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metaphorical ceilings
May 31, 2011
Bill to Raise the Debt Ceiling Fails
As expected.
By
Julie Gerstein
metaphorical ceilings
May 31, 2011
Why the Democrats Will Vote Against Raising the Debt Ceiling Tonight
It’s all a big game.
By
Dan Amira
worlds colliding
May 31, 2011
Sarah Palin and Donald Trump Will Have Dinner Together in New York Tonight
Topics of discussion will likely include the biased liberal media as well as strategies for capturing the attention of the biased media for as long as possible.
By
Dan Amira
books
May 31, 2011
Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black Are Writing a Book Together
Hm. Didn’t see this one coming.
By
Chris Rovzar
stuck in the mittle
May 31, 2011
Mitt Romney Is a Teenage Girl
“I like the ‘Twilight’ series.”
By
Dan Amira
vu.
May 27, 2011
Meghan McCain’s Apartment Is Full of Skulls
What, isn’t yours?
By
Chris Rovzar
this week in fake presidential candidates
May 27, 2011
This Week in Fake Presidential Candidates
Who’s up? Who’s down?
By
Dan Amira
jobs jobs jobs
May 27, 2011
GOP Job Plan Needed Unnecessary Photos and Huge Font to Reach Ten Pages
The font size is larger than the one used in books for the visually impaired.
By
Dan Amira
the robot apocalypse
May 27, 2011
Robot Obama Signed Patriot Act Into Law
An autopen saves the day.
By
Dan Amira
kaaaahhhnnn!
May 26, 2011
Awkward Pictures of Dominique Strauss-Kahn With World Leaders
Everything’s uncomfortable in hindsight!
By
Chris Rovzar
america’s sweetheart
May 26, 2011
Sarah Palin Will Drive Around in a Bus for a While for Some Reason
Is this what people do before running for president?
By
Dan Amira
kaaaahhhnnn!
May 26, 2011
From the Time Capsule: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Meets Barack and Michelle Obama
Some pictures say a thousand words. This one just says two: ‘Don’t Touch.’
By
Chris Rovzar
photo op
May 26, 2011
This Is What Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum Looked Like in High School
It is not good.
By
Dan Amira
no he cain’t
May 26, 2011
Herman Cain Is Surging
The former pizza CEO has gone from zero percent to 8 percent in the blink of an eye. But he still has his work cut out for him.
By
Dan Amira
video
May 25, 2011
John Heilemann on
Morning Joe
: The Republican Upset in NY-26
“Both parties are not looking at this as an isolated incident.”
By
Sarah Frank
america’s sweetheart
May 25, 2011
Sarah Palin Commissioned an Epic Full-Length Movie About Herself
She is like a zebra getting killed by a lion?
By
Dan Amira
what other people think
May 25, 2011
How Conservatives Are Reacting to Their Surprising Loss in Western New York
It had nothing to do with Medicare. NOTHING!
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 24, 2011
Democrat Kathy Hochul Wins Vacant G.O.P. House Seat
“When [Hochul] started making these comments, I thought, ‘This is so outrageous no one would ever believe it.’ Apparently some people did.”
By
Julie Gerstein
metaphorical ceilings
May 24, 2011
American Public Thinks It Understands the Debt Ceiling
But it does not.
By
Dan Amira
frothy mixtures
May 24, 2011
GOP-Savior Rick Santorum to Enter Presidential Race
We’re being sarcastic about the savior thing, he’s going to do terribly.
By
Dan Amira
no he cain’t
May 24, 2011
Herman Cain Is Open to Appointing a Muslim Person to Some Position in Government
Sadly, this is a big step forward for Cain.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 24, 2011
If Rudy Giuliani Had to Decide Today, He Would Run for President
This is what Peter King says.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
May 24, 2011
How to Interpret Today’s NY-26 Special Election
Can it tell us anything about 2012?
By
Dan Amira
foreign relations
May 24, 2011
Barack and Michelle Met William and Kate Today
And other things happened on the presidential visit to London, but who really cares?
By
Chris Rovzar
video
May 23, 2011
John Heilemann on
Hardball
: 2012 GOP Dropouts
Is it because the campaign is a “meat grinder and flash incinerator”?
By
Sarah Frank
equal rites
May 23, 2011
Focus on the Family Boss on Gay Marriage: ‘We’ve Probably Lost That’
“I think we need to start calculating where we are in the culture.”
By
Chris Rovzar
oh pawlease
May 23, 2011
Tim Pawlenty’s Campaign Is Already Dead, Hometown Paper Implies
A story about his official announcement ran on the obituary page.
By
Dan Amira
the donald
May 23, 2011
Donald Trump Vastly Overestimates America’s Post-
Apprentice
Appetite for Donald Trump
He’s still grunting about running for president.
By
Chris Rovzar
joetorious
May 23, 2011
Joe Biden Threatens to Run for President Again
In 2016, when he’s nearly 74 years old.
By
Dan Amira
mediscare
May 23, 2011
Scott Brown Just Gave Democrats a Very Generous Gift
He says the GOP’s Medicare plan would “change Medicare as we know it.”
By
Dan Amira
2012
May 20, 2011
Potential Presidential Candidate Mitch Daniels Receives Sixteen Stitches After Head Wound
He walked into a door. No, really.
By
Chris Rovzar
foreign relations
May 20, 2011
Obama and Netanyahu Didn’t Smile Very Much in Their Meeting
But there was plenty of chin-rubbing.
By
Chris Rovzar
eye of newt
May 20, 2011
John Heilemann on
Andrea Mitchell
: Newt’s Failure to Launch
Is this mess “ungetoutable?”
By
Sarah Frank
this week in fake presidential candidates
May 20, 2011
This Week in Fake Presidential Candidates
Who’s up? Who’s down?
By
Dan Amira
oh pawlease
May 20, 2011
Tim Pawlenty Making It Official on Monday
Will he mention that he grew up in a “meatpacking town”? Probably.
By
Dan Amira
eye of newt
May 20, 2011
John Lithgow Reads Newt Gingrich’s Press Release As It Was Meant to Be Read
Dramatically.
By
Dan Amira
equal rites
May 20, 2011
State Senator Introduces Bill to Stop New York From Recognizing Out-of-State Gay Marriages
Marty Golden is attempting to provide a rallying point for conservatives.
By
Chris Rovzar
the hunt for red november
May 20, 2011
Is Jon Huntsman the GOP’s New Antiwar Candidate?
He seems to want out of Afghanistan, like, right now.
By
Dan Amira
eye of newt
May 19, 2011
Newt Gingrich Deserves Credit for Having an ABBA Ringtone
He’s showing us the real Newt.
By
Dan Amira
what other people think
May 19, 2011
Obama’s ‘Major’ Speech on Arab World Hurt by Lofty Expectations
Reactions from a generally unimpressed punditry.
By
Dan Amira
eye of newt
May 19, 2011
People No Longer Excited About Giving Newt Gingrich Their Money
The remarkable thing is that people were willing to give him their money at some previous time.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
May 19, 2011
Illinois State Senator Heeds Financial Advice From Wu-Tang’s Raekwon
She recites lyrics from “C.R.E.A.M.” on the Senate floor.
By
Dan Amira
video
May 18, 2011
John Heilemann on
Hardball
: Is Newt Gingrich Deranged?
Short answer: Not completely.
By
Sarah Frank
equal rites
May 18, 2011
Dean Skelos Might Not Allow a Vote on Gay Marriage After All
The state Senate majority leader will have to run it by his caucus first.
By
Chris Rovzar
baby men
May 18, 2011
Senator Tom Coburn Is Not Happy With the World’s Most Famous Adult Baby
Because he’s getting Social Security.
By
Dan Amira
eye of newt
May 18, 2011
A Hundred Years From Now, People Will Tell Tales of Newt Gingrich’s Legendary Fortitude
“Out of the billowing smoke and dust of tweets and trivia emerged Gingrich.”
By
Dan Amira
the death throes of birtherism
May 18, 2011
Obama Selling Birth Certificate T-Shirts
No other president could excite his followers simply by reminding them that he was born in the United States.
By
Dan Amira
early and awkward
May 18, 2011
Peter King Will Run for President If He Doesn’t Have to Do Anything
“I’m not going to campaign,” he says, but he might be interested.
By
Dan Amira
love child
May 18, 2011
Which Politicians Kept Their Secret Children Secret the Longest?
From our Founding Fathers to our robot governors, it could be just months or entire centuries.
By
Dan Amira
cable news news
May 18, 2011
Joe Scarborough Loses It Over Confrontational Newt Gingrich Video
The giggles have infected ‘Morning Joe.’
By
Chris Rovzar
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