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What Needs To Happen In The SOTU
So, tonight, Obama doesn't need to hit a homerun. Well, he can, but he doesn't have to, at least not a walk-off homerun. A walk-off homerun isn't even possible, since he can't win the game all in one night. What he needs to do is get on base. He's got to get a rally going and get everyone else in dugout on their feet feeling some "hope", as cheesy as that sounds.
Plouffe To Return To White House
Awesome. I wish he had never left. This shouldn’t just be about campaigning for 2010 midterms. It should be an ongoing campaign of policies so we can drown out the noise coming from the teabaggers.
The New Campaign
Without a doubt, the Massachusetts Special Election was a setback. But as big of a blow as losing a 60 vote super-majority may have been, there's something much bigger at stake. Unless the president does something to rekindle the enthusiasm of 2008, the Democratic party is in danger of having a generation of young voters simply saying, "fuck it".
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The Strategy For 2010
Despite what anyone says, the result from the Massachusetts special election is not a repudiation on health care reform, President Obama, or Liberalism. Instead this was a perfect storm of 10% unemployment, opposition enthusiasm that always occurs in off-year elections, and a really shitty candidate in Martha Coakley. Regardless, the Democratic Party got [...]
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Compromise
Alright, teabaggers. I’ll meet you half way. Let’s agree that he’s not a Nazi, but he is a socialist.
Politifact Weighs In on the INTERPOL Nontroversy
Politifact gives Gingrich's statement that Executive Order 12425 could, "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials" a rating of "Pants on Fire"
Chuck Norris Can Reach a Conclusion without Any Evidence
Turns out, there are more facts about Chuck Norris than his ability to slam a revolving door or win a game of Connect Four in only three moves or touch MC Hammer. He's now capable of making Glenn Beck look sane.
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Gotta Give Fox News Credit on This One
After prominent figures on the right, and their zombie followers, jumped to conclusions of conspiracy over President Obama's executive order granting certain immunities to INTERPOL, a panel on Fox News quelled the resulting hyperbolic nontroversy. Don't expect any retractions from Beck, Limbaugh or others in the near future.
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Obama Gave INTERPOL … Nope, Just Another Half-Baked, Right-Wing Nontroversy
One of the completely hyperbolic and inaccurate memes/conspiracy theories floating around the conservative blogosphere these days is that President Obama has transferred American sovereignty over to INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization, not the band).
Here are some of the page titles appearing on the first page of results from a google search for obama+interpol:
Did [...]
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Listen, Assholes. Quick Reactions To The SOTU.