Ben Smith's Blogs
Ben Smith's Blogs
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Palin in Wisconsin
A moment of odd paranoia from Jonathan Martin's piece: In addition to the suggestion that government officials would consider hasteni
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Pelosi has the votes
POLITICO reports: Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill, House Democrats believe they've secured the 218 votes
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Remainders: #hcr
Unemployment is the highest it's been since the early 1980s. Deeds never figured out how to handle Obama. Jones and Ro
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Kucinich also unwelcome in Palm Beach
I mentioned yesterday that Mary Landrieu had been dumped by the Palm Beach County Democrats for her refusal to promise to vote for cloture on health
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Weisel blasts the tea party 'anti-Semitism': 'Indecent and disgusting'
Not much room for discussing who saw which sign in this statement from the Elie Wiesel Foundation: Elie Wiesel on the GOP Tea Party'
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A book tour of real America
A colleague notes that Sarah Palin's book tour retraces the steps of her fall campaign, which drew giant crowds in Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvani
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Deal wonders about that birth certificate
It's a meme that just won't die: U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, now a Republican candidate for governor, this morning declared himself in sym
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Obama's Tuesday numbers
Contra the RNC survey, my colleague Josh Gerstein pointed out Tuesday: [I]n New Jersey..., voters were asked if they approved of the
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RNC: It was about Obama
In its effort to nationalize the off-year results, the Republican National Committee released today a survey
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Kaine won't wield hatchet
From Martin and Harris: [Tim] Kaine, whose term as governor ends in January, said that with the 2009 races now done, his focus at the
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A Democrat leaves the fold, citing Obama
A member of the Texas House follows the well-worn path for Southern Democrats, and blames Obama: Rep. Chuck Hopson, D-Jacksonville, w
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Clamping down on Fox
Peter Nicholas: At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox N
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Paterson's buy
A source familiar with David Paterson's ad buy telle me he's going on air from November 6 to 12, and spending a total of $625,785 in Albany, Buffalo
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Jones's priority
vNational Security Advisor James Jones's departure from his prepared remarks in his J Street address -- which I noted earlier -- offers an unusual s
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Labor mulls contribution cut
Organized labor, still battling to stop plans to pay for health care through taxing expensive plans -- but unwillin to flatly oppose reform -- will
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Trouble at the 'epicenter'
National Security Advisor James Jones, speaking at J Street's conference a two weeks ago, departed from his prepared remarks in one extended passage
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Paterson hires Ickes
Marcia Kramer reports that David Paterson is "bringing on board campaign powerhouse Harold Ickes, who was former President Bill Clinton's Deput
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Paterson hires
Marcia Kramer reports that David Paterson is "bringing on board campaign powerhouse Harold Ickes, who was former President Bill Clinton's Deput
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Air Paterson
New York Governor David Paterson is up with a pair of ads, one (above) hitting back at critics, the other striking a more apologetic tone about &
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Remainders: Maine
The White House will nationalize 2010. Huckabee leads the 2012 field, and fewer than a third think Palin is qualified.
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