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The Biggest Loser
Posted on October 21, 2009
The Biggest Loser I was thinking about the television show The Biggest Loser as I was walking to the gym this morning, getting ready to endure 45 minutes of abuse...
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The Biggest Threat to the GOP
Posted on October 20, 2009
The latest poll numbers don’t tell a very good story for the Republican Party. Their national approval ratings aren’t very good (in fact they are really bad). Their Congressional approval...
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Defining Enemies Unwisely
Posted on October 19, 2009
Choosing Their Enemies Unwisely U2’s latest album has a song called ‘Cedars of Lebanon’, which contains this great line: “Choose your enemies carefully ‘cos they will define you.” I always...
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Political Catastrophe In the Making?
Posted on October 19, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — I started on Capitol Hill in the fall of 1989 as an intern for House Minority Leader Bob Michel. Republicans had just elected a firebrand named Newt...
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The Positive Side of Snowe’s Vote
Posted on October 16, 2009
(This originally appeared in The Politico )Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe’s “aye” vote in the Senate Finance Committee for the Baucus version of health care reform was unsurprising. Still, it has stirred...
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