Recent Votes

• The Most Polarizing President Ever

  Source: contentions

  Jeffrey Jones of the Gallup organization writes, “The historically high gap between partisans’ job approval ratings of Barack Obama continued during Obama’s third year in office, with an average of 80 percent of Democrats and 12 percent of Republicans approvin …

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• The Shameless Lies Conservative Media Tell Their Audience

  Source: AlterNet.org

  One benefit of the prolonged campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been the revelation that most of the 20 or 30 percent of Americans who describe themselves as conservatives live in a fantasy world.

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• Egypt's Islamists win 75 percent of parliament

  Source: AP

  CAIRO (AP) — Final results on Saturday showed that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak, according to election officials and political groups. The Is …

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• Maine Governor Resorts To Extortion To Throw People Off Of Medicaid.

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  If you thought Republicans only resort to extortion and hostage taking on the national level, you would be quite mistaken. They’re perfectly content to threaten and bully on the state level to get their way as well.

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• Romney campaign in prevent defense as doubts creep in as awkward Mitt Romney tries not to lose the GOP nod - TheHill.com

  Source: TheHill.com

  Romney seems to have gone into a defensive crouch, leaving many Republicans feeling like football fans who watch their team move to a ‘prevent defense’ to protect a fourth-quarter lead and dread losing all of it.

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