Not my father's Grand Old Party

By Susan DeMersseman - I miss the GOP, the Grand Old Party. I grew up in a Republican household in a Republican state. My dad was an adviser to the governor; my brother was a Republican state legislator. When I was little I wore an "I Like Ike" button. I'm registered in the Dem …

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Conservatives used to care about community. What happened?

Today’s conservatism is about low taxes, fewer regulations, less government — and little else. Anyone who dares to define it differently faces political extinction. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana was considered a solid conservative, until conservatives decided that a …

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Reid To GOP: Drop Your Blind Tea Party Extremism And We Can Reach An Agreement On Fiscal Matters

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Eagle Forum: Minority Children Are Un-American Because They Don't Have Conservative Beliefs

The Eagle Forum is one of the most dangerous conservative organizations in the country. Led by Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum opposes equal rights for women and promotes an anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-sex education, and anti-vaccination agenda that has contributed to the current …

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Citizens United Fight: 22 states and the District of Columbia have joined Montana's call on Supreme Court to back down over corporate spending on political campaigns

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the US supreme court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down laws restricting corporate spending in political campaigns. The states led by New York are asking the  …

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The new cultishness of the GOP at the heart of the hyper-partisanship in America today

By Leonard Pitts - In the first place, the issue is not partisanship, but hyper-partisanship, a mindset that prioritizes party above country. In the second place...this is not a problem caused by partisans "at both ends of the political spectrum." It was not Democrats who held t …

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Why do conservatives hate freedom?

Why do conservatives hate freedom? The question may be startling. After all, don’t conservatives claim they are protecting liberty in America against liberal statism, which they compare to communism or fascism? But the conservative idea of “freedom” is a very  …

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The Right's Righteous Frauds

Say what you will about Bristol Palin, she’s a quick study. It didn’t take her long to master the ways of her elders on the censorious right and decide that personal circumstance and past error needn’t prevent someone from claiming righteous leadership. Uncle  …

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Obama attends fundraiser at George Clooney's mansion in LA with Hollywood pals

George Clooney played the suave host, Chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner, and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood set donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good humored expense. Obama reminded the crowd that his famed Hope poster from the 2 …

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Are moderate Republicans on the way out?

With Mitt Romney the defacto winner of the Republican presidential nomination, many have argued that the influence of the Tea Party is on the wane. But at a local level, the movement is having a real impact, with moderate Republicans coming under huge pressure from the Right.  …

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