washingtonmonthly.com - 11/26/2008
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SIMON GETS AN EARFUL.... The Politico's Roger Simon apparently dined with a Republican U.S. senator recently, who gave him an earful about what ails the GOP. The old labels that the Republicans used to hang on the Democrats did not...
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In defense of "background"
The Reality-Based Community —
[image] In defense of "background" The institution of blind or "background" quotes certainly can be, and often is, abused, especially as a means of making personal attacks without being accountable for them. But I can't figure out what Atrios and Steve Benen think is wrong with this Roger Simon story about a Republican Senator worried about the increasing irrelevance to voters' concerns of the Republican message. It's not earth-shattering news, but it's mildly interesting analysis, and the nature of the source gives it some authority. Of course ...
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Let's party in the center with Senator Anonymous!
redstate.com 11/25/2008 — (sarcasm for the sad)
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Roger Simon of Politico.com:
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of what people want to see,” he says. “We have the same
gridlock."
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Treasury consulting Obama team on credit plans —
Reuters: Politics 11/26/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will need a variety of programs to deal with troubled credit markets and is open to feedback from the incoming Obama administration in developing them, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday.
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Duo take Obama birth challenge to courts —
First Read 11/26/2008
From NBC’s Pete Williams When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court meet on Dec. 5th, in their regular private conference to decide which cases to hear, two lawsuits that have captivated a segment of the blogosphere will be up for discussion.
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