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GOP Can Win Seats, But Can It Claim an Ideological Mandate?

By | 10.28.10 | 12:25 pm

Following midterm elections, what kind of mandate can the Republican Party claim? A new Bloomberg National Poll indicates that while voters are ready to elect Republicans, they’re not especially keen on the GOP itself or a majority of its proposals:

The poll finds Republicans in an unusual position: on

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Christine O’Donnell Tells Conservatives To Charge Ahead

By | 09.17.10 | 5:29 pm

After her surprise victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary, sudden national figure and social conservative heroine Christine O’Donnell gave her speech to the Washington media and a crowd of social conservative activists Friday afternoon here at the Values Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. More…

Christine O’Donnell, Circa 1998: A Wife Should ‘Graciously Submit’ to Her Husband

By | 09.16.10 | 5:35 pm

Since she won the Republican primary on Tuesday, tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell’s take on premarital sexual relations have become abundantly clear. But in a June 1998 CNN appearance, she indicated that her views are equally strong on the structure of relationships among married couples.

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Tea Party Favorite O’Donnell Takes Delaware

By | 09.14.10 | 10:39 pm

On the question of whether Christine O’Donnell — a two-time failed candidate and one-time anti-masturbation crusader — was suitable for office, Democratic and Republican operatives wholeheartedly agreed. She would never win the Delaware Republican Senate primary, they said this summer.

[Congress1] But tonight, voters begged to differ. A little after More…

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Colin Powell Will Endorse Obama

By | 10.15.08 | 11:34 am

Who knows if this is true, frankly. But at The Huffington Post, Lawrence O’Donnell kinda-sorta says that Colin L. Powell, the former general and former secretary of state, is on the verge of endorsing Sen. Barack Obama.

How does O’Donnell know this? He never makes that clear, preferring to More…