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Articles & Commentary. This article appears in the Fall 2011 issue of Breakthrough Journal With their impressive election victory of 2010 and the emergence of the Tea Party--the most significant (and disruptive) grassroots political phenomenon since the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s and 1970s--conservatives and especially the self-conscious "conservative movement" might be excused for exhibiting an air of triumphalism. The Democrats' commanding majority in the House has been dispatched, the Senate and the presidency are increasingly on the ropes, and fears that President Barack Obama's 2008 election might have represented a fundamental and lasting realignment of the American electorate are rapidly fading from memory.

For those willing to probe a bit deeper, however, it should quickly become apparent that we badly need to take stock of our position. Conservatism, despite these impressive electoral victories, is failing on its own terms. Political and economic indicators bring more grim news. Change.org - Start, Join, and Win Campaigns for Change.

Steve Bullock for Montana Governor. Untitled. The World Factbook. Juan Enriquez shares mindboggling science. Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting. Independent Spending. Politics, Political News.

WikiLeaks. Montana Legislature: Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee. Meetings l Assigned Studies l Committee Topics l Publications l Staff l Contact Us The Children and Families Interim Committee is a joint bipartisan committee of the Legislature that meets between legislative sessions to monitor the Department of Public Health and Human Services; conduct interim studies; and generally review issues related to health and human services.

In May 2011, the Legislative Council assigned two studies to the committee: the House Joint Resolution 8 study of childhood hunger and the Senate Joint Resolution 30 study of childhood health trauma. The committee is also required by law to monitor the implementation of Senate Bill 423, which revises the state's laws related to the use of marijuana for a debilitating medical condition. At its June 2011 meeting, the Committee decided to focus additional committee time on monitoring the state Medicaid program, as well.

The committee reviewed a draft work plan in June and adopted a final work plan in September. Meetings Staff. The Tragedy of Sarah Palin - Magazine. From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very different politician: one who worked with Democrats to tame Big Oil and solve the great problem at the heart of the state’s politics. That Sarah Palin might have set the nation on a different course. What went wrong? Robert Hunt It’s hard to escape Sarah Palin. On Facebook and Twitter, cable news and reality television, she is a constant object of dispute, the target or instigator of some distressingly large proportion of the political discourse.

During a week spent traveling there recently, I learned that Palin occupies a place in the minds of most Alaskans roughly like that of an ex-spouse from a stormy marriage: she’s a distant bad memory, and questions about her seem vaguely unwelcome. Where Do You Fit? 2011 Pew Research Political Typology Quiz. Crooks and Liars. Gawker — Today's gossip is tomorrow's news. EDGE. National Institute on Money in State Politics. Colbert follows O'Reilly's logic: 'We've got to pretend Jesus was just as selfish as we are'