Did Dubya doom brother Jeb’s political career

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 Back in the day, it was Jeb Bush, not George W., who was expected to follow their father’s footsteps toward the White House.

 Of course, that’s not the way it worked out, and now Jeb is DAMAGED GOODS because his bro screwed up.

TPM does the day in 100 seconds

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Limbaugh and other pseudo-patriotic wingnuts call for boycott of GM

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 These people are so hateful of Barack Obama, they’ll stop at nothing to help ensure his — and America’s — failure.

 Such is the nature of conservative leadership these days.

 Read about it HERE.

Here’s how business media failed in run-up to current recession

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The current issue of Columbia Journalism Review has THIS LONG PIECE on the failings of the business media during the years prior to the current economic crisis.

Why are male-dominated constituencies most likely to elect women to public office?

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THIS STUFF is another example of why Nate Silver, numbers-cruncher extraordinaire, is a national treasure.

Gallup says Obama’s overall rating remains high, but not on deficit spending

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THESE are the first significant indications of growing public impatience with President Obama’s performance on certain issues.

Burris blames media for his problems

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 Sounding more like a conservative Republican than a liberal Democrat, Sen. Roland Burris SAYS he’s been treated unfairly by the media.

 UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky SAYS she won’t challenge Burris in next year’s Democratic primary.

Even conservatives and churchgoers would allow openly gay troops in U.S. military

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 The inexorable trend toward more permissive attitudes among Americans regarding homosexuality is EVIDENCED in a new Gallup poll on the issue of gays in the U.S. military.

 In response to the question of whether openly gay men and lesbian women should be allowed to serve in the military, solid majorities of self-styled conservatives and regular churchgoers answered affirmatively.

 The shift of popular opinion on this issue in recent years is but one of many indications, it seems to me, that the right is losing the so-called culture war in America.

 UPDATE:  The U.S. Supreme Court today REJECTED a challenge to the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gays in the military.