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From Political Wire: President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress “are setting the stage for a high-stakes battle over taxes in the final weeks before the November congressional elections, betting that their plan to eliminate tax breaks for the wealthy will resonate with voters who have lost houses and jobs to what many see as […]

Things not to do: When you are campaigning as an anti-big government candidate, never, never actually get specific about what you intend to do. Certainly never let the victims beneficiaries of your anti-government zeal know how your policies are going to affect them. Case in point, Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who recently proposed […]

Steven Benen points out here that Obama took what is, for Obama, direct aim at the Republican strategy of obstruction during his weekly address to the nation. That would be the weekly address that none but hard core political junkies ever watch. These types of “attacks” to the extent they can be dignified with the […]

They say you can judge a person by the company he or she keeps. I submit that for politicians, at least, you can also judge them by the enemies they make. By that measure, Ted Kennedy was one of the greats: For decades after his brothers John and Robert were assassinated, Sen. Edward Kennedy received […]

Finally , someone does something right in Arizona. A few days ago I linked to a story about a school principal in an Arizona town that ordered the faces whitened on a mural. The mural depicted actual children in the school system. He did it in reaction to racist telephone calls he received, which were […]