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The American Prospect: How E.W. Jackson Throws a Wrench into the Cuccinelli Plan
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Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli speaking at the 2012 Liberty Political Action Conference in Chantilly, Virginia.
Ken Cuccinelliβs plan for winning the Virginia gubernatorial race is straightforward. Avo...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 11:01am -07:00T (417 words)
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The American Prospect: How the "Obama Recovery" Makes Scandals Irrelevant
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President Barack Obama waves to the crowd at his election night party celebrating his victory over challenger Mitt Romney.
Do you remember Mitt Romneyβs election-year promise to create 12 million jobs during h...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 8:31am -07:00T (516 words)
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The American Prospect: Confirm Cordray Already!
The Senate confirmation vote on Richard Cordray this week wonβt have much to do with Richard Cordray.
As I wrote when the Senate Banking Committee considered the Cordray nomination back in March, nobody disputes the idea that the former Ohio Attorney G...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 8:31am -07:00T (524 words)
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The American Prospect: Mr. Smith Is Vaporized in the Fire of a Thousand Suns
It hasn't gotten too much attention given the other things that are going on, but there is a battle looming this summer over the filibuster, one that could be a significant milestone in the already poisonous relationship between the parties on Capitol Hi...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 8:31am -07:00T (873 words)
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The American Prospect: If at First You Don't Succeed, Bomb, Bomb Again
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In testimony last week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman made clear the U.S. would continue to look for ways t...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 7:16am -07:00T (958 words)
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The American Prospect: Naming Names in the Dodd Frank Mess
As we trudge through the swamp of disappointment that defines Dodd-Frank implementation, the liberal commentariat has lately seized upon a new meme; Wall Street lobbyists are responsible for gutting Dodd-Frank behind closed doors. Big-pocketed firms depl...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 7:16am -07:00T (1524 words)
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The American Prospect: Disaster at Close Range
As the reports from Oklahoma got worse and worse Monday afternoon, it was increasingly hard not to take some emotional distance. βWhy didnβt they leave?β I asked myself of the Moore, Oklahomaβs residents as the death toll began to climb. As scene...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 7:16am -07:00T (842 words)
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The American Prospect: Dimon Forever
The main item of business before JP Morgan Chaseβs annual shareholder meeting, which will convene today in Tampa, is whether JPM CEO Jamie Dimon will be stripped of his additional post as chairman of JPMβs board of directors. A range of institutional...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 6:01am -07:00T (674 words)
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The American Prospect: Patty Murray in 19 Takes
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No. 1: The Fixer
Patty Murray may be the dullest, most unremarkable member of the United States Senate. Two decades in, she lacks any major legislation to her name, isnβt associated with an issue, rarely appears on tele...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:31pm -07:00T (5394 words)
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The American Prospect: Ringside Seat: Leaky Scandals
Over the last week and a half of scandal-mongering, most people on the left have agreed on the basic contours of the story. Benghazi isn't a "scandal," because tragic as the killings there were, there's no evidence of malfeasance on the part of Obama adm...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 4:46pm -07:00T (908 words)
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The American Prospect: Michelle Obama Sends the Wrong Message
Over the weekend, the Obamasβboth Barack and Michelleβgave commencement speeches to historically black colleges and universities. At Bowie State University in Maryland, the First LadyΒ mixed praise and encouragementΒ with the kind of moral scolding t...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 3:31pm -07:00T (441 words)
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The American Prospect: Hillary '16 Campaign Off to Excellent Start
Breaking news: according to a report in today's Washington Post, Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency in 2016 have increased by approximately a zillion percent, due to the fact that her former chief strategist Mark Penn, quite possibly the...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 2:16pm -07:00T (448 words)
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The American Prospect: Michelle Obama Sends the Wrong Message
Over the weekend, the Obamasβboth Barack and Michelleβgave commencement speeches to historically black colleges and universities. At Bowie State University in Maryland, the First Lady mixed praise and encouragement with the kind of moral scolding tha...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 2:16pm -07:00T (448 words)
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The American Prospect: IRS "Scandal" Turning Out to be Less Dastardly than Conservatives Think
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a comprehensive, deeply-reported look at the Internal Revenue Scandal. Far from finding evidence of a White House aiming to undermine its opponents, the Times uncovered a much more banal storyβthat of an u...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 10:31am -07:00T (391 words)
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The American Prospect: Conservatives Shift Gears on IRS
Something odd happened to Barack Obama's approval rating last week: nothing. With a bunch of controversies swirling about the administration, one might think Americans would be thinking less of his performance. Yet the latest polls from Gallup and CNN bo...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (736 words)
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