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Would a Perry v. Obama Contest Be a Confederacy v. Union Rematch?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 16, 2011.

For conservatives, Perry victorious would mean nothing less than the South as a phoenix in the form of an eagle, rising from the ashes of a short-lived and fallen nation.

We Could Have Had a Public Option: Then Some Senators Lied to Us

Chris Bowers, Open Left. December 18, 2009.

We all need to remember that the only reason we didn't win the public option campaign was because a few Senators lied to us.

Making Sense of the Senate's Inside Game

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 29, 2009.

Understanding this stuff offers a window into the prospects of health reforms passing.

Columngate: The Media's Latest Alarmist Non-Story

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast. August 28, 2008.

Is this really the best they can come up with?

Bush's Olympic Plans: Go To China, Applaud, Politely Ignore Human Rights Abuses

dday, Hullabaloo. August 5, 2008.

Yes, if history has taught us anything, it's that one should never use moments like these to shed light on the injustices of the world.

Abe Lincoln's Antiwar Record

Eric Foner, The Nation. March 7, 2007.

How falsified quotations have allowed conservatives to misappropriate Lincoln's legacy.