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07.05.12 | 4:08 pm
The End of a Dream

See the conservatives who once loved Jonathan Krohn — Newt, Mitt, Karl Rove, vote fraud fraudster James O’Keefe and so so many more.

Ed.Note: The Nobel Committee has judged this the slideshow of the year.

07.05.12 | 1:43 pm
Count ‘Em

How many times does Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) say “Ashleigh” in today’s trainwreck interview with CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield?

 
 
 
 
 

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07.05.12 | 1:33 pm
Picture of the Day

Words fail me. Just look.

07.05.12 | 12:54 pm
Ashleigh! Ashleigh!

Trainwreck Congressman Joe Walsh goes on CNN. CNN welcomes him with trainwreck interview.

Watch.

07.05.12 | 12:05 pm
‘False And Ridiculous’

Romney camp responds to Democratic broadside on his Bermuda holdings.

07.05.12 | 11:22 am
Fehrnstromentum?

I’m on record saying Washington Republicans erred by glomming on to the Supreme Court’s ACA ruling to attack President Obama for secretly raising taxes. Not that the RNC and congressional Republicans didn’t have their own good reasons. Obviously they did. But that on the whole it would’ve made sense to defer to the Romney camp’s original view that the mandate is a penalty — not a tax — that the Court should have struck down.

Well we know how the story ended. Read More

07.05.12 | 10:17 am
Glad We Got That Cleared Up

In which NRO’s Jim Geraghty, responding to Benjy Sarlin‘s piece, defends not including giant anonymous contributions from 501(c)(4) entities in his analysis of which side is benefitting most from outside money in the post-Citizens United world. Shorter rationale: It’s hard to find those numbers.

07.05.12 | 9:50 am
Take Notes, San Diego

DC, where we know how to do fireworks one at a time.

07.05.12 | 9:32 am
Roberts’ Rules

I’ve received a fair amount of email and Twitter traffic from conservatives upset with Chief Justice John Roberts for upholding the Affordable Care Act in what they construe to be a political way. They essentially imply that Roberts doesn’t believe his own written opinion — that he upheld the law to protect himself and the Court — and to support this view, they note that Roberts’ controlling opinion meanders uncharacteristically toward its contentious conclusion.

If you’re an ACA critic, that’s a convenient reading of the facts. So I’d like to propose a thought experiment. Read More

07.05.12 | 8:58 am
Kryptonite

I’ll just say it: I don’t think the political pundit class understands just how toxic the Swiss/Caymans/Bermuda accounts issue is for Romney. Not that they don’t know it’s a liability at all. But I don’t think they realize the extent of it.

Here’s a report just out from ABC News on how Ted Strickland introduced Obama in Ohio … Read More