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Kelisa Kehne-Cliff
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Interests: An Economy for All, Health Care for All, The Big Con
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Weekend Watchdog

By Terrance Heath
September 5th, 2008

The conventions are behind us, and as the balloons and confetti are swept up, it's time for for the watchdog to make its weekend rounds. The Sunday show line-up particularly interesting this week, both because of the names you see and the names you don't see. 

At least one politician who made a big splash this week isn't taking any questions for a while, but there's lots of time to study (and time for tutoring) on the way home for all the questions to come on the campaign trail. In the meantime, we'll have to make do with the line-up we've got.

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The Resentment Strategy

By Paul Krugman
From nytimes.com
September 5th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Mr. Krugman makes the Nixon comparison and cites Nixonland.

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St. Paul Notes (Final Notebook Dump)

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

• That "JUST SAY NO TO B.O." bumper sticker with the picture of Barack that I mentioned yesterday? I asked one of the vendors selling it, "Isn't it a little juvenile to say your political opponent smells?" Answer: "Well, maybe he does. You never know." more »

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Sarah's America (two)

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

Here's another NIXONLAND parallel. In 1966 George Wallace, when he couldn't run for governor again because of Alabama law, decided to run his wife Lurleen instead. more »

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Sarah's America

By Rick Perlstein
September 5th, 2008

I love this bit from a September 2 Wall Street Journal article about Wasilla, Alaska, under the Sarah Palin regime:

Wasilla has neither a planning nor a zoning board, and it shows. “The box stores and businesses are king,” says Curt Menard, mayor of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which includes Wasilla. The town “is a wild, wild West show, in the development sense.” more »

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The Republican straight talk express.

Submitted by Robert Kerner
September 5th, 2008

Here is the link to a video clip of some Neocons feeding sheep dip to the wing nuts.

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From the People Who Brought You Misery...

By Bernie Horn
September 5th, 2008

Do you remember the "misery index" that became an iconic feature of the economic debates in the late 1970s and 1980? Well, it's back and it's bad—worse than it has been in more than 17 years. Progressives need to talk about the misery index and argue for bold economic policies. Let's talk about it. more »

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Sarah's Trigonetry

By Rick Perlstein
September 4th, 2008

Enormously gratifying to see how many bloggers have found my book NIXONLAND illuminating of Sara Palin's speech last night, and of the Republicans' convention narrative generally. more »

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White Christian America versus Everybody Else

By Sara Robinson
September 4th, 2008

In the current issue of The Nation (which also featured a cover story co-authored by our own Bob Borosage), Chris Bowers pointed out a structural truth that lies at the heart of both American political parties. In the Age of Reagan, it came to pass that the GOP consolidated itself as the party of people who are white and Christian. more »

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John Kerry works the road bicycling addled crowd.

By Jonathan Vaughters
From slipstreamsports.com
September 4th, 2008
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slipstreamsports.com — OK. I admit this is my niche, and I liked Kerry already. But this posting gave John Kerry actual credibility with roadies. Shaved legs! No way! Some of the insider talk may elude you but to put things into perspective Vaughter’s is saying that Kerry was descending at 55MPH. I don’t like that on straight roads.

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