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Given that Ben Ali is a free man living the good life in Saudi Arabia while Hosni Mubarak is rotting in jail and Muommar Gaddafi is pushing up daisies, it shouldn't be surprising ...

Hotline the other day linked to a story hosted (unfortunately) by the AEI. However, the story itself is based on exit polling, and includes some fascinating numbers. Basically, some exit ...

For those outside of Iowa, Barack Obama and Chucky Grassley, who has been embarrassing Iowa since 1974, have been sparring over Iraq. Well, not exactly. They've been sparring over talking about ...

Washington (GNS) With Rudey Giuliani staving off multiple scandals, many observers have begun to look ahead to a Republican presidential primary contest without the former New York mayor. And ...

Seriously, it's one of the best diaries I've read here in weeks, and it's getting criminally ignored. Yes it's kinda long, but well worth the read. Anyhow, here's the link so you can go check it ...

As just about everyone knows, in September General David Petraeus is going to give a report on the success or failure of the 2007 escalation in Iraq. Obviously, that report will be a big deal (to ...

Day by Day is a rightwing comic strip intended for rightwing Republican bloggers who think they're cool because they're Republicans with a computer or something. It is created by one Chris Muir. ...

As you've probably heard, juror selection in the Scooter Libby trial has begun. And, apparently it's going to be a long, long process, if the Associated Press is to be believed. Their headline:

If one wants any proof that the years of tireless advocacy for healthcare reform and protecting the rights of children have paid some dividends, one need look no further than the Republican outrage ...

So, the filibuster was broken yesterday (barely), which means full speed ahead on granting immediate relief to those who have suffered because of that filibuster, right?

In a determined effort to convince the base that losing their Senate majority would be no big deal, Senate Democrats are already trying to dismantle the jobs program, and using Republican talking ...

I'll make this short and sweet. In an attempt to follow up, tag-team style on the Edwards bloggerz flap, the 'national Catholic-based advocacy group" Fidelis has called upon Senators Clinton ...

Seriously. Just stop with the ranting and the defending and the hiderating and the uprating and the complaining. Why? I'll tell you why.

The Appropriations Committee voted today on the timeline for withdrawal from Iraq and the overall supplemental appropriation. Long story short: the vote was a victory for the good guys. ...

You have to hand it to Senate Republicans. While their fellow travelers in the Tea Party House are brazenly and idiotically rightwing, at least they believe the stuff coming out of their own mouths.

Former Senator Alan K. Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, has a startling opinion column in the Washington Post today. Startling because the headline is more honest and blunt on the issue of anti-

Apparently Senate Republicans didn't get the memo that Barack Obama only cares about making sure that everyone gets along. Obama's unabashedly pro-family and progressive amendment to the ...

I'm sure everyone has seen the story about an old Friend of Bill (FOB) trying to dig up dirt on Barack Obama's past as a ...

That Joe Lieberman is a sycophantic, unprincipled weasel who licks the boots of power is now a matter of bi-partisan agreement. Today, mindful of how history has judged others and how it will ...

There has been a lot of uproar about the disgraceful comments about women and Social Security made by Al Simpson, co-chair of the National Commission on ...

George W. Bush is the worst president in the history of the United States. He lacks human decency, intellectual capacity, and the common sense of a goat. He has been one rolling wave of disasters ...

The fallout from President Obama's noble blunder continues. Senate Democrats are now eagerly lining up to sign a resolution, sponsored by Orrin Hatch, explicitly repudiating the 1967 lines as a ...

In the FP story where mcjoan felt compelled to give theblaz's dead horse one more kick in the ribs, it became abundantly ...

I've tried to avoid writing primary 2008 diaries for a whole host of reasons (the foremost of which is that they're grossly premature). But Barack Obama's website is featuring something ...

Do you want to know what all of the internal fighting, struggle, sweat, and debate amongst Democrats is going produce? 'Advisory' guidelines. Yep. We get to pass a bill that gives Bush advice.

There are four current Senators who are running for the Democratic nomination for President. There have developed two competing narratives regarding these four Senators and their relative levels ...

Currently, the race to the bottom amongst the few remaining pro-Clinton blogs is between Larry Johnson's NO QUARTER (now receiving an influx of traffic from places like Free Republic) and, in a bit ...

Goodness knows I never thought I'd submit a diary defending John Edwards, but the AP has sunk to Fox News level of discourse here. In a twist, of course, they play hometown ref in favor of ...

Here at Dkos, and on the Internets in general, references to "Barack" and "John" and even "Dennis" aren't used to refer to candidates. But, one candidate is commonly referred to by her first name. ...

Two stories running today discuss the outstanding success Hillary Clinton has had raising money this quarter. This should surprise, well, no sentient being. Clinton has been dominating the polls, ...

Nancy Pelosi just issued an invitation to the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA. If people thought her "impeachment is off the table" comment was a preemptive surrender, check this nonsense out.