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102 Complaints of Voter Intimidation Thus Far

By | 11.02.10 | 5:33 pm

Want a rundown on all the incidents of voter fraud and voter intimidation that have been reported thus far today? The New Republic’s Eliza Gray has set up shop at the command center of Election Protection, a nonpartisan coalition of legal groups that monitors voter complaints as they come More…

GOP Chasing the ‘Summa-Cum-Laude-As-Idiot’ Argument

By | 05.26.09 | 2:00 pm

Following up on Daphne’s piece from earlier this month, it seems that those manufactured questions about Sonia Sotomayor’s intelligence have now bounced from the pages of The New Republic to the halls of Congress.

Here’s a statement just issued by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), who wants to use More…

Fear Factor and the Obama Stimulus Plan

By | 01.09.09 | 8:56 am

John Judis at The New Republic joins a growing chorus of voices wondering if President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus plan goes far enough. We’re talking about a massive spending works plan here, and everyone from Judis to contributors to the Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Economics blog say even More…