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It became apparent fairly early in the evening last night that the Republicans were going to get thumped.  As state results began to march across the map, with major battleground states turning blue, and Tea Party candidates losing, Republican hopes waned.  Their plan simply didn't work.  The hundreds of millions of billionaires' money didn't work.  The politics of division didn't work.  The Tea Party revolution of 2010 failed. Despite almost unanimous prognostication that the race...

Over the weekend, the conservative blogosphere freaked out over an art print being sold by the Obama campaign.  The image was a free hand likeness similar to an American flag, with the Obama logo in the upper left corner.  Conservatives screamed that it was a "desecration" of the flag, even though it's not a flag at all.  Here's said offensive image: The fake outrage campaign worked, of course, and the poster no longer appears on...

The DNC just posted a video that's devastating to the Romney campaign.  Have a look: Is this the beginning of the end?...

Is it me, or has the cast of characters really changed in the GOP at the convention this year?  Also, what about the subjects that have been the keystones of Republican focus for over a decade?  Listening to the speeches last night, I was more struck by what is not being said and who is not present rather than who is there and what is being said. Who's missing?  Only former president George W. Bush,...

Nick Hanauer has been called an 'uber-rich' guy, and for good reason. In the time it takes to check out this link, he'll make more than most people do in a year.What makes him interesting enough to read about and watch is the fact that he think he should be taxed more and folks like us should be taxed less.Check him out below (be sure to watch the 6-minute video in the link) because, sadly,...

Cross-posted message for soldiers and families on Memorial Day.http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2012/05/memorial-day-2012.html...

My soldier had confirmation last week that he would indeed be deploying to Afghanistan next year. Bear in mind that we are supposedly going through a 'drawdown' in Afghanistan through 2014. But then again, we've now signed an agreement with Afghanistan to help them 'police' things for ten years (at least) after that.When will we figure it out?Did you know that one of the largest deposits of lithium in the world is supposedly in Afghanistan?...

There's an old expression that talks about finding out how the sausage is made. The general idea is that people are usually fine with the outcome, but when they take a look at the process that goes into creating the outcome, they suddenly lose their appetite. Sausage seems to be number one on that lists of products that people don't want to watch being made. Government might soon replace sausage on that lists.A political history...