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With the revelations over Bain Capital, this is an increasingly popular position-especially if my Twitter feed is any indication-but I think it's an over-reaction. As far as candidate quality is ...

Spencer Ackerman points out that Secretary Bob Gates pegged the Gitmo recidivism rate at a significantly lower number than Dick Cheney did yesterday, "four to five percent" to Cheney's "eleven or ...

Recent opera-related disagreements with Jonah aside, I think this argument he highlights as explanation of Air America's tumble into bankruptcy is pretty sound (conclusion, of course, excepted): The ...

Sergio Chapa is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Houston as well as the co-author of the book ‘Frontera: A Journey Across the US-Mexico Border.’ ...

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According to Greg Sargent, Dean means to throw his considerable weight behind a Democracy for America campaign "to build support for the public insurance option in Congressional districts across the ...