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Great stuff from @StevenTDennis skewering Rand Paul's bogus debt/spending scaremongering: blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/rand-paul…
Given today's public statements, Harry Reid may really have no choice but to hit that nuclear button: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Want to join the conspiracy? RT @TheStalwart: Really pisses me off that I'm not on any of these secret liberal media discussion groups.
Bingo RT @billmon1 "White House mishandling scandal" = "White House doing lousy job of correcting our wildly exaggarated stories."
Yo, @SeanTrende, as one of the original anti-Green Lanternites, I feel totally dissed. washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
.@daveweigel: "Filibuster reform kicks open the coffin and returns from the dead" slate.com/blogs/weigel/2…
The "White House mishandling scandal" storyline has become excuse to avoid leveling with readers about actual "scandal" facts.
Dems likely to still force floor fight w/GOP over LGBT protections in immigration reform, aides say: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
To understand Reid's ratcheting up of rhetoric now, remember: Aide said he's eying July for filibuster fight: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
At a certain point, do the nonstop predictions that this or that law or story will destroy every red state Dem become crying wolf?
This @dailybeast piece is highly misleading on what the Benghazi talking points actually said: thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/…
Keeping 2 ideas in our heads at once: 1) Media process stuff on IRS is BS; 2) we still need full accounting: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Everyone who claims to care about Benghazi should read this MT @PostScottWilson: Petraeus and shaping of Benghazi TPs washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
Good scoop by @ryangrim and @jbendery: Reid postpones Cordray vote to set stage for filibuster war: huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/har…
If you want Obama to go down as a great president, his legacy matters. And his legacy shouldn’t include justifying spying on reporters.
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Perhaps the WH should handle the fallout from both affairs as badly as possible to get the Go8 bill through?
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Some Dems believe scandal mania, by sucking up right's energy, may help immigration reform pass: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
As conservatives celebrate scandals, immigration reform clears one conservative hurdle after another: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Morning Examiner: Schumer’s Republicans help Obama's amnesty advance in Senate bit.ly/16O192P#.UZy_S…
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Yes. Longtime problem. MT @BuzzFeedBen: Good for Bloomberg. Taxi industry dominated by cartels that mistreat workers m.nypost.com/p/news/local/m…
Wonder if all those chasing Benghazi scandal threads this AM will deal with this report: washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
WaPo: CIA general counsel objected to initial TPs fingering who did attacks: washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
WaPo: Initial Benghazi talking points triggered objections even within CIA: washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
WaPo: On Benghazi, White House played role of "mediator" in a "bureaucratic fight" washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
WaPo: Petraeus wanted Benghazi talking points to be "favorable to his image and his agency" washingtonpost.com/politics/petra…
GOP's scandalmania obsession proves 1 thing: They're intellectually out of gas. thedailyfelltoon.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-part… CC: @ThePlumLineGS @stevebenen @kdrum
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In light of Dems yanking LGBT piece from immigration reform, reposting this on terrible dilemma they faced washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Dems refuse to comment on report that they will shelve LGBT protections as part of immigration reform washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Dems really face a terrible dilemma on whether to push for gay protections in immigration reform: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
RT @politicalwire: 58% of Republicans think the 2012 presidential election was not decided fairly politicalwire.com/archives/2013/…
GOP officials continue to tailor scandal rhetoric to Obama-hating base voters: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
Nonpartisan observer Charlie Cook: GOP's hatred of Obama could lead to overreach and backlash: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
RT @journosnow: Sen. Schumer says “no comment” when I ask if he has made a decision on Leahy’s gay-inclusive #immigration amendments
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WaPo poll: Only 30% of independents think GOP is focused on things that matter to them: washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019…
Yup MT @JamilSmith: Deeming a reporter to be a "co-conspirator" under 1917 Espionage Act is several steps too far: on.msnbc.com/13CfkBB
Via @jbouie, Tea Party conservatives launch new, fact-challenged effort to sink immigration reform: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
New Post/ABC poll shows GOP dilemma: turning up volume on scandals may just increase perception party out of touch. bit.ly/12JdEsc
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Politics has already become part of the Oklahoma tornado story. That's as it should be: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…
I don't see a problem with either side's "politicization" of Oklahoma tornado: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin… cc: @GlennThrush
So, @patwcaldwell and I have a profile of Patty Murray up that you should read: prospect.org/article/patty-… Doooo it.
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Once again #IRSscandal looks like biggest potential risk to Obama in ABC/WP, but does it reach broad salience? 3 polls now say: not yet.
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Interesting: Rove's American Crossroads still won't commit to MA Senate race: nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/…
Must read, in light of latest IRS news: A reality check on inspector generals' reports: thehill.com/blogs/congress…
It's odd that people can't distinguish between calling for careful implementation of Obamacare and disowning it wholesale.