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Jed Lewison

Still Lying: Top McCain Aide Claims McCain Urged Firing Rumsfeld

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Sunday morning on Meet The Press, McCain chief strategist Steve Schmidt trotted out one of John McCain's tired old lies, the false claim that McCain h...

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Jed Lewison

Fact Check: McCain Lied About Financial Crisis Warning

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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John McCain lied right out of the gate during tonight's debate, claiming that he had warned us about the financial crisis that we are now facing. But ...

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Jed Lewison

CNN Calls Out McCain Lie: Obama Does Have A Plan For Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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John McCain keeps on outdoing himself with his lies. Now he's trying to make the totally false case that Barack Obama doesn't have a plan for the econ...

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Pants (suit) on fire

Mark Kleiman | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Mark Kleiman

Here's what Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the debate tonight. The facts are that [Obama] said in the last week that he really liked the ideas of the...

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We Got It Wrong. New Hampshire Voters Got It Right.

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

On the morning after the New Hampshire primary, one strong conclusion can be drawn: the media collectively blew it. This should be seen as downright ...

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Lieberman Peddles the Old Iraq-9/11 Connection

Chris Durang | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Chris Durang

I'm not in favor of invading Pakistan or deposing the Saudi Arabian royal family, but as ideas they at least connect with 9/11. But Senator Lieberman didn't mean any of that, did he?

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