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01.21.14 | 1:51 pm
Not Since the Dodgers Left Ebbets Field

Hannity threatens to leave New York over Cuomo’s remarks about “extreme conservatives.”

01.21.14 | 11:50 am
From Impeachment to Execution

Florida state House candidate: “I’m past impeachment. It’s time to arrest him and hang him high.”

In other words, this candidate says the president needs to be lynched.

01.21.14 | 11:44 am
Booker Won’t Go to Christie Inaugural

Sen. Cory Booker (D) has been conspicuously silent as his home state’s politics have been engulfed in the various charges and investigations emerging from the GWB bridge closure back in September. Now he’s saying he won’t attend Christie’s inaugural. So what’s up with Sen. Booker (D)? Why is he so resolutely on the sidelines? Even now?

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01.21.14 | 9:30 am
22nd Amendment Curse?

Ed Kilgore does the analysis on whether the 22nd Amendment has really created a “third-term curse” for political parties.

01.21.14 | 7:58 am
Old School, Baby

Chris Matthews is not diggin’ President Obama’s suggestion that marijuana is not “more dangerous than alcohol” and possible ‘evolution’ on marijuana legalization.

01.20.14 | 8:04 pm
Best Foot Forward?

The Final Solution it ain’t. But when I saw this ad today, I scratched my head and wondered whether the ad folks doing the creatives for Microsoft’s Surface campaign weren’t aware there is some controversy about the ubiquitous practice touching up, slimming, flattening and general re-body-shaping women for photo shoots in magazines. (The ad helpfully notes “program sold separately.)

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01.20.14 | 7:31 pm
On Message

This is sort of a side note to my post below. But tuning back in to the latest in the Christie saga, I sense a lack of message consistency.

If I’m understanding this we have at least three messages.

1. We found some bad apples; they’re gone.

2. F&#k our accusers! And watch out because we might just survive this and we won’t forget.

3. Christie still trying to get his arms around this awful thing happened. But when he does, he’s going to fix it. And he’s going to learn from it. And when he learns it, he’ll let you know.

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01.20.14 | 5:43 pm
Whistleblower

Reading Matt Bai’s interview with Chris Christie at Yahoo News! (I couldn’t help it; seemed funny somehow to actually include their exclamation point), I think I get where Christie is going with this, perhaps before others see it.

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01.20.14 | 2:50 pm
‘Lady Mayor’

The phrase of the day is courtesy of ex-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.

01.20.14 | 2:43 pm
Derp, MLK Holiday Edition

Sarah Palin takes a moment on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to tell President Obama to honor the late Civil Rights giant by not playing the “race card.”