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Today, two newspaper articles made a splash in the blogosphere. One noted that one in six Americans -- 50 million people -- relies on food stamps, welfare

John Cole puts together a timeline on how one moment from President Obama’s 60 Minutes interview — Steve Kroft asking if the president was laughing because

Looks like selling his house paid off. Colorado Democratic Senate candidate and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has surged into a dead heat with

The Iowa Tea Party kicks off its three-week bus tour across the Hawkeye State today in Council Bluffs, with an appearance by former New Mexico governor and GOP candidate Gary Johnson . Iowa Tea Party Chairman Ryan Rhodes said candidates who make appearances on the bus tour stops will be able to meet people and the public will be allowed to ask them questions.

Sen. Chuck Schumer said this morning he hopes the $600 million border security bill will convince Republicans to come to the table to work on comprehensive

The breakdowns of the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll that asked 2,400 people about where they believe the president was born are revealing. As Steve Benen and

Yesterday Hamid Karzai offered Taliban leader Mullah Omar safe passage to Afghanistan for peace talks, a move that I considered a thrown gauntlet. Now Omar’s

Declaring that recent visits to Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina were successes, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) says more trips to key primary battlegrounds

NASHVILLE -- Justin Elliot picked up on my observation that Joseph Basel was here at the National Tea Party Convention and wondered how Basel was allowed to

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll adds to the pool of evidence that despite assertions from legislators stating that the vast majority of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, it is actually beginning to enjoy wide mainstream acceptance for the first time in American history.

Check out this New York Times piece about the Afghanistan debate’s latest shifts in the White House. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense

Charter school magnate Clark Durant is trying to chip away at Pete Hoekstra’s massive lead in the race to take on Sen. Debbie Stabenow by comparing his primary opponent to the woman they want to replace. The Grand Rapids Press reports : Speaking to reporters at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Durant referred to the Holland Republican as a “partner” of U.S

Spanish prosecutors have decided to go ahead with a criminal investigation of the six senior lawyers -- including former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Dear Tea Partiers, I’d like to address you in good faith for a moment. I noticed today you had some strong feelings about what you consider to be

President Obama says some stuff about the need for respecting human rights and the electoral process in Iran. Then the next day he adds, The easiest way for

A Florida lawmaker said Tuesday that a commission charged with finding a primary date for the state is likely to choose Jan. 31, 2012 — a move that would throw the existing nomination calendar into chaos. Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon told CNN the group is expected to meet late Friday morning and that he expects the Jan

It’s looking that way. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the only member of the upper chamber to endorse single-payer health coverage, said Monday that he plans

The Detroit Free Press reports that hospitals in Michigan are taking on a project that helps reduce the number of medically unnecessary C-sections in the state. The project “considered a national model is helping women avoid medically unnecessary C-sections and contributing to healthier outcomes for their babies, project organizers report,” according to the Free Press .