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McCain comes out for shellshock.
During the presser, Obama took direct aim at Sens. McCain and Graham for their comments today about Susan Rice’s capabilities and truthfulness. Watch.
Sen. Graham has already responded with a written statement that reads in part: “Mr. President, don’t think for one minute I don’t hold you ultimately responsible for Benghazi. I think you failed as Commander in Chief before, during, and after the attack.”
President Obama’s first post-election press conference is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch.
This is probably the best election map yet. Gives a clearer view of where partisan support is and – critical – where the actual people are.
The 6 most bizarre right-wing freakouts to Obama’s reelection.
Pelosi says she’s staying on as leader.
Watch Pelosi’s press conference live here.
Interesting poll data showing that the age gradient on marijuana policy is similar to that on gay marriage, if not quite as extreme. Voters under 30 support it, the population at large is roughly divided and older voters are strongly opposed. In some ways, this is the McGovern McCain redux, forty years later, only now it’s winning.
What I’m curious about in this case: is this age gradient new? As in it would not surprise me if kids have always been pretty open to legalization. And perhaps their views change as they get older? Not sure. But I’m starting to wonder whether marijuana will even be illegal – at least in most of this country – in ten years.
Romney Wisconsin co-chair says if only they’d had voter ID, Romney would have won the state.
One of the odd subplots in the Petraeus story is the decision of Gens. Petraeus and Gen. Allen to intervene in the intense custody dispute between Jill Kelley’s sister Natalie and her estranged husband Grayson P. Wolfe. Wolfe turns out to be a former Bush administration official who worked in Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad (Bremer’s outfit) opening Iraq up to private sector investment.
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Earlier today we learned that Jill Kelley, the ridiculous person at the center of the Petraeus scandal, had called police over the weekend to shoo people off her lawn and in the process invoked her “diplomatic inviolability” to bewildered police officers. At first I assumed that this was some nonsensical immunity claim to her honorary role as “social liaison” at Centcom in Tampa.
But this was premature.
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It’s not just an escape from work anymore. In fact, it could lead to work: Facebook is entering the job market. Or the jobs listing market, to be more specific. On Wednesday, the world’s largest social network (1.01 billion users and counting) launched a new Web application – the “Social Jobs App,” a way for users to search for over 1.7 million jobs originally posted on other websites including Monster.com and US.jobs, but without leaving Facebook to do so. “The new SJP app is a…
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Mitt Romney has a simple explanation for donors as to why his presidential campaign came up short: President Obama gave out too much stuff. According to reports in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, the former Republican nominee said during a call with donors on Wednesday that Obama had been “very generous” in doling out “big gifts” to “the African American community, the Hispanic community and young people” as well as to women throughout his first term. Benefits such as…
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Developing: President Obama won the election last week. And he thinks that means he can get what he wants. Despite a careful avoidance of the word “mandate” and a back-to-business attitude at the White House since Nov. 6, the President and his staff are pounding a steady and constant message: we won, and we intend to capitalize on it. There was no greater example of this than at Wednesday’s press conference, when the president hearkened back to his presidential campaign and his…
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A new setback for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) defeated Rep. Tom Price (GA) on Wednesday to become the next House Republican Conference Chairman, according to a person in the room during the vote.
It’s a wake-up call for Ryan, who urged colleagues in a letter Tuesday morning to support Price, the former chief of the deeply conservative Republican Study Committee, and favorite of the party’s right wing.
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Republicans leaders are lining up to blame failed Senate candidates Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock for dragging down the party with their comments on rape. But Democratic women say that their success this election cycle ran far deeper than one or two meltdowns.
And they have plenty to brag about this week. President Obama won re-election with strong support from female voters and the Senate will soon have more women than ever thanks to a number of hard fought victories by female candidates.
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President Obama is giving Republicans in Congress a tough assignment: If you don’t want marginal tax rates on top earners to go up, bring me an alternative way to raise $1 trillion in revenue without burdening the middle class. Politically and mathematically speaking, it’s a nearly impossible task. And moreover, Obama said he won’t allow Republicans to use dubious conservative theories about tax cuts, or vague promises of future action, to meet it. But importantly, it’s also a way…
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Less than a month before Election Day, President Obama signed a secret directive that clarifies what types of actions the military is allowed to take to protect the nation from cyber threats, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Called “Presidential Policy Directive 20,” the directive is an update to a 2004 directive issued by then President Bush. The new version “explicitly makes a distinction between network defense and cyber operations,” that is, attacks or offensive actions, a …
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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s last-minute change to how provisional ballots were handled violated the Constitution and Ohio election law, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Husted ordered elections officials on Nov. 2 to only count a provisional ballot if the voter had noted what type of identification he or she was using. But U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley ruled that Husted’s directive could disenfranchise voters and called it “a flagrant violation of a state elections law,”…
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) will ascend two ranks on the Republican leadership ladder despite running his party’s Senate campaign arm ahead of its unexpected losses last week. The Texan, who chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee in both the 2010 and 2012 election cycles, was elected Wednesday by colleagues to replace outgoing Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ) as GOP Whip – the No. 2 role behind Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY), who will remain Minority Leader. “It’s an honor to be elected by…
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The re-election of President Obama last week was just too much for some conservatives to handle. Although the doomsday pronouncements of the past four years have yet to materialize, some Americans couldn’t help themselves from freaking out over the news that the president will be here for one more term. TPM has compiled the six most bizarre reactions to Obama’s victory. 1. Obama’s Hired, But You’re Fired Some of the nation’s CEOs took their frustration out on their employees. Robert …
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In a private meeting with fellow Democrats, including newly elected members of the House, Nancy Pelosi announced to a round of applause and chants of “two more years” that she will remain the party’s minority leader.
Pelosi held her decision tightly until she made the announcement to her caucus, but word leaked to reporters the moment she broke the news internally. The year 2013 will mark her 10th year as the top Democrat in Congress, four of which she spent as the first female speaker of the House.
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Stephen Colbert was just enjoying a nice cup of tea, recovering from last week’s election, when CNN broke in with some 2016 speculation. But why stop there? In response to the already swirling 2016 speculation, Colbert on Tuesday launched his “Election 2072: Race to the White Orb” coverage. It’s likely going to be a matchup between Robo-Cheney and a swarm of “sentient nano-hornets,” Colbert said. Stay tuned. Watch the video: The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c2072:…
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