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Bush the Neoliberal — Years ago, someone coined the term "neoliberal." I was never sure what it meant, and it has since fallen into disuse, but whatever the case, I'd like to revive (and mangle) the term and apply it — brace yourself — to George W. Bush. He's more liberal than you might think.
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TalkLeft, CANNONFIRE, The Carpetbagger Report, Norwegianity, Sadly, No!, The Heretik, Michael P.F. van der Galiën and Brian Beutler
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Obama offers universal health care plan — IOWA CITY, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) on Tuesday offered a sweeping health care plan that would provide every citizen a means for coverage and calls on government, businesses and consumers to share the costs of the program.
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Progress in Iraq likely to miss target — Military officers doubt any of the three top goals will be achieved before the September assessment. — BAGHDAD — U.S. military leaders in Iraq are increasingly convinced that most of the broad political goals President Bush laid out early this year …
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Cindy Sheehan Calls It Quits — Anti-War Activist And Mom Of Killed G.I. In Iraq Resigns Role As "Face" Of Movement — (CBS/AP) Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Monday she is giving up her role as the "face" of the American anti-war movement. — "I've been wondering …
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CNN, Fox News, The American Street, NewsBusters.org, The Democratic Daily, The Huffington Post … and Blue Crab Boulevard
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Sooner Rather Than Later — COBURN OK — Sen. Tom Coburn is mulling an entry into the Republican presidential primary, according to sources inside and outside the Senate. Coburn, a senator from Oklahoma, is believed to be receiving encouragement from a small group of wealthy businessmen …
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Right Wing Nut House, Captain's Quarters, Reason Magazine, politburo diktat 2.0 and TIME
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Mexican Audience Boos Miss USA During Miss Universe Pageant — MEXICO CITY — It wasn't Miss USA's night. — Booed mercilessly at the Miss Universe pageant by a Mexican audience angry at U.S. immigration policy, and seen by millions of TV viewers as she slipped and fell on the pageant stage …
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PoliPundit.com
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Send Wolfowitz to Iraq, Says GOP Lawmaker — Justin Rood Reports: — Paul Wolfowitz may have been ousted from his post at the World Bank, but a free-speaking GOP lawmaker has an idea to keep the so-called "architect" of the Iraq War from standing in the unemployment line.
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Social conservatives bite bullet, back Rudy — Rudy Giuliani, whose positions on abortion and homosexuality mark him as the most socially liberal Republican presidential candidate in more than a generation, is so far winning the contest for the support of social conservatives, according to a new analysis of recent polls.
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Romney Says 'No Salary' if President — DOVER, N.H. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney, conceding that his business career helped him make more money than he expected, said Tuesday he would likely decline a salary as president and instead donate the money - and more - to charity.
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U.S. and Iranian Officials Meet in Baghdad, but Talks Yield No Breakthroughs — The United States and Iran held rare face-to-face talks in Baghdad on Monday, adhering to an agenda that focused strictly on the war in Iraq and on ways the two bitter adversaries could help improve conditions here.
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Campaign Puts New Strain on Secret Service — Big Field and Early Start Force Cuts in Other Efforts — The U.S. Secret Service expects to borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard an ever-expanding field of presidential candidates …
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Rules 'hiding' trillions in debt — Liability $516,348 per U.S. household — The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
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Venezuela protests TV clampdown by Chavez — CARACAS (AFP) - President Hugo Chavez's clampdown on opposition television stations widened Monday as police used rubber bullets and tear gas on demonstrators protesting what they called an attack on free speech.
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The Conservative Mind — The American right is a cauldron of debate; the left isn't. — The left prides itself on, and frequently boasts of, its superior appreciation of the complexity and depth of moral and political life. But political debate in America today tells a different story.
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TO TEMPER IMAGE, GIULIANI TRADES GROWL FOR SMILE — ATLANTA — Oh, baby, here it comes. The gray-haired woman raises her hand and compliments His Honor for his Sept. 11 bravery. Then she asks him: — Why does so much of the world hate us? Haven't we failed to understand Arab grievances?
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Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Townhall.com, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, CorrenteWire and Central Sanity
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Analysis: The Bush take on U.S. opinion — WASHINGTON — Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him. — Democrats view the November elections that gave them control …
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President Bush Discusses Genocide in Darfur, Implements Sanctions — Fact Sheet: Fighting Genocide in Darfur — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. For too long, the people of Darfur have suffered at the hands of a government that is complicit in the bombing, murder, and rape of innocent civilians.
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Texas is a Better Place — Here follows a letter from a woman who recently attended the Texas funeral of her nephew, KIA in Iraq. In many places around the country, members of the Sheehan-Reid-Obama-Clinton cult disrupt military funerals, but I doubt they would attempt to perform …
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Outcry over TV kidney prize — A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. — Political parties have called for The Big Donor Show to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors.
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Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process — Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels.
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The Huffington Post …, Matt Zeitlin, MyDD, Washington Monthly, Wampum, The Washington Note and Chicago Tribune
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China Sentences Former Drug Regulator to Death — The former head of China's top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death today after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes, according to the state-controlled news media. — Zheng Xiaoyu, who served as director …