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Senate Democrats: ‘Senator Susan Collins Urges Senate to Conference With House on Budget’

Source:Senate Democrats– U.S. Senator Susan Collins (Republican, Maine) sounding like people do when they live and work on Planet Earth. “Senate floor remarks, 8/1/13, during debate on the Transportation appropriations bill.” From Senate Democrats Senator Susan Collins easily one of the … Continue reading

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Brookings: ‘Republicans and Tea Party Members Are Equally Socially Conservative’

Source:Brookings Institution– Robert P. Jones. “Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute: When it comes to social and religious conservatism, there is no daylight between the perspectives of Tea Party members and Republicans. On July 18, 2013, the religion, policy … Continue reading

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Black & Right: Minister Malcolm X: Democratic Party

Source:Black & Right– Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X. Malcolm X: “Black Democrats are ‘chumps’” Source:Black & Right The reason why there were so many Democratic members of Congress in the 1960s was because of the Dixiecrats the Southern Caucus … Continue reading

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Senate Democrats: ‘It’s Time to End Gridlock In Washington’

Source:Senate Democrats– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat, Nevada) “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calls on Republicans to end their obstructionism of President Obama’s nominees.” From Senate Democrats Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talking about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and … Continue reading

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Associated Press: U.S. Senate Advances Immigration Bill

Source:Associated Press– U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Democrat, New Jersey) speaking about the bipartisan immigration reform bill. “The Senate advanced historic immigration legislation across the last procedural test Thursday and prepared to vote later in the day to pass the measure … Continue reading

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ABC News: Good Morning America: U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann Won’t Run For Re-Election

Source:The Washington Post– U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (Republican, Minnesota) announcing that she’s not running for reelection to the U.S. House, so she can go back home and get the help that she deserves. Actually, I don’t know what she’s saying … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: David Weigel: ‘Filibuster Reform Kicks Open the Coffin and Returns From the Dead’

Source:Slate Magazine– Richard Cordray is President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “So far, it seems like only Greg Sargent and HuffPost are noticing: Democrats are talking about filibuster reform again. The latest progress report comes … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: The Contenders- Wendell Willkie: Wendell Willkie For President (1940)

“C-SPAN continues its series “The Contenders” LIVE on Friday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET with Wendell Willkie. In this clip, Presidential Historian Richard Norton Smith, Goucher College History Professor Jean Baker and Washington Editor of Real Clear Politics Carl … Continue reading

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Wendell Willkie: Explaining Liberalism (1940)

Source:BJ82– 1940 Republican Party presidential nominee Wendell Willkie. “Wendell Willkie is speaking in this 1940 spot against Roosevelt as the Republican nomination.” Source:BJ82 Wendell Willkie in about three minutes (and that’s it and all the time he needed) did what … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Gideon Rose- ‘Iraq in Retrospect’

Source:Foreign Affairs– welcome to Iraq, also known as Hell on Earth. Source:FRS FreeState “Ten years ago this week, the United States and a few of its allies invaded Iraq, writing the final chapter in Washington’s checkered decades-long relationship with Saddam … Continue reading

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