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Michele Bachmann's 'Rogue' Response to Obama Is a Reminder to GOP Leaders of Tea Party's Clout

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. January 26, 2011.

There was a media squabble that Republican luminaries were competing to go after Obama's speech, but the message was the same, and the Tea Party barons are smiling.

How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment

Dan Bischoff, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 29, 2010.

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.

The Tea Party Is Dangerous: Dispelling 7 Myths That Help Us Avoid Reality About the New Right-Wing Politics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 1, 2010.

It may be fashionable to dismiss the Tea Party and its radical, right-wing pals, but we do so at our peril.

Enough With 'Bipartisan Consensus' Already -- Ignore the Republicans and Reform Wall St.

Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. April 24, 2010.

If the Senate Democratic Leadership can resist the snake oil of a bipartisan deal, the bill will probably get stronger as it works its way through Congress.

Steele Admits RNC 'Seniors' Bill Of Rights' Is Pure Politics, Dismisses Critics As 'Washington Inside Poop'

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Politics. October 6, 2009.

RNC Chair Michael Steele told Laura Ingraham: "The one thing I've always stated from day one is I don't do policy, I do politics."

It's Official: Sotomayor First Latina U.S. Supreme Court

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

By an easy 68-31 margin, lawmakers lifted the 55-year-old appeals court judge to the bench that serves as the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution.

Sonia Sotomayor Faces Final Vote

Agence France Presse August 5, 2009.

Sotomayor is expected to win Senate confirmation as early as Thursday as the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Republicans Will Be Toast in 2010 If the Dems Pass Health Reform, and They Know It

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 21, 2009.

If Obama and the Democrats get health care reform done, the Republican Party is finished in the next election. So it's pulling out the stops.

GOP Hypocrisy on Health Care Knows No Bounds

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. June 18, 2009.

How do they live with the screaming, dissonant voices inside their heads?

Obama's Plan to Close Gitmo Hits Another Roadblock

Agence France PresseJune 5, 2009.

A new bill would bar the government from releasing any of the 240 remaining detainees until the administration presents a plan to Congress.

Do Conservatives Actually Believe Their Own Lies?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 23, 2009.

Blatant dishonesty for partisan gain is much easier to understand than rampant stupidity among leading federal lawmakers.

Democrats Deal Blow to Guantanamo Closure

Agence France PresseMay 19, 2009.

Barack Obama's plan to close the prison camp by early 2010 hits a snag as his Senate allies move to deny his $80 million request.

Why Are Some Democrats Calling For Obama to Keep Guantanamo Open?

Agence France PresseMay 18, 2009.

Lawmakers, including Virginia Senator Jim Webb, are urging Obama to delay his January deadline for shuttering Gitmo.

Top Neocon Max Boot: Obama 'Continuing and Expanding' Bush's Foreign Policy

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. March 30, 2009.

In his latest love letter to Obama, Boot calls his Afghanistan plan "all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for."

Republican Leaders Split on Geithner Plan

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 24, 2009.

Republican leaders in Congress offered a range of reactions on Monday to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan.

GOP Civil War: Senator Threatens to Resign to Hurt Fellow Republicans

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 2, 2009.

Sen. Jim Bunning is making some republicans pretty nervous.

All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast; Why Obama's Iraq Speech Deserves a Second Look

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. February 28, 2009.

Obama's speech promising a full withdrawal from Iraq adopted the long-discredited narrative of the Bush administration.

Right-Wingers and Neocons Love Obama's Cabinet Appointments

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 30, 2008.

A collection of praise for Obama's White House team from Karl Rove, David Brooks, Henry Kissinger and more.

Media Campaign Goes After Four GOP Senators for Their Iraq Support [VIDEO]

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 7, 2007.

Leading Republican senators who have supported Bush's Iraq policy to the hilt are the targets of a major ad campaign by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq.

McConnell Gets His Payback from the Debt Industry

Anya Kamenetz, David Donnelly, Courier-Journal. March 2, 2007.

GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was instrumental in the passage of a bankruptcy bill that made it tough for Americans to deal with their debts -- and now the banking and credit card industry is rewarding him handsomely.