Editors’ Blog - 2012
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03.08.12 | 5:48 am
Kinda Feel Sorry For The Guy

The doomed Senate candidacy of Chuck Hassebrook could come to an end as soon as today.

03.08.12 | 5:49 am
Down South

Santorum super PAC going up on the air in Mississippi and Alabama.

03.08.12 | 5:57 am
Outrage

TPM Reader MT can’t hold back …

The “controversy” around President Obama’s 1990 speech at Harvard on the occasion of the late Professor Bell’s decision to take a leave of absence to protest Harvard’s hiring practices is shameful in what it implies (full disclosure — Professor Bell taught me Constitutional Law at NYU during his self-imposed exile from Harvard).

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03.08.12 | 8:25 am
EXCLUSIVE

TPM can reveal that not only did President Obama hug a man back in 1990, but he’s still hugging people today.

Look.

03.08.12 | 10:59 am
A Deal Is Not A Deal

Congressional Republicans set to renege on budget deal.

03.08.12 | 11:21 am
No Good Deed

Back in September Ed Fry, an Occupy movement lawyer from Santa Cruz, California, put up a $35,000 bond on behalf of homeless Anonymous hacker “Commander X” (aka Christopher Doyon).

Now Commander X has absconded to Canada and the Feds want Fry to pay up.

03.09.12 | 4:13 am
Breakfast Is Ready

Who says Mitt Romney can’t appeal to southern voters.

The man likes grits, and he’ll tell you so.

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03.09.12 | 5:21 am
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Steps Down

Ken Ard will now have a lot more free time to polish his Playstation skills.

03.09.12 | 6:41 am
Eye On The Future

An awesome assembly of visions of our urban future.

03.09.12 | 10:24 am
Understanding the Election

The Republicans had an awful mid-term election in 1982 and Ronald Reagan cruised to a historic landslide two years later in 1984. A rebounding economy was a huge factor in the change. Is something even remotely similar going to happen with Barack Obama in 2012? Here’s a really important chart showing the similarities and differences between the economic trajectory during the two periods. Take a look.