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Sherrod Brown Calls GOP's Bluff on Health Reform; Ruins Cheap Partisanship of Vitter, Coburn

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 4, 2009.

Brown wants to co-sponsor legislation by some of the most outspoken opponents of health-care reform.

Meet the Senators in the Creepy Right-Wing Cult Trying to Defeat Health Care Reform

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.

The Family has spent decades consolidating power within the GOP and may have come to dominate the party even among those who do not belong to the cult.

Senator Tom Coburn Launches War on Poli-Sci

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 8, 2009.

Because ... well, because he's not entirely stable.

Obama Can't Afford to Take Right-Wing Lunatics Seriously Anymore

Frank Rich, The New York Times. August 24, 2009.

A GOP senator's apologia for far-right fanatics bearing arms at presidential events -- that the government makes them do it! -- cannot stand.

Coburn Places A Hold On HIV/AIDS Prevention Bill

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. June 11, 2008.

The GOP Senator has a habit of blocking progressive medical legislation.