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Political Job Hunt : Lots of new listings The Mitt Romney-aligned Super PAC Restore Our Future is in the process of buying broadcast airtime in Pennsylvania, Politico reports, "indicating that the group is escalating its TV presence ahead of the April 24 primary." Romney's own campaign has already placed a massive ad buy in the state. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan told BuzzFeed that a dozen elected Democrats secretly support his plan to cut entitlement spending and privatize some benefits -- but he wouldn't name "because I don't want to get them in trouble." A video from the wayback machine suggests Ronald Reagan would have backed the same tax proposal President Obama supports -- that the Warren Buffetts of the world don't pay a lower effective tax rate (due to investment income) than their secretaries do. See more...
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Anyone who doubts that President Obama has a solid lead, should simply watch This Week this morning. The media desperately wants a close election, don't you think? Well, if you had any doubts ...
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Reuters Reuters ReutersDespite warnings, protests and downright scary images from news reports where citizens near wells can literally set their faucet water on fire, fracking is not slowing down.... Read more » ALEC and the Corporate Takeover of America: It's Your Job to Fix It If you do not act against ALEC by showing your local representative that this kind of behavior will lose your vote, then you, and you alone, are responsible for everything... Read more »
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March 30 The misleading assault on the president’s energy policies continues. A conservative group’s TV ad claims “we will all pay more at the pump” because the administration “blocked” the Keystone XL pipeline.
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One of Romney's staffers offered up a perfect crystallization: the Etch- A- Sketch candidate. The major difference being, the child’s toy works via magnetism, a concept that continues to elude the former governor of Massachusetts.
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Search Options Rush Limbaugh Is Bad For Business Limbaugh Also Says President Obama "Put A Bounty Out On The Supreme Court, Figuratively Speaking" ... The Limbaugh "Slut" Firestorm ...
Media Matters for America
April 3, 2012 Progressives adore her. Conservatives despise her. But it's Massachusetts' fickle independents who'll decide her high-stakes showdown with Scott Brown.
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