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		<title>Predictably Partisan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent NYT Op-Ed column, conservative commentator David Brooks wrote: &#8220;In the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the political debate has fallen into predictably partisan and often puerile categories. Conservatives say this is Obama’s Katrina. Liberals say the spill is proof the government should have more control over industry.&#8221;
Although I doubt it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Democrats Keep Losing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quote from a recent New York Times article on the health care reform legisltaion:
&#8220;Even if Democrats could reach agreement among themselves, Republicans have vowed to use every parliamentary weapon to block the legislation. By using budget reconciliation procedures, Senate Democrats could limit debate, but not necessarily the number of amendments, and Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Q &amp; &#8230;A?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her are a few questions I asked myself this week. I leave the answers up to you:
• Given that the Supreme Court divides up 5-4 on virtually every important case, with conservatives judges supporting the Republican viewpoint and liberals supporting the Democratic viewpoint &#8212; why should I have any respect for their decisions? If essentially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Supreme Court, Hypocrisy Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the mantra of Republicans regarding nominees to the Supreme Court? &#8220;We oppose &#8216;activist&#8217; judges, the ones who assume that the function of the Supreme Court is to write legislation rather than just interpret it; the ones who are willing to turn over years of precedents to achieve some political goal.&#8221;
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