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Rahm Emanuel Is Going to Be Mayor of Chicago! Maybe!

The “big news” of today? Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley is not running for re-election next year! And nobody outside Illinois cares. But then people remembered that Rahm Emanuel once said he wanted that job. So now, national political news! [...]

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Can’t Spell G-O-P Without S-E-X?

Looking for a good, steamy beach read? Read through every naughty, Nora Roberts novel in your Kindle already? Worried you’ll be stranded over Labor Day?

Have no fear, your favorite Republican/Tea Party/Constitution Party candidate is here! And so we bring you the latest on the candidates, from sea to shining sea, keeping our summer spicy.

First, let’s head down South to Louisiana […]

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This Week’s Sarah Palin Profile About What You’d Expect

Vanity Fair has put up a Sarah Palin profile from their October issue, and it turns out she is sort of an odd phenomenon! We didn't know that! Thus, the blogs are going wild about this!

So what are the new details...

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Arne Duncan Encouraged Education Department To Go To Sharpton Rally

Obama administration Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged federal employees to join him in attending Al Sharpton’s Glenn Beck counter-rally in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, according to an e-mail received by the Washington Examiner.

“ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the ‘Reclaim the Dream’ rally and march,” the e-mail, which went out to 4,000 employees said, reportedly.

This is a major controversy, as Duncan was urging civil servants to [...]

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Glenn Beck Rally Attendance: Devil of a Detail

Well, the fun is over.  Honor has been restored. And now, like the crazy partiers we always knew they were, Tea Partiers are left to pick up the pieces from a day of too much booze tea, too much partying preaching, and not enough sanity God. But exactly how many of those Tea Partiers are [...]

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Joe Scarborough Tries Watching MSNBC

Joe Scarborough works for MSNBC. This would usually suggest that Joe Scarborough doesn’t mind occasionally watching MSNBC.  At the very least, it means he probably shouldn’t compare the experience of watching his own network to decapitation. Well apparently Joe Scarborough isn’t familiar with these obscure media rules, because yesterday’s Morning Joe saw him describe how, [...]

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GOP: Revenge of the Online Nerds

Senate Republicans enjoy a clear social media advantage and have outpaced their Democratic colleagues in terms of online growth on sites like Twitter and Facebook, according to a new study released Thursday. Yes, you read that right.  The Republican Party of George “I Don’t Email” W. Bush and the late Ted “the Internet is a [...]

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Struggling Senate Incumbents Do What They Have To Do

Overheard in Senators-only elevator: “Hi Richard.” “Hi Barbara.” “Tough re-election fight, huh?” “Yup, same as you.  No chance either of us are going to be back here after November is there?  What should we do?” “I know, let’s put together a group of colleagues and attach the word ‘military’ to it.” “Brilliant!” Okay, so we [...]

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Boehner to “The Situation:” Trust Me, I Know ‘GTL’

He may not be in a Twitter love-fest with Snooki like that other GOP maverick, but House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) knows how to “GTL” with the best of them, Washington style. Golf. Tan. Lobbyists. And everyone’s favorite Minority Leader who’d really rather be Speaker is taking hits from all sides over his preferred [...]

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