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Mitt Romney’s Southern Strategy Gambit
On August 3, 1980 GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point at the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that …
Bill Moyers: In Paul Ryan, the Right at Last Has Their Man
This was never Romney's party, and without Karl Rove's shadowy money behind him, he would not have survived the primaries.
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Mike Lofgren: A Devil’s Dictionary
In that spirit, allow me to offer up my own devilu2019s dictionary of contempou00adrary American political terms.
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US Conservatives Pile on the Excuses
The other thing that I think needs clarification is that itu2019s wrong to think of conservatives as having a single argument for their preferred policies.
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Mitt’s Kampaign Klown Kar
The intervening years have leavened the atavistic dread I feel for all things clown-related thanks to that gruesome little painting above the Alabama bed of my youth, to the …
Investigation Takes a Closer Look at GOP Donor to Adelson’s Billions
Steve Engelberg, managing editor of ProPublica talks with Rachel Maddow about the reporting in a new ProPublica/FRONTLINE PBS collaboration looking into the questionable dealings behind the Macau-based casino fortune …
Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
At least one prominent Republican has expressed concern about the source of Adelson's campaign contributions.
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Ron Paul Loses Virtually His Last Presidential Bid in Nebraska
Ron Paulu2019s bid for the presidency has all but officially ended, with supporters failing to rally a plurality of Nebraskau2019s Republican delegates in a last-ditch effort to ensure that …
Where the Money Lives: Vanity Fair Report Reveals Loopholes, Offshore Havens Behind Romney’s Fortune
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is on the hot seat over where he stashes his vast personal fortune, estimated at up to $250 million.
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The GOP’s Crime Against Voters
The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws is revealed as a cynical ploy to disenfranchise as many likely Democratic voters as possible, with poor people and minorities the main …