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By Zeev Sternhell
By Graham Robb
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, The St. Louis Post Dispatch —
Posted on Jan 5, 2012
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Jan 5, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — Mitt Romney and his backers decided that to win in Iowa they had to destroy Newt Gingrich’s campaign. Now Gingrich looks eager—and able—to return the favor.
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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Although there’s already been some infighting among the ranks of this election cycle’s Republican presidential hopefuls, it’s going to get only crazier from here on out. And with candidates’ fates shifting as quickly as they have this time around (Herman who?), you can bet that rival GOP camps are going to do their darndest to stir up the drama.
Posted on Jan 3, 2012
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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Joe Klein points out that the newfound anonymity of attack ads, made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allows faceless money conglomerates to run ads on a candidate’s behalf without the usual “I approved this message,” makes for much “more effective and brutal” adverts.
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Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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As of Monday morning, just a tad over 24 hours before Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, the balance of power among the top GOP presidential candidates had once again shifted. Most surprising was the reemergence of Rick Santorum—remember him?—as an actual contender.
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY)
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Observers credit a spate of attack ads for Newt Gingrich’s recent tumble—and Mitt Romney’s rise—in Iowa polls ahead of the state’s Republican caucus. But where did they come from? Not Romney’s campaign, but rather a PAC staffed by former Romney insiders and empowered by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling to spend as much as it likes to destroy his opponents.
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Let’s hope Newt Gingrich bought his New Hampshire volunteers a tuning fork for Christmas.
Posted on Dec 27, 2011
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White House / Pete Souza
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The GOP is engaged in a wholesale effort to redefine the government help that Americans take for granted as an effort to create a radically new, statist society.
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Robert Grossman —
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Eric Kilby (CC-BY-SA)
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By Eugene Robinson — It’s late at night when the phone rings at the White House: Kim Jong Il, the ruthless, oddball dictator of nuclear-armed North Korea, is dead.
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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Stat whiz Nate Silver is currently projecting Ron Paul to win the Iowa caucuses. Mitt Romney trails by 24 points in Silver’s projection as of this posting.
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — It is one of the true delights of a bizarrely entertaining Republican presidential contest to watch the apoplectic fear and loathing of so many GOP establishmentarians toward Newt Gingrich.
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 18, 2011
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com —
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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By Eugene Robinson — Can we please bury the notion that Newt Gingrich is some kind of deep thinker? His intellect may be as broad as the sea, but it’s about as deep as a birdbath.
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In this lively snippet from Wednesday’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart takes stock of the ballsiness—at times to the point of complete delusion—on display this week from the likes of Herman Cain (remember him?), who made Barbara Walters lose her cool, Mitt Romney and President Obama. Well, maybe not that last one.
Posted on Dec 15, 2011
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The GOP’s remaining presidential candidates had yet another debate on Saturday night, just in case there was anything any of them still needed to comment about at length that might tip the balance in their quest for the Republican nomination.
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Dec 10, 2011
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This week, at a Brussels economic summit described as “make or break,” European leaders came together but drew the line at uniting. Meanwhile, back on this side of the Atlantic, conservatives mull Newt Gingrich’s presidential prospects and President Obama speechifies.
Posted on Dec 9, 2011
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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Although it’s still early in the presidential campaign season, this go-round has already brought some surprises, especially from the GOP. We’ve seen Rick Perry’s debate debacle and the end of the Cain Train, but Newt Gingrich’s unlikely rise also befuddles many politicos.
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While the Obama administration has spoken up for gay rights, it has yet to support gay marriage; Kevin Spacey has been heckling noisy audience members in his role as Richard III; meanwhile, L.A. and Occupy L.A. have come to a similar consensus about corporate personhood: It needs to go! These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Dec 9, 2011
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Newt Gingrich’s rise and Rod Blagojevich’s fall; why nonlethal weapons are being abused; Nomi Prins’ new novel; and millennial mishigas.
Posted on Dec 9, 2011
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Newt Gingrich’s rise and Rod Blagojevich’s fall; why nonlethal weapons are being abused; Nomi Prins’ new novel; and millennial mishigas.
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AP / Jae C. Hong
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By Bill Boyarsky — Newt Gingrich might drag us into a war with Iran on the side of Israel. Rick Perry seems to envision the United States as a conservative Christian theocracy. No pledge is too extreme in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
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By Eugene Robinson — I guess I was wrong. I thought Republicans surely would have come to their senses by now. Instead, they seem to be rushing deeper into madness.
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AP / Winslow Townson
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By Robert Scheer — Newt Gingrich’s hypocrisy concerning economic matters will prove more troubling than his sexual affairs as his chances of becoming president increase.
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner —
Posted on Dec 6, 2011
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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This person would have populist appeal, would have bought and be willing to sell the notion that Obama is a socialist and would probably not have a clue, according to The New York Times’ clued-in columnist Paul Krugman. Yes, we’re talking about the prototype for the GOP presidential hopeful of tomorrow—as in 2012.
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has been described as a reality show and a circus. But what’s happening inside the GOP is quite rational and easily explained.
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 4, 2011
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By Eugene Robinson — Maybe Jon Huntsman will be the next candidate to see a meteoric rise and fall in his poll numbers. Pretty soon, though, we’re going to run out of meteors.
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Nov 27, 2011
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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By Joe Conason — Tasteless and questionable as it was for CNN to “co-sponsor” a Republican presidential debate with a pair of right-wing Washington think-tanks, at least the branding was accurate.
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Wikimedia Commons / Brian Stansberry (CC-BY)
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We’re not interested in horse-race politics, but it is worth noting that all those pesky sexual harassment allegations haven’t stopped the Cain Train yet. In a CBS News poll, Herman Cain still held on to the lead in the GOP lineup, but Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich nipped at his heels.
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Gage Skidmore (CC-BY-SA)
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Republicans are still looking for a non-Romney to carry their banner into the White House, and although Herman Cain appears to be weathering numerous sexual harassment allegations with ease, a new poll shows a certain amphibian nipping at his heels. (more)
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AP / Chris Carlson
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Is there anything substantial, in the way of political mettle, that Herman “9-9-9” Cain can offer Americans who don’t have a repetition compulsion? According to this breakdown of Tuesday night’s GOP debate in the hotbed of conservatism that is Las Vegas, not so much. (more)
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Flickr / The White House
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Of all the presidential hopefuls who’ve thus far made their designs on the White House known to the masses, one in particular has been subjected to harsh coverage by the American media, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism—but this special treatment might have something to do with the fact that Barack Obama also happens to be the incumbent.
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