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It is more than a little painful—some would say ugly—watching Hillary Rodham Clinton fight to the last to hold on to her dream. This was not the way it

Forget the claims of voter fraud, like Disney characters and dead people voting. The real problem in this election is likely to be not that ineligible people

The conservative author who makes a living offending liberals takes a tiny step into the land of Obama birth certificate theories with a throwaway line in her

EPA has asked nine hydraulic fracturing service providers to voluntarily hand over information about the chemicals the companies use in removing natural gas

White voters who might sour on the president are more likely to turn out than the young and black voters who made up his margin of victory in 2008.

WATERTOWN, NY - Early this afternoon, I contacted Dede Scozzafava’s former campaign manager Matt Burns, who told me that since she left the race he was not

Sen. Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) each announced this year that they would resign in 2010 to campaign for governor of their respective

Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback: The conventional wisdom, fueled by an

Brown’s win gives the GOP a 41-59 majority in the Senate. Massachusetts Dems are getting skittish about health care. But there’s no reason to think that

Late this afternoon, as expected, the Justice Department filed its brief defending its claim that it can continue to hold Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad,

Rachel Maddow cited the Michigan Messenger’s work on the Emergency Manager law during a segment on her Monday show while discussing attempts to repeal legislation or recall politicians. Video below the fold. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy

For many in America, 2009 was a year of beginnings. For these ten politicians, it marked the end of a chapter of their political careers.

By all accounts, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) loves Congress. I have a dream job, a job I love, he said in January, attempting to quash rumors that he’d join

Texas governor Rick Perry today became the fourth GOP candidate to sign the National Organization for Marriage’s anti marriage equality pledge. Tonight Perry will host a fundraiser in suburban Denver , with admission said to be $5,000 a pop

So I guess the island of Palau isn’t taking all 17 Uighurs after all. The Justice Department today announced that four of them were actually sent to Bermuda

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the post of surgeon general to neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, who is better known for his work as a CNN correspondent, The

This is crazy: The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army

For those who thought that snowmobiles in Yellowstone were a bad idea, watch out! The Bush administration proposed new rules today that would allow people to

Government watchdog bloggers - like those at the Sunlight Foundation and Government, Inc. - are in an unusually happy mood this morning as a bill meant to

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today announced the support of several Colorado Republican heavyweights including former senators Hank Brown and Wayne Allard, former Governor Bill Owens, former Congressman Bob Beuprez, current Attorney General John Suthers and current Treasurer Walker Stapleton. “I am proud to earn the support of so many well respected Colorado leaders,” Mitt Romney said in a press release. “I look forward to working with them during my campaign to promote job creation, balance our exploding budgets, and reverse President Obama’s failed policies.” Announcing his support, Brown said, “Mitt Romney has the proven record to pull our economy out of this downturn.

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