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Howard Dean suggests government shutdown would be good for Dems

By | 03.30.11 | 10:32 am

If Howard Dean were still the head of the Democratic National Committee, he would be “quietly rooting” for a government shutdown, he said while speaking on a National Journal Insider’s Conference panel Tuesday, according to the National Journal.

Hotline Presidential Power Rankings put Romney on top, dismiss Tea Party

By | 11.09.10 | 5:29 pm

With just over 14 months remaining before the Iowa Caucus, National Journal’s The Hotline has released its Presidential Power Rankings, assessing the viability of 15 Republicans who might mount bids to become their party’s representative in the race against President Obama.

The list breaks the potential candidates down into More…

Sotomayor, Enemy of the White Male

By | 05.26.09 | 11:55 am

The newest weapon in the conservative pushback against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is an unearthed 2001 “cultural diversity lecture” at the University of California, in which she “hopes that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion More…