The GOP Meltdown Continues

Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC‘s The Ed Show to talk about Romney’s Olympic hypocrisy, and Santorum’s war against women. Related articles New Deal Apologist Mike Papantonio Praises FDR Scheme to Pack Supreme Court (newsbusters.org) John Amato and Mike Papantonio on the Stupidity Of GOP Debates (crooksandliars.com) TRENDING: Santorum: Romney earmarked his way through the Olympics [...]

HermieGate – Herman Cain’s Swan Song – The Complete Ginger White Interview

Haven’t we gotten tired of hearing of Herman Cain’s exploits? Or is America being played like a fiddle, just to sell books?  Ginger White is Herman Cain’s latest accuser, who says she had a 14 year affair with the former GOP front-runner. Part 1 Part 2

Newt starts to court the Fringe elements of the GOP, birthers, conspiracy theorist, and the like

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich took aim at President Obama while campaigning in South Carolina, expressing suspicion about his background as a community organizer in Chicago.

WTF? Sarah Palin believes she could beat Obama if she runs in 2012….Really?

WASHINGTON | Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:47pm EST (Reuters) – Tea Party champion Sarah Palin says she thinks she could beat President Barack Obama in 2012, sending more signals she may run for the Republican presidential nomination in the next election. Palin, John McCain’s vice presidential nominee in 2008 and former governor of Alaska, is doing nothing [...]

Can Progressives and Tea Partiers Find Love Across the Aisle?

With the first shock waves of Tuesday’s election reverberating across Washington and the country, armchair pundits are taking it as gospel that the results will inevitably mean gridlock as progressives and newly elected Tea Partiers lock horns in mortal combat. This may be true on a number of issues, but there might also be several surprising areas of convergence, including on some aspects of foreign-policy. For many people, the Tea Party’s foreign policy agenda has been largely a cipher. As Kate Zernike noted, “Tea Partiers say they want to focus on economic conservatism, meaning that they don’t spend a lot of time talking about other topics — foreign policy, or social issues like gay marriage and abortion.” But it is not so difficult to predict where the Tea Party impulse lies on a number of issues.