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Headlines matching 'GOP'
Sun May 27, 2012
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(Politico) Fail Mitt Romney not into the "vision thing" which is basically the idea of telling voters about his specific plans for office  (politico.com) (114)
(NPR) Obvious Right now, more than 80 percent of the money raised by superPACs has gone to pro-GOP groups. And, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, 80 percent of all the money raised by these groups has come from just 100 individuals  (npr.org) (126)


Sat May 26, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Interesting Interesting state-by-state breakdown of the road to 270 electoral votes  (wrcbtv.com) (96)


Fri May 25, 2012
(Politico) Fail So, it hasn't been the best three weeks for Obama  (politico.com) (116)


Thu May 24, 2012
(Slate) Scary You know those two 85-year-old women who sit at a table when you go to vote? The GOP wants to allow them to throw away your ballot  (slate.com) (233)
(Salon) Cool Former staffer for Ronald Reagan and National Review writer breaks up with the GOP because of its extreme right hate-mongers, writes about it  (salon.com) (159)


Wed May 23, 2012
(Politico) Obvious Republicans target Biden over gaffes. In other news, today is a day that ends with the letter 'y'  (politico.com) (75)
(Yahoo) Followup Remember how many people said during the GOP primary "All Obama is going to have to do to create campaign commercials is run the tape of Romney's GOP rivals attacking him on the campaign trail"?  (news.yahoo.com) (577)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail The GOP decides it doesn't like tea that much after all  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (58)
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine Birtherism won't die, and the bizarre movement continues to attract the insane fringe of the GOP   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (89)
(The Daily Caller) Hero GOP National Convention cuts ties with PAC that planned on using Obama's relationship with former minister Jeramiah Wright as a campaign issue  (dailycaller.com) (34)
(Washington Post) Stupid JPMorgan Chase executives finally appear before Senate committee to answer for staggering losses. GOP lawmakers immediately attack the blatant irresponsibility, recklessness, and rampant unprofessionalism of ... federal regulators  (washingtonpost.com) (173)


Tue May 22, 2012
(NPR) Interesting Mainstream media: LOL, Ron Paul thinks he can get enough delegates to win nomination . NPR: Actually, yes, for his son Rand in 2016  (npr.org) (57)
(Think Progress) Asinine The Iowa GOP officially endorsing the birther movement is probably the least crazy part of their party platform  (thinkprogress.org) (115)
(CNN) Obvious Another pundit stiffens his spine and finally admits that Republicans are the reason Washington is broken  (cnn.com) (88)
(MSNBC) Hero GOP, "We stand with Cory Booker". Cory Booker, "If you stand with me, stand with me on marriage equality, making healthcare more accessible, making college more affordable, and women's issues." GOP-- crickets  (msnbc.msn.com) (125)
(Washington Post) Interesting The main thrust of the GOP campaign against Obama is that Romney has better ideas on how to fix the economy. So, let's check the polls and see how that is working out..oh, dear. Um...okay, so what's Plan B?  (washingtonpost.com) (162)


Mon May 21, 2012
(UPI) Interesting Ever since Gingrich and Santorum dropped out, the media consensus has been that the GOP nominating race is over. Minnesota delegates would like a word with Mr. Consensus  (upi.com) (96)


Sun May 20, 2012
(Politico) Obvious As they are faced with actually governing the country, a growing number of GOP freshman are realizing that basing the country's tax policy on a pledge they swore to a lobbyist based on idea he had when he was 13 is kinda insane, actually  (politico.com) (113)
(USA Today) Followup Remember that federal aid the GOP tried to block for Joplin? Good thing they failed, because it seems to have helped. A lot  (usatoday.com) (199)
(Some Guy) Obvious Short answer: Yes. Long answer: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES  (newstimes.com) (316)


Sat May 19, 2012
(Politico) Obvious Ron Paul's supporters are just as confused as he is  (politico.com) (46)
(Boston Herald) Stupid GOP puts gay marriage measure in defense bill. Why? Because gay marriage is entirely relevant to defense. Why? Because because, that's why  (bostonherald.com) (213)


Fri May 18, 2012
(Newser) Followup Actually, Virginia GOP legislator Bob Marshall, sodomy is a civil right  (newser.com) (117)
(Google) Amusing GOP Ministry of Truth hard at work helping Romney's primary rivals unsay their harsh criticisms of the candidate; apparently unaware of this thing called "The Internet" where people can go and look these things up  (google.com) (55)


Thu May 17, 2012
(CSMonitor) Amusing Are Ron Paul supporters really planning to hijack the GOP national convention? Well, how else are they going to get their critical anti-chemtrails plank in the platform?  (csmonitor.com) (87)
(Denver Channel) Dumbass Is Obama an American? Colorado congressman says "not in his heart"  (thedenverchannel.com) (144)
(The New York Times) Stupid GOP plan "calls for hiring an 'extremely literate conservative African-American' to accuse Obama of lying in presenting himself as a 'metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln.'" No, seriously  (nytimes.com) (191)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Mitch McConnell hides in his shell after the GOP once again screws up on student loan rates  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (78)


Wed May 16, 2012
(CNN) Followup Real Americans in Nebraska GOP take a hard right turn into Palin country. Democratic nominee and former Senator, Bob Kerrey, last seen dancing a jig and preparing his victory speech  (cnn.com) (84)
(Wonkette) Hero The Right Rev. Dr. Dentist Orly Taitz, MD, DDS, Attorney-at-Real Estate, Birther-at-Law, has released a campaign video for her GOP Senate run. You have to watch it right now  (wonkette.com) (128)
(The New York Times) Fail GOP-controlled Virginia House rejects judicial nomination of popular former prosecutor and fighter pilot, due to "a pattern of behavior that is just notorious," also known as being gay  (nytimes.com) (108)
(Politico) Obvious Polling shows that if Chris Christie were added to the GOP ticket, they'd still lose New Jersey. Then again, it's doubtful if Jesus Christ were added to the GOP ticket, they'd be able to win New Jersey. New Jersey  (politico.com) (66)
(NewsBusters) Obvious Rachel Maddow: I hate when politicians don't read bills before passing them, unless it's Democrats doing it, then it's the best thing ever  (newsbusters.org) (193)


Tue May 15, 2012
(Politico) Followup The GOP is just a few derps away from losing the Senate for a generation  (politico.com) (68)


Mon May 14, 2012
(CNN) NewsFlash RON PAUL to suspend campaigning. Will return to his Texas lair to plan his takeover of the GOP convention in Tampa  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (471)
(Salon) Amusing The Tea Party may throw Mitch McConnell out of his leadership post for being too compromising with the Democrats  (salon.com) (101)


Sun May 13, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Obvious Obvious tag surrenders, facepalms itself into oblivion  (wrcbtv.com) (67)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Wedge issues, victory laps, macho symbolism... It appears Obama is using the GOP's playbook against it. Well, shooting hoops may not be as macho as clearing brush, but it's a start  (huffingtonpost.com) (64)


Thu May 10, 2012
(Think Progress) Amusing Tea Party-backed candidate who defeated Dick Lugar (R-IN) in GOP Senate primary says that bipartisanship is "Democrats coming to the Republican point of view"  (thinkprogress.org) (129)
(Huffington Post) Asinine The GOP now wants pre-1790s census surveys to go with their pre-1960s health care system, pre-1930s finance laws, and pre-1900s campaigning rules  (huffingtonpost.com) (103)
(The Week) Unlikely The Republican who is trying to 'save' Planned Parenthood  (theweek.com) (19)


Wed May 09, 2012
(Media Matters) Followup Shepard Smith warns GOP to steer clear of the only side of history it knows  (mediamatters.org) (155)
(National Review) Unlikely Dude, what the Huck?  (nationalreview.com) (41)
(Business Insider) Spiffy Establishment GOP: "Say there, Mr.No-Chance-in-Winning Candidate Ron Paul, you're, uh, getting quite a bit o' delegates on your side there"  (businessinsider.com) (135)
(Some Transplant) Scary Okay, so apparently there is a Plan B  (rightwingwatch.org) (356)


Tue May 08, 2012
(Hot Air) Interesting Industries dependent on massive government handouts to even pretend that they make a profit, upset at these Tea Party people think that the government shouldn't prop up failing industries in favor of successful companies  (hotair.com) (73)
(Yahoo) Unlikely Obama lays out "to do" list for Congress. Congress says they'll get right on it after the game, and can he grab them another beer since he's up?  (news.yahoo.com) (32)


Mon May 07, 2012
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) Amusing GOP leaders start to rally around Romney. Well, not so much "rally" as "reluctantly allow themselves to be seen in the same room with"  (ajc.com) (30)


Sun May 06, 2012
(Current) Asinine GOP outsources call center to attack Obama on jobs. That's the joke  (current.com) (125)


Sat May 05, 2012
(Huffington Post) Stupid The GOP is trying to roll back protections for abused women. Why? No reason. Apparently they just like pissing you off  (huffingtonpost.com) (353)
(ABC) Strange Water guns banned at GOP Convention. Republicans decide against soaking the rich  (abcnews.go.com) (51)


Fri May 04, 2012
(Salon) Scary Old GOP plan: Convince people government is broken and can't do anything right. New GOP plan: Intentionally break government so it can't do anything right  (salon.com) (197)
(Some Guy) PSA If you live in AR, CO, FL, KY, LA, MO, NV, OH, TN or WV, it will suck to be you this fall. Prepare to be ground zero in the upcoming Citizens United-fueled presidential ad onslaught  (electoral-vote.com) (126)
(SacBee) Dumbass California GOP calls press conference to advertise itself as "Party of Yes". Then immediately calls for "no" vote on tax proposition  (blogs.sacbee.com) (271)


Thu May 03, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing Who knew Ron Paul could be such a shiatkicker and cause a multitude of problems for Romney?  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (227)
(The Hill) Interesting GOP: Obamacare may lead to forced sterilizations  (thehill.com) (160)
(The Week) Interesting It's like a politics tab Rorschach test: Do you fixate on the Obama bin Laden crack, or just start flinging poo?  (theweek.com) (133)
(Salon) Amusing "An influential group of skeptics rejoined that cybernetics had not advanced to the point where it could create lifelike humanoids, even ones as unconvincing as Romney"  (salon.com) (19)
(Washington Post) Obvious Newt Gingrich, "My wife has pointed out to me approximately 219 times, give or take three, that moon colony was probably not my most clever comment in this campaign"  (washingtonpost.com) (60)


Wed May 02, 2012
(Huffington Post) Unlikely Presenting the most outlandish sentence in the English language: "Kim Kardashian -- who is thinking of getting into politics -- has high praise for former GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum"  (huffingtonpost.com) (112)
(Some Guy) Hero Missouri's GOP-controlled Legislature: we want to pass a "Don't say gay" bill. MO Republican lawmaker: Then can I say "I AM gay" instead? Because I just did  (columbiatribune.com) (185)
(The Daily Beast) Obvious GOP fell victim to one of the classic blunders: Never criticize a perfectly legitimate attack ad when the presidency is on the line  (thedailybeast.com) (336)
(The Daily Show) Amusing If Bush had killed bin Laden this is the ad the GOP would have ran  (thedailyshow.com) (199)


Tue May 01, 2012
(The Hill) Obvious GOP on student loans: "We need offsets to pay for this". GOP on Bush tax cut extension: "Offsets? What are those?"  (thehill.com) (73)
(The Daily Beast) Followup When you boil everything down, the real reason the GOP and its talking heads are upset with Obama's bin Laden ad is simple: he's using their playbook. And it's working. Ric Romero nods in agreement  (thedailybeast.com) (313)
(The Daily Caller) Asinine The House GOP shows its commitment to fiscal conservatism by demanding Bohener schedule a vote to repeal the estate tax, because won't somebody think of the children of billionaires?  (dailycaller.com) (296)


Mon April 30, 2012
(CNN) Asinine Applying GOP logic to Obama "taking credit away from the SEALS", how dare Eisenhower take credit for D-Day, Patton for winning the Battle of the Bulge, and that pesky MacArthur for taking back the Philippines  (edition.cnn.com) (689)


Sun April 29, 2012
(Chicago Sun-Times) Spiffy President Obama mocked everyone from the Secret Service to Mitt Romney to the GOP as a whole at last night's Correspondent's Dinner. "We both have degrees from Harvard. I have one, he has two. What a snob"  (suntimes.com) (449)


Fri April 27, 2012
(MSNBC) Asinine Arizona GOP turns the derp up to infinity, passes anti-sustainability bill in order to avert a 'UN conspiracy'. Bonus: Under the bill, the state unemployment office would have to be shut down  (usnews.msnbc.msn.com) (365)


Thu April 26, 2012
(Huffington Post) Obvious The GOP decided to rail against Obama's failed policies before they even failed . . . or were policies  (huffingtonpost.com) (158)


Wed April 25, 2012
(Some Guy) Asinine Rep. Todd Akin (R-eally dumb): "Federal student loans are the stage three cancer of socialism"  (columbiatribune.com) (393)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Missouri GOP Senate candidate: You can't expect me to know about laws and stuff before I have the job  (thinkprogress.org) (102)


Tue April 24, 2012
(Huffington Post) Stupid Worried that there may still be a few women voters siding with the GOP, Rush Limbaugh launches a new attack on Sandra Fluke  (huffingtonpost.com) (508)
(Fox News) Obvious Obama is using the same political strategy that lost Bush the election against Clinton in 1992  (foxnews.com) (144)
(Yahoo) Fail Good Idea for a GOP candidate: appointing an openly gay policy advisor to show centrist voters you are open-minded. Bad Idea: appoint an advisor who becomes a catty biatch on Twitter about prominent political women's appearance and dress  (news.yahoo.com) (61)
(Fox News) Dumbass Chris Matthews calls GOP "Grand Wizard crowd". Michael Steele, Ku Klux Klan offended  (nation.foxnews.com) (220)
(MSNBC) Asinine NLRB: Workers who gather enough signatures to unionize are entitled to a timely vote. Senate GOP: Not if we overrule you  (nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com) (90)
(Yahoo) Interesting Inside the GOP's anti-Obama "war room" where the best minds of the party wrestle with how Obama can be a Communist AND a Fascist, and whether he's a secret Muslim or a devoted Follower of the Rev, Wright  (news.yahoo.com) (40)


Mon April 23, 2012
(Huffington Post) Hero Hugh Hefner decides to take a stand against the GOP's war on sex  (huffingtonpost.com) (153)
(Washington Post) Obvious "More than six in ten people said they were not interested in learning more about the movement, and a majority said the more they learned, the less they liked"  (washingtonpost.com) (141)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Minnesota GOP is facing eviction after failing to pay rent since August, 2011. See, they're just like us regular Americans   (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (52)
(LA Times) Followup From the 'well that didn't take long' department, John Huntsman is already backing down on his comparison between the GOP and Communist China  (latimes.com) (38)
(The Daily Beast) Interesting New study confirms the media's "liberal bias" showing they covered Obama twice as favorably as Romney during the primaries. No, wait, strike that, reverse it  (thedailybeast.com) (80)
(ABC) Obvious Old GOP meme: Rising gas prices are Obama's fault. New GOP meme: Falling gas prices are free markets in action  (abcnews.go.com) (152)


Sat April 21, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Orrin Hatch falls to the Tea Party, will now be forced to run for reelection   (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (79)
(Washington Post) Interesting Obama has raised lots more money than Romney  (washingtonpost.com) (87)
(WRAL) Fail The GOP continues to focus on jobs. Fark who am I kidding, we are about to pass an amendment to ban gay marriage, because the current law banning it just wasn't banny enough  (wral.com) (169)


Fri April 20, 2012
(The Advertiser) Obvious Republican House pulls through another bill to cut taxes on businesses. This is not a repeat from 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006  (theadvertiser.com) (89)


Wed April 18, 2012
(The Daily Beast) Obvious Why can't the Democrats and Republicans work together? Look to how the GOP operates: "Half of them are Michele Bachmann. The other half are afraid of losing a primary to Michele Bachmann"   (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com) (196)
(Indecision Forever) Amusing GOP of Thrones--November is coming. Some language is NSFW (sponsored link)  (indecisionforever.com) (196)


Tue April 17, 2012
(Salon) Followup Crusading hero of the people, Mitch McConnell, scores a win for disenfranchised and oppressed millionaires everywhere  (salon.com) (201)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting Republican attacks on Democrats are strangely reminiscent of Pee Wee Herman. Why? What's the significance? I DON'T KNOW  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (85)


Mon April 16, 2012
(Newser) Interesting Senate GOP blocks Obama's 'Buffett Rule' in procedural vote. Warren Buffet is still ok  (newser.com) (285)
(Salon) Obvious GOP Representative, who has "little tolerance" for people with student loans, involved in huge student loan scam  (salon.com) (314)
(MSNBC) Misc "Romney sticks to broad attack on Obama in NRA speech." Will the GOP ever stop disrespecting women?  (firstread.msnbc.msn.com) (266)


Sat April 14, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Mitt Romney has strayed from his programming, is once again arguing against birth control  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (151)


Fri April 13, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Silly Google is set to be the official social platform for the GOP Convention, replacing the previous social platform, the bulletin board at a local country club  (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (62)


Thu April 12, 2012
(Yahoo) Amusing Obama blasphemes Holy St. Reagan, says the modern GOP would denounce him as a "wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior". Which is ridiculous because Reagan wasn't black  (news.yahoo.com) (273)
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious On the first day of the 2012 election, Obama outmaneuvered Romney, which isn't nearly as difficult as it sounds  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (206)


Wed April 11, 2012
(MSNBC) Amusing With the nomination assured, GOP pundits are stepping up for Romney: "I have yet to meet a person in the Republican establishment that thinks Mitt Romney is going to win the general election this year"  (mojoe.msnbc.msn.com) (172)
(ABC) Obvious US to North Korea: hope you can figure out how to eat rocket exhaust (link fixed)  (abcnews.go.com) (59)


Mon April 09, 2012
(Some Guy) Interesting Romney spent $75 Mil on the GOP primaries: "OMG". Obama has spent $150 Mil on unopposed primaries: *crickets*  (mega949.com) (261)


Sun April 08, 2012
(Daily Kos) Obvious Daily Kos contributor Armando invokes the Dennis Green argument for the current Republican Party  (dailykos.com) (95)


Sat April 07, 2012
(Boston.com) Obvious Santorum is so confident of his guaranteed landslide victory that he isn't even campaigning or buying ads in his home state  (boston.com) (74)
(Politico) Fail Eric Cantor manages to piss off House Republicans after it was revealed he donated money to a Super PAC focused on ousting the Republican incumbents  (politico.com) (113)


Fri April 06, 2012
(The Atlantic) Strange Republicans are now waging war on caterpillars, who are apparently living in the US illegally, not paying taxes, and taking our American jobs and living on welfare  (theatlantic.com) (96)
(CSMonitor) Obvious Joe Scarborough:"Nobody thinks Romney's going to win [the general election]. Let's just be honest"  (csmonitor.com) (141)


Thu April 05, 2012
(New York Daily News) Interesting Well ever since that phoney "war on women" thing started the GOP has been doing better amongst women and the more conservative the better  (nydailynews.com) (367)
(The Daily Beast) Interesting The underlying question behind this years' otherwise entertaining GOP primary season is when (not if) the religious right will move on from the Republican-in-name-only Republican Party  (thedailybeast.com) (90)


Wed April 04, 2012
(Politico) Obvious Because we've all been waiting with eager anticipation. Sarah Palin finally announces her pick for the GOP vice-presidential candidate  (politico.com) (87)
(CSMonitor) Ironic Moderate president says former moderate president wouldn't fit in with the current far-from-moderates  (csmonitor.com) (89)
(CSMonitor) Obvious Mitt Romney runs winPrimary(String location) function on "Maryland", "Wisconsin", and "District of Columbia", making boolean assuredVictory = true  (csmonitor.com) (77)


Tue April 03, 2012
(Washington Post) Cool Mitt Romney is even closer to earning the GOP nomination and helping Obama get a second term after early polling indicates he'll win Wisconsin, D.C., and Maryland  (washingtonpost.com) (183)
(New York Daily News) Unlikely GOP leaders rush to defend the "smear campaign" against pink slime because the stuff is completely safe and healthy, certainly not because of that $800K in donations they received from Beef Products, Inc  (nydailynews.com) (265)
(RealClearPolitics) Obvious Want to see the Tea Partiers have a GOPasm, and watch the Obama campaign go crazy at the same time? Put Condi on the ticket  (realclearpolitics.com) (291)
(Yahoo) Obvious Mitt Romney urges GOP to look forward to the 2012 general election and focus on Obama. Which is a subtle hint to Rick Santorum to STFU and slither away  (news.yahoo.com) (48)


Mon April 02, 2012
(Politico) Unlikely RNC Chairman Reince Priebus claims the recall in Wisconsin of a Republican will turn the state against Obama  (politico.com) (117)
(Politico) Obvious I know you've been losing sleep over the burning question on everyone's mind. Where has George W Bush been?  (politico.com) (103)
(Talking Points Memo) Spiffy Women are abandoning the GOP en masse. The truly shocking thing is they've stuck around this long  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (452)


Fri March 30, 2012
(USA Today) Obvious You know how GOP comentators have been ragging on the ladies pretty hard lately? Well, something kinda predictable has happened  (content.usatoday.com) (393)


Thu March 29, 2012
(The Atlantic Wire) Fail If you had Nikki Haley (R-SC) as the next Republican to be indicted in your pool, please step forward and collect your prize  (theatlanticwire.com) (178)
(Slate) Obvious "A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be"  (slate.com) (113)


Wed March 28, 2012
(SFGate) Interesting GOP rising star leaves party, adding, "I've fought in a war and I've seen the enemy. We don't have enemies in our political environment here...but in today's political environment, you're expected to play the game"  (blog.sfgate.com) (79)
(LA Times) Obvious Pennsylvanian Republicans expected to look upon the GOP primary ballot, see their old Senator's name, and say "Oh, hell no"  (latimes.com) (106)
(Think Progress) Amusing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the GOP should check their clocks from time to time, "it's 2012, not the mid-1970s"  (thinkprogress.org) (120)
(The Daily Beast) Obvious If the SCOTUS knocks down Obamacare, the GOP is ready with an alternative plan, right? [crickets]  (thedailybeast.com) (648)


Tue March 27, 2012
(Google) Asinine Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) wants voters to know he's not part of the GOP's War on Women, and that he learns a lot from his wife and daughters. What specifically? "How to cook, sew, and clean"  (google.com) (93)
(Salon) Interesting How Obama can turn a defeat for Obamacare in the Supreme Court into Medicare for All, a single payer, national health care system  (salon.com) (257)


Mon March 26, 2012
(MSNBC) Obvious Santorum loses his shiat over the media using his words against him  (firstread.msnbc.msn.com) (207)
(Huffington Post) Stupid GOP files suit to prevent Democratic candidate from claiming to be an astronaut. Difficulty: he actually used to be an astronaut  (huffingtonpost.com) (180)


Sun March 25, 2012
(Fox News) Unlikely Paul Ryan's tax plan is so simple that there's no way to tell how much it will benefit rich people  (foxnews.com) (203)


Thu March 22, 2012
(Big 1059) Stupid GOP candidate vetting and research assigned to: (c) Middle school class  (big1059.com) (52)
(Huffington Post) Obvious The GOP promises to investigate the scandal behind Solyndra and won't stop until they have answers for the ripped-off American people. Or until election day. Whichever comes first  (huffingtonpost.com) (43)
(Wall Street Journal) Followup De Niro apologizes for First Lady Joke. Still no apology for the Fokkers movies  (blogs.wsj.com) (52)


Wed March 21, 2012
(Boing Boing) Cool Obama uses ASL to communicate with a deaf man. GOP immediately attacks him for not speaking English  (boingboing.net) (208)
(WRCB-TV) Obvious GOP race awaits winner, energy, fervor, rational thought  (wrcbtv.com) (72)
(Huffington Post) Sick Arizona GOP legislator says women should have to watch an abortion before having one, though the state doesn't currently have the funds to buy that many "According to Jim" DVDs  (huffingtonpost.com) (514)


Tue March 20, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Newt Gingrich demands Barack Obama apologize for a joke Robert DeNiro made about GOP first ladies  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (147)
(Think Progress) Ironic Donald Trump: "Windmills are horrible, noisy and disgusting"  (thinkprogress.org) (208)
(WRCB-TV) Obvious Santorum spending Illinois primary night in Gettysburg, where all Southern strategies generally end up sooner or later  (wrcbtv.com) (29)


Mon March 19, 2012
(Huffington Post) Asinine Tennessee GOP lawmakers say that women who get abortions should have their age, race, county, marital status, education, # of children, and # of pregnancies made public. Presumably for economic growth and jobs  (huffingtonpost.com) (552)
(Politico) Interesting Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) memoir, "An American Son," will now be published on June 19 instead of in October, as previously planned. Why ever would he do such a thing?  (politico.com) (136)


Sun March 18, 2012
(AP) Obvious To dream, the impossible dream  (hosted.ap.org) (137)


Sat March 17, 2012
(MLive.com) Obvious GOP in 2009: "Obama's auto industry bailouts are socialism" GOP in 2010: "Obama's auto industry bailouts are a huge failure" GOP in 2012: "Why is Obama taking credit for bailing out the auto industry?"  (mlive.com) (224)
(The New York Times) Obvious Why won't one of the elder statesmen of the GOP talk Newt into giving up his quest for president? Because most of them know it would be bad for Romney  (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com) (73)


Fri March 16, 2012
(IndyStar) Stupid Indiana GOP revokes license plates for gay youths, triples allowance for cab fare on their expense accounts  (indystar.com) (133)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Already accustomed to fighting losing battles, the GOP continues their battle against birth control  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (609)
(Talking Points Memo) Spiffy 2012: the Year of the GOP meltdown  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (139)
(The Week) Amusing Editorial of the week: "Romney has the GOP strapped to the roof of his car"  (theweek.com) (36)
(Yahoo) Asinine Arizona GOP pushing a bill that would bar women from purchasing birth control for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. Acne prevention though? Go right ahead  (news.yahoo.com) (501)
(Fox News) Dumbass His mean-spirited and factually incorrect attack on GOP icon Rutherford B. Hayes may be the final nail in Barack's one-term coffin  (foxnews.com) (132)


Thu March 15, 2012
(The Daily Caller) Asinine The internet under President Santorum would have one site called, "Bring back the porn"  (dailycaller.com) (199)
(Quad City Times) Amusing GOP candidate addresses local Democratic party convention by mistake  (qctimes.com) (62)
(New York Daily News) Obvious Mittbot 2.0 is apparently unable to run NCAA.exe on his current operating system  (nydailynews.com) (141)
(Talking Points Memo) PSA Ron Paul wants you to know he and his 31 delegates are still in the race  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (165)


Wed March 14, 2012
(Jezebel) Sick GOP Senator wants to outlaw divorce. But what if your husband beats you? You should just try to remember the good times  (jezebel.com) (327)
(Daily Kos) Cool In the most thrilling procedural action since Cosmic Wars, Harry Reid pushed 17 judges forward in showdown with GOP  (dailykos.com) (88)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Republicans: look at all those states with Republican governors that show great job growth. the economy is really improving. Same Republicans: look at this disaster of an economy and the terrible state we are in under Obama  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (164)
(CNN) Amusing GOP candidates this year would like to take their traditional "national security" platform plank, give George W. Bush a few whacks with it for letting Obama get all the headlines  (cnn.com) (142)


Tue March 13, 2012
(NPR) Stupid GOP candidates, Alabama voters meet to defend what they believe is in the Constitution  (npr.org) (175)


Mon March 12, 2012
(Yahoo) Obvious New poll shows Romney now leads Obama 49-47 among registered voters, as Obama's ratings get flushed down the gas tank with his disastrous energy policy. Suck it, libs  (news.yahoo.com) (373)
(Some Guy) Hero Gingrich has more actual conservative accomplishments than the other three remaining Republicans combined  (renewamerica.com) (91)
(Talking Points Memo) Unlikely GOP insists Mitt Romney is evitable  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (103)


Sun March 11, 2012
(The New York Times) Obvious Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich continue to write Obama's campaign ads: "Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP candidate since 1920"  (nytimes.com) (230)


Sat March 10, 2012
(Reason Magazine) Scary The most frightening picture of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney you'll ever see  (reason.com) (128)


Fri March 09, 2012
(Some Genius) Dumbass Don't like how the unemployment rate looks? One GOP Congressman has a fix  (hunter.house.gov) (197)
(Slate) Obvious GOP primary voters chorus: We'd love our candidates, if only they were someone else  (slate.com) (52)
(CNN) Amusing If you are wondering just how strange the GOP Primary has gotten, Republicans GOP Primary candidates are even pandering to voters in Guam  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (31)


Thu March 08, 2012
(Yahoo) Unlikely Romney's spokesman says it would take "some sort of act of God" for any of Romney's opponents to win GOP nomination, sort of like what it took in the 1970s for black folks to finally be allowed to join Mitt's church  (news.yahoo.com) (104)
(MSNBC) Obvious Fox reporter pretty much sums up the feeling of the 2012 GOP field  (entertainment.msnbc.msn.com) (63)
(Politico) Amusing Mitt Romney, you have pandered to every white guy in America for his vote and almost won a decisive victory on Super Tuesday, what are you gonna do next? "I'm going to Praiseland"  (politico.com) (82)
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing McCaskill: "ObamaCare is RyanCare for seniors." Ah but RyanCare is McCaskill care for the poor and McCaskillCare is SchumerCare for rednecks and SchumerCare is McCainCare for Jews and McCainCare is ObamaCare for seniors and...oh crap  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (69)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Sluts vote. GOP just now realizing this  (dailykos.com) (730)


Wed March 07, 2012
(The Raw Story) Scary "The country that elected George W. Bush can elect a Rick Santorum, and everybody should treat that seriously"  (rawstory.com) (186)
(Slate) Stupid Mitt Romney is the Galactus of the GOP primaries, apparently because he has the power to consume and drain the life out of everything he touches on a planetary scale  (slate.com) (63)
(Politico) Obvious Super Tuesday decided exactly nothing in the GOP presidential race. This is my shocked face, o_O  (politico.com) (192)
(NewsMax) Interesting Fifteen minutes may turn into years as Joe the Plumber gets GOP nod for Congress in Ohio  (newsmax.com) (135)


Tue March 06, 2012
(Mother Jones) Dumbass Rick Santorum shows his grasp of what it is to be a single mother in America: "they are just breeding more criminals"  (motherjones.com) (252)
(WRAL) Asinine North Carolina GOP spends over $650k for redistricting, four times previous round. Voter disenfranchisement must be expensive these days  (wral.com) (40)


Mon March 05, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Stupid Romney describes the Russian election as a "mockery of the democratic process." Putin describes the GOP Primary as a "clusterfark of epic proportions that continues to rape the carcass of that long deceased chicken"   (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (44)
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine Have you had pre-marital sex? Have you committed adultery? Do you support same-sex civil unions? Will you look at porn in the future? If you answered yes to any of these, congratulations, you can't join the GOP   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (228)
(Washington Post) Interesting You know how the bad guys in Batman Begins wanted to destroy Gotham City to save it? That might actually explain why Republicans are acting the way they're acting. Note that this scenario also makes Obama Batman  (washingtonpost.com) (119)
(The Hill) Interesting Super Tuesday polling: Upperclasstwitville pulls ahead of Crazytown 38-32  (thehill.com) (20)
(The Raw Story) Obvious The GOP is more afraid of Rush Limbaugh than Iran, says George Will  (rawstory.com) (132)


Sun March 04, 2012
(Politico) Unlikely "Ohio will be the last important primary." From the people that brought you "Michigan is it", "Florida is the end of the road", and "South Carolina will decide it all"  (politico.com) (115)


Fri March 02, 2012
(Daily Mail) Ironic Mattress retailer pulls advertisements from Rush Limbaugh's show over Slutgate  (dailymail.co.uk) (361)
(WorldNetDaily) Amusing NEWS: GOP former Louisiana governor ponders presidential run as independent -- FARK: It's Obama's fault  (wnd.com) (95)


Thu March 01, 2012
(AlterNet) Amusing Erect nipple gazebos, and eight other reasons political slams used to be better than in the sad-sack GOP primary  (alternet.org) (14)


Wed February 29, 2012
(Wonkette) Dumbass Actual Illinois Nazi runs for Congress  (wonkette.com) (60)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Michael Steele tells reporters the Republican primary is "going exactly as planned." Then he adjusted his monocle, stroked his white cat, and went back to studying his volcano map  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (82)


Tue February 28, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Cool The same day Romney says he won't "light his hair on fire" to excite the GOP base, Obama gives him a political clinic to show him how it's done  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (174)
(CBS News) Obvious You're not going to believe this, but GOP is losing a lot of female voters  (cbsnews.com) (209)
(Yahoo) Interesting Ted Nugent: 'Obama Is an 'Anti-American Monster, but notes GOP candidates lack balls. "This guitar is guaranteed to blow the balls off a charging newt at sixty paces"  (news.yahoo.com) (144)
(Hot Air) Interesting Chris Christie to Mitt Romney: "I'd be the Ho Ho to your Twinkie"  (hotair.com) (71)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail The GOP never learned the lesson to plan ahead, and that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail, especially when it comes to using a calendar to schedule debates  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (47)
(Yahoo) Obvious Strangely even though Santorum and Romney are locked in a do-or-die struggle to win Michigan, for some strange reason, both seem to be studiously avoiding courting Muslim-Americans who are a major GOP voting bloc in the state  (news.yahoo.com) (74)
(Houston Chronicle) Asinine How screwed is the GOP in the 2012 fundraising? Well Texans are giving more to Colbert than Romney. So either Texans are really stupid, or they are really stupid. Either way this is good for Ron Paul. RON PAUL  (chron.com) (67)
(SLTrib) Ironic Republican Party started out anti-Mormon. Tomorrow will reveal if it still is  (sltrib.com) (39)


Mon February 27, 2012
(Salon) Fail It's okay to be convicted of three felony counts of voter fraud if you're the Republican Secretary of State and chief election official of Indiana  (salon.com) (61)
(CNN) Obvious Imagine Helm's Deep at the end, breached and about to be overrun by orcs, and you've got a pretty good idea of what the GOP now looks like. Except, this time, Gandalf ain't gonna show  (cnn.com) (175)
(Boston Herald) Interesting Obama says "There is no magic bullet" that will instantly lower gas prices. GOP leaders immediately criticized Obama for dangerously weakening America by failing to maintain our magic bullet arsenal  (news.bostonherald.com) (163)


Fri February 24, 2012
(Huffington Post) Interesting How far out in the derp has the current crop of GOP candidates ventured? Jeb Bush just said, "I used to be a conservative"  (huffingtonpost.com) (142)
(The Daily Beast) Amusing Bill Maher donates $1 million to Obama Super-PAC. Which brings their total donations to a whopping $1,058,815. Ooo...look at the GOP shaking in their boots...with laughter  (thedailybeast.com) (200)
(Politico) Spiffy Mitt Romney is the "Gotcha" candidate; he's playing the political version of Punk'd with Santorum, Gingrich, and the old guy with the big ears that's still in the race for some odd reason  (politico.com) (20)
(Rolling Stone) Obvious Matt Taibbi, on the Arizona GOP debate: "They're turning the gun on themselves now. It might be justice, or it might just be sad. Whatever it is, it's remarkable to watch"  (rollingstone.com) (76)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Mitt Romney's position is weaker than you realize, and his approval numbers are worse than any frontrunner in GOP history. Yes, even more than McCain's  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (83)
(Washington Post) Strange Forget throwing panties on stage, GOP women are throwing Rick Santorum sovereignty over their uterus. He's just so dreamy  (washingtonpost.com) (82)


Thu February 23, 2012
(ABC) Amusing Even former RNC chairman Haley Barbour, when asked by ABC news which candidate should win the GOP nomination, gives a "We've got to be able to do better than these guys" answer  (abcnews.go.com) (55)
(Politico) Scary GOP: Crap...what the hell have we done?  (politico.com) (251)
(Some Guy) Cool You don't have to like her, but Ann Coulter pretty much called BS on all the other GOP commentators that Romney is the "establishment choice". You hear that Rush, Hannity? She called you the establishment...and hypocrites  (anncoulter.com) (96)
(Washington Post) Amusing There's one thing the Republican front runners agree on: Obama isn't borrowing enough money  (washingtonpost.com) (105)
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious Santorum blew Arizona  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (47)
(Washington Post) Sad The real loser of the Republican debate? Republican voters  (washingtonpost.com) (156)
(Wired) Interesting The GOP's conundrum: Created by Bush, so it's good. Wait, it's supported by Obama, so it's bad. Crap, the ACLU is against it so it has to be good. UGH  (wired.com) (39)
(WRCB-TV) Obvious It may be hard to believe, but apparently a few of the statements made during last night's GOP debate were a just a tiny little off the mark in the truthiness department. Fact checking, how does it work?  (wrcbtv.com) (88)
(CBS News) Fail Buddy Roemer quits GOP presidential race. In case you are wondering who he is, he's the former Louisiana governor, who lost a primary to David Duke back in 1991  (cbsnews.com) (44)


Wed February 22, 2012
(CNN) Silly The Mormon v. The Catholic. The Big Baby v. The Big Crazy. It's YOUR official Arizona GOP debate thread. 8:00 EST, CNN  (cnn.com) (lots)
(The Week) Asinine What to expect from tonight's GOP debate... aka the season finale of American Political Gladiators  (theweek.com) (79)
(NPR) Obvious GOP: Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy. Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?  (npr.org) (36)
(Yahoo) Interesting Canadian writer weighs the possibility of a brokered GOP convention, then nails precisely why it won't be  (news.yahoo.com) (71)


Tue February 21, 2012
(The Week) Obvious A statistical look at the increasingly "old, white" electorate  (theweek.com) (87)
(CNN) Silly The MSM is again claiming that conservatives are talking in some sort of code that only they understand. For the GOP-type mods so I can get a greenlight: Discolored Buffalo Flying Ted Nugent Plays Pattycake and I'll Be Home For Christmas  (religion.blogs.cnn.com) (101)
(Politico) Unlikely Romney campaign spent more than twice as much cash as it raised last month, may become target for takeover by Bain Capital  (politico.com) (62)
(The New York Times) Obvious Ric Romero leaves KABC in Los Angeles and takes a new position at the New York Times...which is the only explanation for the NYT publishing articles that "expose" that Super PACs bring in big money  (nytimes.com) (9)


Mon February 20, 2012
(NewsBusters) Interesting Media: Income inequality is soaring and hitting new highs. Facts: Inequality peaked in 2000 and has been decreasing ever since, with the greatest decrease when Bush was president and the GOP controlled both houses  (newsbusters.org) (207)
(LA Times) Stupid Obama can't land Olympics for Chicago, GOP opponents call him a failure. Romney saves Olympics for Salt Lake City, GOP opponents call him a failure. Talk about no-win situations  (latimes.com) (31)
(Boston Herald) Unlikely Pundits say Mitt Romney has lost his mojo, also noting that Zimbabwe has lost its economic relevance  (bostonherald.com) (103)


Sat February 18, 2012
(Salon) Silly Do Rush Limbaugh's recent attempts to split the GOP reveal he's a secret Democrat? Or just a pompous blowhard with no clear strategy?  (salon.com) (157)
(ABC) Unlikely If Mitt Romney loses Michigan, the GOP needs a new candidate: Jeb Bush, says top GOP Senator  (abcnews.go.com) (124)


Fri February 17, 2012
(The Tennessean) Dumbass Tennessean GOP Leader Opines That Feeding Poor School Children is Ungodly  (tennessean.com) (175)
(Politico) Fail Remember folks, always check your email's spam folder. Sometimes important things will get sent there by accident, like membership confirmations, tallies for your primary caucus voting, messages from fami- wait what?  (politico.com) (47)
(The Hill) Hero Martha McSally (R-ighteous), a retired Air Force colonel and combat veteran, would like to kick Rick Santorum "in the jimmy" for his remarks about women in combat. HOORAH  (thehill.com) (147)
(Washington Post) Amusing Dems to GOP: "I heard you need more rope? Here take as much as you need. And be sure to tell people they're unclean while they're ovulating too"  (washingtonpost.com) (606)
(UPI) Amusing Santorum holds a fleshlight up to his face and tells a scary story. Damn autocorrect  (upi.com) (38)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail In one day, the GOP managed to set back the party's position on women back to the 1950s. Good luck getting out of this PR nightmare   (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (397)


Thu February 16, 2012
(The Raw Story) Asinine GOP Congressman: Democrats engage in "the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today." Apart from actual slavery, apparently  (rawstory.com) (424)
(Talking Points Memo) Stupid GOP: "It's an outrage that Obamacare forces employers to pay for contraception." Reporter: "How do you feel about Romneycare, which has the same provision?" GOP: ***crickets***   (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (289)
(Politico) Obvious Just in case the GOP convention ends up undecided on a nominee, there's one woman who is standing by to help. And by help, we mean make it a complete and utter circus  (politico.com) (185)


Wed February 15, 2012
(NYPost) Interesting Michelle Malkin's top Tea Party favorites for the upcoming election. Some of them can even read  (nypost.com) (33)
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing From the Department of Everyone Loses: Santorum compares his social issues beef with Romney like "Ryan Seacrest going toe to toe with Mike Tyson"  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (45)
(Washington Post) Obvious In light of how the Republican primaries have gone this year, GOP now "rethinking" the caucus format. Won't somebody think of the RON PAUL?  (washingtonpost.com) (24)


Tue February 14, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Stupid Not news: GOP tries to get amendment into bipartisan highway bill. Awjeeznotthisshiatagain: Allowing all employers to deny paying for birth control related health services   (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (620)
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) Silly Herman Cain decline-nine-nines a spot on Dancing with the Stars  (blogs.ajc.com) (30)


Mon February 13, 2012
(KSTU FOX 13) Dumbass GOP state representative introduces bill banning DUI checkpoints to protect your civil right to drive while shiatfaced. Must be a closet Libertarian  (fox13now.com) (371)
(Yahoo) Unlikely Best Korea enlists populace to join "Truth Teams" to explain the Truth® to their uneducated neighbors. Sorry, I meant to say "The Obama Campaign." Sorry, carry on Citizen  (news.yahoo.com) (336)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Sarah Palin says long, competitive battle for GOP presidential nomination will result in a Republican victory in November, and that a brokered convention could be a good thing. This is what Sarah Palin really believes  (firstread.msnbc.msn.com) (134)
(Townhall) Obvious The GOP can add 10 million jobs and $15 trillion to the US economy without spending a dime  (finance.townhall.com) (369)


Sun February 12, 2012
(The New York Times) Interesting Finally someone admits why the current crop of GOP candidates suck so much  (nytimes.com) (212)


Sat February 11, 2012
(Arizona Star) Interesting Republican endorses Gabrielle Giffords' aide to fill her seat in Special Election, suggests the other Republicans drop their candidacies  (azstarnet.com) (71)


Fri February 10, 2012
(Washington Post) Obvious Why Mitt Romney is failing to close the deal with GOP voters: "Romney's campaign is the Death Star. And nobody loves the Death Star"  (washingtonpost.com) (204)
(CNN) Amusing Carville "Remember the good ole Willie Horton days when politics was clean and fun?"  (cnn.com) (42)
(New York Daily News) Amusing You knew it was coming: Sh*t Mitt says  (nydailynews.com) (101)


Thu February 09, 2012
(Reading Eagle) Dumbass Former PA State Senator compares driver's licenses to slavery, immediately jumps to third in GOP primary  (readingeagle.com) (39)


Wed February 08, 2012
(Some Guy) Amusing Someone at The American Spectator has finally started asking the right questions  (spectator.org) (81)
(Salon) Followup Assuming he got any sleep last night, Mitt Romney is waking up to realize that last night was his own personal hell. Here's what losing to Santorum might cost him  (salon.com) (166)
(Yahoo) Followup Paul says GOP result opens up door, hints at getting on floor, may lead to walking of dinosaur  (news.yahoo.com) (54)
(CNN) Obvious Santorum claims that the GOP race is in "No Man's Land"--you know, that thing from World War I that was the ultimate sign of despair, foreboding, and hopelessness  (cnn.com) (44)
(Washington Post) Followup Santorum surges with surprise threesome  (washingtonpost.com) (154)
(USA Today) Obvious Santorum comes from behind  (content.usatoday.com) (222)


Tue February 07, 2012
(Sort of) Obvious This might shock you, but the ad group responsible for the Clint Eastwood "Halftime in America" Super Bowl ad also worked on the Obama 2008 campaign  (thedaily.com) (509)
(Salon) Ironic Mitt Romney is anti-Christ  (salon.com) (119)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Republicans set to keep farking that Medicare chicken  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (117)
(Yahoo) Interesting New Poll shows that 52% of respondents say the more they hear about Romney the less they like him and more than half of even the most conservative people polled think he isn't paying his "fair share" of taxes  (news.yahoo.com) (52)


Mon February 06, 2012
(Huffington Post) Dumbass GOP candidate uses Asian stereotypes to attack opponent. Well there's a supplies  (huffingtonpost.com) (173)
(ABC) Obvious Ron Paul says "it's hard to say" when or where he might win a caucus or primary this nominating season. Coincidentally, that's the same answer political experts give when asked why he's still in the race  (abcnews.go.com) (127)
(Bloomberg) Dumbass Michele Bachmann sees GOP race ending soon. Also sees evil socialist leprauchans sneaking into your children's bedrooms at night to give them HPV vaccines and free healthcare  (bloomberg.com) (28)
(Yahoo) Interesting In Nevada victory speech, Romney says his mission is to "save the soul of America" - presumably by letting America die and then retroactively baptising it  (news.yahoo.com) (117)


Sun February 05, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Silly The new GOP talking point on the improving economy: "It's because of what Republican governors are doing in their states." So, economy up -- GOP governors. Economy down -- President's fault. Got it?  (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (142)


Sat February 04, 2012
(Washington Post) Florida Republican National Committee explains why this year's race has turned so ugly: Blame Florida  (washingtonpost.com) (68)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Ron Paul tells CNN there is a "Zero chance" that he will drop out of the GOP presidential race. It's still better odds than him actually being elected President  (thehollywoodgossip.com) (147)


Fri February 03, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine In a shocking and totally unpredictable move, GOP leaders look to renege on the defense limit cuts called for in last years sequester deal. Obama and Democrats flabbergasted   (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (121)
(Politico) Fail Congressional Republicans are fiercely debating whether they should even try to formulate a policy agenda this year, or whether they should just keep going with "Obama sucks and we have nothing to offer"  (politico.com) (108)


Thu February 02, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Stupid House GOP votes unanimously to reject the proposition that the Bush tax cuts added to the deficit. So yeah. Problem solved   (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (115)
(Salon) Interesting Is it possible that Obama wanted the GOP to treat him like the Antichrist?  (salon.com) (120)
(The New York Times) Interesting GOP says laying pipe is central to their agenda. America: Yeah, but to who?  (nytimes.com) (54)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Mitt Romney may have won in Florida...but he also lost a few things. Florida truly giveth and taketh away  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (28)
(ABC) Sick Santorum tells sick kid who complained about the price of his medicine "People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with Why?" Because, of course, people buy a new iPad EVERY MONTH  (abcnews.go.com) (290)


Wed February 01, 2012
(Huffington Post) Scary House GOP has Oscar nominated journalist arrested. RIP 1st Amendment  (huffingtonpost.com) (233)
(Some Guy) Obvious The "electability" argument is bankrupt on both philosophical and practical grounds. It destroys the party's soul and guarantees defeat  (spectator.org) (104)
(The New York Times) Obvious Republican "job creators" show a great willingness to create jobs in the "Defeat Obama" industry  (nytimes.com) (69)


Tue January 31, 2012
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine Having seen the resounding success of similar legislation in Wisconsin and Ohio, Arizona GOP seeks to ban collective bargaining by all state, county and city employees   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (179)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Wow, Newt Gingrich is just like Hillary Clinton Except not at all In any way  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (67)
(Miami New Times) Florida "Newt Gingrish look like a hackler. He looks like he get on people's nerves just for the fark of it,'" and more insight on the Florida GOP primary from Miami strippers Skrawberry and Tip Drill  (blogs.miaminewtimes.com) (71)
(Talking Points Memo) Unlikely Senator McConnell: "We gave Obama everything he wanted"  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (120)


Mon January 30, 2012
(Some Number Cruncher) Interesting After Tuesday, it will be mathematically impossible for someone else to enter the GOP race and win the 1144 delegates needed for the nomination   (frontloading.blogspot.com) (112)
(The Atlantic) Obvious Sarah Palin's Facebook followers revolt against her support of Newt Gingrich and leave broken pieces of taco shells all over the place  (theatlantic.com) (140)

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