• RIGHTBLOGGERS SHIVER AT HURRICANE IRENE
  
• Denounce Obama for not screwing up
  
• by ROY EDROSO

White House Gets Debt Ceiling Victory As Shutdown Threat Lessens

Republicans Seek Federal Aid in Hurricane Irene's Wake

Obama Can’t Win for Winning

By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —

It’s remarkable how reluctant Obama’s opponents are to acknowledge that despite all the predictions that his policy of limited engagement in Libya could never work, it actually did.

Virginia nuclear plant had quake sensors removed due to budget cuts

Ben Stein destroys O’Reilly’s ‘Talking Points’ on taxes

No Swagger in Reserve by Matthew Yglesias

Best Rick Perry Bumper Sticker Ever . . .

The Daily Show - World of Class Warfare - Warren Buffett vs. Wealthy Conservatives
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The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

By Robert Scheer — It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Big Oil's Man Why Rick Perry makes George W. Bush look like a tree hugger By JEFF GOODELL

Crashing the Tea Party

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Embracing the Tea Party carries great political risk for Republicans, but perhaps not for the reason you might think.
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Rick Perry's comments not much uglier than usual
The Texas governor and sudden 2012 front-runner inspires media outrage by acting like he always acts
by Alex Pareene

Rick Perry's dangerously overheated rollout
He's been an official candidate for 72 hours, and his addiction to red meat is already giving his party anxiety
by Steve Kornacki

Rick Perry's Campaign Strategy? Distorting His Abysmal Economic Record |

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Warren Buffett: Stop coddling the super-rich
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Can America Still Lead?

By E.J. Dionne, Jr. —

The world is looking to the United States to help power a recovery and provide leadership at a time when we are suffocatingly inward-looking—and when ultraconservatives are so dogmatic about slashing government that they are prepared to boot away our nation’s influence.

A Downgrade’s GOP Fingerprints

By Eugene Robinson —

There is one good reason to downgrade the United States’ credit rating, but S&P, whose credibility was already spent after the housing meltdown, gave a host of largely bogus explanations for its actions.

Rachel Maddow Debunks GOP Talking Point That S&P Downgrade Was Due To Debt
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On Meet the Press today, Rachel Maddow debunked the GOP talking point that the S&P downgrade was due to debt not politics.
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What Happened to Obama?
By DREW WESTEN
There was a story the American people were waiting to hear — and needed to hear — but he didn’t tell it.
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The Tea Party Won't Like This. Pass It On.

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• Debt Ceiling Deal: The Democrats Take a Dive

"Why Voters Tune Out Democrats,"
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25 Things We Learned During The Debt Crisis
by John Perr
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Mitch McConnell vows to continue holding debt ceiling hostage in the future
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The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling

To Escape Chaos, a Terrible Debt Deal