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Rape and the mind of God
Indiana's Richard Mourdock, Illinois' Joe Walsh and Missouri's Todd Akin aren't doctors. They are Republicans running for the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. But they appear to have special knowledge of how a woman's body works, not to...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Paul C. Broun, Paul Ryan, Elections
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Crystal Blog contest, 2012 results
Change of SubjectThe winner of this year’s coveted yet imaginary Crystal Blog trophy for most accurate election forecast is local gay activist, physician and author Carlos T. Mock, who correctly named the winner in all six races in the contest and correctly...... -
Left turn -- Dems, GOP battle to a draw, but liberals romp
Change of SubjectPolitically, it was a status quo election. Democrats held on to the White House and their majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s voting. Republicans preserved their majority in the House and increased by one their hold on the majority...... -
Crystal Blog contest, 2012
Change of SubjectI am now tallying these results and will present an aggregated prediction Monday afternoon, listen to "Mondays With Johnny" at 12:30 on WGN-AM 720 and I may try to slip them in. The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday’s...... -
Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....Tags: Republican Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Elections
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Presidential election or abortion referendum?
The platforms that the two political parties publish every four years are a lot like the warranties that come with washers or refrigerators: Nobody ever reads them, but if you do, you find that nothing in them actually applies. This year, though, the...Tags: PTA, Tampa, Republican Party, Abortion, Politics
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Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Republican Party, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Paul Ryan
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A platform for the next Republican nominee
Monday-morning quarterbacking is typically the preferred sport of the losing party. And the post-election GOP is no exception. The chattering class is full of explanations for Mitt Romney's loss: The candidate was too wealthy to be empathetic, too...Tags: Republican Party, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Labor Legislation, George W. Bush
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Whole lot of blaming going on
WASHINGTON -- And now begins the quadrennial exercise of coming to terms with the loss of a presidency. For the second time in a row, Republicans are the grieving party proceeding through the five stages. Denial. "I think this is premature," Karl Rove...
Tags: Republican Party, The Huffington Post, Politics, NBC (tv network), Executive Branch
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Column: Reality crashes the Republican Party
It turns out this presidential election wasn't so much about race after all, but about something bigger, more fundamental and harder to ignore. And there's a lesson here for shellshocked Republicans, still wondering how things went so wrong: It's time to...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Immigration, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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A political debate gaffe that just kept on giving
The Mourdock mistake was costly. It cost Republican Richard Mourdock his chance for a seat in the U.S. Senate. His race with Democrat Joe Donnelly had been a tossup. Mourdock was expecting tens of millions of dollars from super PACs to break the tie in...
Tags: Joe Donnelly, Republican Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Elections
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What's in a name?
The competitive nature of southwestern Indiana's 8th Congressional District has led pundits and political observers to call it "The Bloody 8th." We're starting to think north-central Indiana's 2nd District also deserves a nickname, albeit a less gruesome...
Tags: Real Time with Bill Maher (tv program), Joe Donnelly, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Donnelly, Politics
Oct 29, 2012
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Nov 9, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Aug 27, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Nov 12, 2012
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Nov 9, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Nov 11, 2012
|Column| South Bend Tribune
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