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Obama’s reelection means that his will be a consequential presidency

Erika Johnsen — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:21:26 +0000

The shrinking of the pie.

I’m still collecting my thoughts on what we saw happen last night, and probably will be for awhile yet — in the coming days, there will be tons of analysis and data-crunching and commentary that we’ll all be trying to decipher. But, in the meantime, there’s at least some small sense I can make of [...]

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Video: SNL on debate – “The worst thing that ever happened”

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:31:20 +0000

Bonus... S.E. Cupp!

The recently reinvigorated cast of Saturday Night Live has been having a field day with the 2012 election and their ratings have shown a payoff for their efforts. Yes, the majority of their skits still tend toward skewering conservatives and Republicans, but to give credit where credit is due, they do take some shots at [...]

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Maddow: Democrats can’t win without the unions

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:01:17 +0000

The watershed moment.

Actually, I don’t disagree with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on this point, but I do disagree with her on what it means. Maddow argues that efforts to roll back collective bargaining privileges for unions — which she defines too broadly — means that unions will have less cash to spend on political activism, and that without [...]

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Maher: Fox would be a lot gentler to OWS protesters “if a brick came through Rupert Murdoch’s apartment”

Tina Korbe — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:45:10 +0000

Just rhetorical?

So far, no verifications of break-ins or violence at yesterday’s Millionaires March, brought to you by those oh-so-clean-and-courteous Occupy Wall Street protesters. But if that lack of property-possession-or-destruction persists, it won’t be for want of encouragement. Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show, always-over-the-top Bill Maher made this very polite and civil observation: “If a brick [...]

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Cable viewers love them some Fox

Tina Korbe — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:40:30 +0000

"Water is wet, the sun rises in the east and Fox News Channel averaged the most viewers of any cable news channel."

As usual, the Fox News Network dominated cable ratings for the second quarter. That’s the 38th straight quarter of Fox dominance, going back to the first quarter of 2002. Of the top 30 cable programs, the top 12 air on Fox — and the No. 15 slot is filled with a Fox show, as well. [...]

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