifetime. Two out of the top three best-polling Democratic candidates are starting to...
