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Political Junkie: What's Next For Health Care?

3 weeks ago on NPR Topics: Politics & Society
In this week's political junkie, NPR political editor Ken Rudin discusses what will happen next in health care legislation now that a key Senate committee has passed the overhaul bill. He'll also talk about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, and Obama's promise to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."»…

Political Junkie: Sotomayor, Burris

3 months ago on NPR Topics: Politics & Society
NPR's Political Junkie blogger, Ken Rudin, talks about the week in political news, including the political theatrics of Judge Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Sen. Roland Burris' decision not to seek a full term, this week's trivia question, and politics in Nevada.» E-Mail…

Political Junkie: Obama, Sotomayor, Palin

3 months ago on NPR Topics: Politics & Society
NPR's Ken Rudin talks about President Obama's upcoming news conference on health care; a delayed vote on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination; and Sarah Palin's fast-approaching final day as governor of Alaska. Rudin is joined by Paul Mulshine, a columnist for The Star Ledger in…

Election day 2009, a cautionary note

4 days ago on Power Line
Much will be made of the outcome of today's elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and a single congressional district in New York. That's natural. Political junkies crave election results. Tonight, for the first time in a year, they will get some. Thus, quite apart from those who are in the…

Political Junkie: Wilson, Health Care, And ACORN

1 month ago on NPR Topics: Politics & Society
The House reprimanded Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his decision not to apologize to the House for his "you lie" outburst. Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee has revealed a health bill. Also, House Republicans push to end all federal funding of ACORN.» E-Mail This     » Add to…

Alan Turing May Receive His Long Awaited Due

1 month ago on Daily Kos
If the name Alan Turing rings a bell, it's probably because of the Turing Test. But creating the…… We condemn the post WW2 British government for their inexcusable, barbaric actions. But as any political junkie knows, that bigotry and hatred still burns bright, it lingers right into…

Election Night 2009

3 days ago on Concurring Opinions
Like any good political junkie, I have been spending the past few hours switching back and forth between MSNBC and CNN on the television while frantically reloading talkingpointsmemo.com on my laptop.  We have results in for the two big governors races, with Republicans picking up wins in…

The Return of the Quizzical – What came first, the frenzy or the tweet?

1 week ago on AngryBlackBitch
Lawd, a bitch is tired as hell and bitter about it.I’ve got too much shit to do.Get thee gone,……a damn thing about Sarah Palin or Iowa or if her ass was going to be in Iowa in November. My political junkie ass had to Google that shit…and all I found were regional pieces talking…

Lindsey Graham and the Failure of Real-Time Search

3 months ago on GigaOM
I’m a political junkie in my spare time, so I have the Sotomayor confirmation hearings playing on C-SPAN as I write today. But while I heard some of Lindsey Graham’s surprisingly honest and heartfelt opening statement, I missed a chunk of it. Alas, I don’t have a DVR, so I couldn’t just…

Arturo Perez: VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. 'Latino in America'

3 weeks ago on The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
When I was a teenager, my Mom and I would make dinner together every night. It was a nice way for us to spend time together, and a great way for me to steal her recipes. My mom is a political junkie, and CNN's Lou Dobbs' show was usually on as we cooked. At first Dobbs concentrated on financial…

Michael Giltz: CDs -- Matthew Sweet: Back In Bed With Susanna Hoffs

1 month ago on Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com
Is there something in the air? Not since the Sixties has there been such an explosion of duet……says Sweet, who chats away by phone, excited to be talking with Huffington Post since he's a political junkie. (Not to mention a tech junkie, he can talk at length about software and is…

CAMPAIGN 2009: Hopefuls for Indiana Area school board outline positions

1 week ago on News from www.indianagazette.com
The campaign for Indiana Area School District board should have any political junkie licking his chops. The race features three distinct dynamics.There are Leonard Anderson and Walter Schroth campaigning as a team as they did in 2005.

Where In The World Is Gov. Mark Sanford?

4 months ago on NPR Topics: Politics & Society
Political junkie Ken Rudin takes on the week, including newly released audio of President Richard Nixon and "missing" Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC). Also, NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea talks about accusations of "preferential treatment" at President Obama's press conference.» E-Mail…

David Sirota: Engaging In Dubious Battle

1 year ago on The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
There is nothing like getting completely off the grid to clear one's mind, and put things into perspective - and there is no place better to do……ballad that is Campaign 2008. I say it is nonsensical because when, as a political junkie, you take a full break for even a week, and then…

Open Thread

5 months ago on Crooks and Liars
Steve Gilliard -- my blogfather and a one of the genuine masters of the form -- died two years ago today. Which, of course, tells you nothing. So……policy drew on his strengths as a historian, journalist and hard-core political junkie and established a basic motif that Gilly would return…
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