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Kevin Drum: Why Republicans are Flummoxed by 9-9-9

Bob Cesca: Senate Republicans Successfully Filibuster American Jobs

Amanda Terkel: Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity?

Suzanne Mettler: Our Hidden Government Benefits

Alex Pareene: The tragic, hilarious “We Are the 53 percent” movement

Eugene Robinson: Raising up Herman Cain

The Rude Pundit: Photos That Point to the Inevitable Action Against the Occupation

Richard Cohen: The GOP Debate as Animal Planet

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Matt Yglesias: Paul Ryan’s Tax Plan Based On Discredited Heritage Foundation Analysis That Forecast Bush Boom

Mark Karlin: The Multi-Billion Dollar Brainwash of America's Middle Class

Suzy Khimm: Is GOP Medicare Ploy a Gift, or a Trap?

Steven D: GOP Wants to Kill Me (and You)

Alex Pareene: The Right Just Doesn't Get Journalism

David Frum: A Budget That Can't Budge

Jon Ward: Bill Kristol Attempt To Promote Paul Ryan 2012 Candidacy Falls Flat, But Coming Fight Over Spending Holds Wild Cards

Mark Follman: Juan Williams, Fox News Admit to Flagrant Error About Racial Prejudice

Angry Black Lady: 67% of Americans Support Obama’s GITMO Decision; Other 23% Cry Into their Wine Purses

Michael B. Keegan: The Terrible Twos: The Tea Party Throws a Tantrum

Joan Walsh: Mike Pence Backs More Abortions

Matt Taibbi: Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has Balls

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Alex Pareene: Watering the Tree of Liberty

Steve Benen: False Equivalency Watch

Paul Krugman: Climate of Hate

David Frum: What Palin Needed to Say After Giffords’ Shooting

Marty Kaplan: The "Lock and Load" Rhetoric of American Politics Isn't Just a Metaphor

John Dickerson: Palin Fails the Test - Sarah Palin's response to the Tucson shooting is defensive, illogical, distracting—and late.

William Saletan: Sarah Palin, Blood-Libel Hypocrite

Nicholas D. Kristof: Why Not Regulate Guns as Seriously as Toys?

E.J. Dionne: Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws

The Rude Pundit: Palin, Limbaugh, and O'Reilly Are Angry; Pie Still Yummy

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