Filed under: Republicans, Economy, Health Care, 2010 Elections, Congress, Conservatives, Campaigns, JobsConservative youth groups will converge in Washington this weekend, hoping to map out a youth agenda "similar to the 1994 Contract with America," sa...
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Filed under: Budget, International, Conservatives, United KingdomThe British PM has launched his "Big Society" initiative, which gives voluntary groups and communities power to run public services. Permalink | Email this | Link...
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Filed under: Barack Obama, Humor, Race Issues, Chaos Theory, Tea PartyGive me liberty or give me a marker! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Religion, Abortion, Sarah Palin, Woman Up, Conservatives, Liberals, ModeratesHas feminism been co-opted by conservatives? No -- women's views may vary widely but speaking up at all is a rebuttal against centuries of...
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Polls, Poll Watch, IndependentsForty-nine percent regard the Democrats as too liberal compared to 39 percent in 2008, with 38 percent saying the party's ideology is "about right." Permalink | Email th...
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Two political scientists discuss 10 trends in British politics, including a move toward more checks and balances and more personality-centered elections.
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Politicians and pundits often treat consistency as if it is equal to clarity. Voting records and past statements are scoured for any instance of diversion from current orthodoxy. Any change of course is looked on as a weakness, the slightest deviation pointed up with shouts of hypocrisy, if not heresy.
If the issue...
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Remember John Bolton? He was the guy President George W. Bush appointed as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and later as Ambassador to the United Nations. He was famous for a number of things, not the least of which was his complicity in lies that the US used...
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No, really!
This initial post (plus this correction) reveal a fascinating pattern that emerges from asking self-identified conservatives about the spending cuts they'd want to see.
Longtime conservative bugaboos like "foreign aid" and "welfare" score high marks. But other than that, no single proposal reaches even...
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Matt Duss at The Wonk Room asks an excellent question: why are conservatives so committed to promoting al Qaeda's "success"?
As I noted yesterday, it is true that one of the goals of terrorism is to elicit a wild over-reaction from the target government, resulting in greater publicity and a larger...
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