Watch Rick Perry's Campaign End Before Your Eyes

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Paul Krugman: "conservatism has become a closed, inward-looking universe in which you get points not by sounding reasonable to uncommitted outsiders but by outdoing your fellow movement members in zeal."

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been getting mail accusing me of consorting with Nazis.

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Cain says he would sign a Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment. (Problem: The President doesn't sign Constitutional Amendments)

Herman Cain tried to clean up the running confusion over his position on abortion last night, but in the meantime opened questions about his grasp of the Constitution. In an interview with David Brody last night, Cain said he'd sign a pro-life constitutional amendment if it cr …

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"There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody."

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. “You built a factory out there? Good for you.

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'Ground Zero mosque' opens quietly

An Islamic cultural centre close to the site where New York's World Trade Center once stood has opened quietly in spite of scenes last year of vehement protests from those who said the area should not house a mosque. The opening ceremony for the Park51 centre on Wednesday feat …

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Daily Kos: That was my brother's death you were cheering, you a$$holes

I had not planned on watching the debate because it conflicted with more important activities, like a new episode of The Closer.  But even more importantly, it was being held at a time when I had committed to posting a diary for The Grieving Room.

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'Angry' Mitt Romney 'Loses His Cool' With Voter At New Hampshire Town Hall

The snippets that MSNBC played, of Romney snippily asking the town hall attendee to let him answer her question, were obviously designed to show the candidate as impatient and besieged, but placing them in context doesn’t change things all that much.

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Bachmann: Debt impasse is not an emergency

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann again brushed off warnings from leaders in both parties that the country would face disastrous economic consequences if the government fails to raise the debt ceiling by next Tuesday.

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Harry Reid Calls House Republicans' Bluff -- Proposes 2.7 Trillion in budget cuts... mostly from military budgets

Something you often see in negotiations is a mismatch between one side’s stated sticking points and its real sticking points. In the debate over the debt ceiling, for example, Republicans have sought to portray themselves as having two bottom lines.

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