112th Congress
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Republican obstruction in the Senate reached a whole new level yesterday when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was forced to, well, filibuster himself. From The Huffington Post: A move to embarrass Democrats backfired on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as the Kentucky Republican proposed a vote on raising the nation’s debt ceiling — then filibustered it when the Democrats tried to take him up on the offer. Two things occur to me here. First, Senator McConnell should never play poker. Never. Second, remember when former Vice President Dick Cheney had a few choice words for Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in 2004? We should...
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Following President Barack Obama’s defeat of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Tuesday, many are wondering what brought Obama’s supporters back to the polls in an election year when the economy is still struggling and unemployment is still high. After all, Obama supporters defied history in reelecting the President. No President has been reelected with an unemployment rate this high since the Depression-era reelection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What’s more, America has not seen three consecutive two-term Presidents since Thomas Jefferson and his two successors. Some possible answers to this question have been gleaned from exit polls and common sense....
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