Archive for August 5th, 2011

Something Broke

Filed in National by on August 5, 2011 40 Comments

I think that there has been a shift that may have broken many things.  I think that the whole debt deal and the recriminations have emboldened the detractors on both sides of the President.  And I think that the people that have trusted and continue to trust the President to do the right thing are […]

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on August 5, 2011 17 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Heckuva Job, Teabaggers

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Heckuva Job, Teabaggers

In the new NYT/CBS poll, Congress gets the highest ever disapproval rating, 82%.

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Thanks, Supreme Court

Filed in National by on August 5, 2011 4 Comments

Mitt Romney is definitely benefiting from Citizens United. Financial disclosures records of Restore Our Future, a Super PAC set up to support Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, show it was bankrolled, in part, by a million dollar donation from one suspicious donor. That donor is a mystery company that was created in March and dissolved shortly after its donation in July, NBC reports.

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