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The Curious Case of How Libya Became an Election Issue
Ira Chernus: This campaign season teaches us how little has changed since the early Cold War days.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Portugal’s Largest Union Calls for National Strike in Face of New Harsh Austerity Measures There, and More
Paul Ryan waltzes into a soup kitchen after hours without permission to stage a photo op washing clean dishes, and more.
Romney v. Obama: The Debate That Wasn’t
What passed as a presidential debate, Wednesday evening, was nothing more than a series of carefully-rehearsed, often rambling, mini-speeches that were more focused on generalities than on specifics. …
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Did Romney “Win” the Debate?
The instant analysis after the first presidential debate u2014 even on liberal-leaning MSNBC u2014 was that Mitt Romney was the decisive u201cwinner.u201d But Romney not only ducked the specifics …