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Will She Run For Congress? Who Cares: It Makes Good Radionew

After she promoted and appeared at local tea-party protests, grassroots conservatives began courting spitfire radio host Darla Jaye to make a run for Kansas Democrat Dennis Moore's Congressional seat.
The Pitch  |  Alan Scherstuhl  |  12-15-2009  |  Politics

The Right Wing's Health Care Reform Town Hall All-Starsnew

With the Town Hall disruption craze inciting the nation and consuming news cycles, it seems there's a fresh crop of potential poster children powering the increasingly aggravated right-wing noise machine.
Boston Phoenix  |  Chris Faraone  |  08-19-2009  |  Commentary

Election '08: Backwards Bizarro Landnew

Welcome to Bizarro World, where the single-mother-raised working-class black guy is decried as an "elitist," while the lock-step well-branded military man is a "maverick."
NOW Magazine  |  Robert Priest  |  11-03-2008  |  Commentary

Huckabee Takes the Smart TV Routenew

While predictable, his joining Fox News as an expert inside commentator doesn't trivialize him. It is less than full immersion in a media career and partly a continuation of a political career. It's one of those cross-pollinated abominations of modern talking-head punditry. It also means he can't fail.
Arkansas Times  |  John Brummett  |  06-19-2008  |  Commentary

Wrong About Iraq, Conservative Pundits Keep Jobs

They were wrong about WMDs, being greeted as liberators and the Bush Administration's competence, yet right-wing pundits continue to get paid big bucks for the opinions in the mainstream media -- what's wrong with the marketplace of ideas?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  07-17-2007  |  Commentary

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