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Tomasky Talk: The great GOP reality TV show game - video | Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky looks ahead to more budget battles over the federal debt ceiling and the Ryan plan – and ponders how the Republicans might select a presidential nomineeMichael Tomasky
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George H.W. Bush: not Kenyan, but certainly socialist | Michael Tomasky
Ezra Klein has an interesting piece today that is kind of old hat to most of us insidery-types but provides very interesting and useful information and context for those of you who have other things to...
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My news | Michael Tomasky
Well, I sort of thought at the beginning of the week that this would take care of itself, because the news was in Politico and Greg Sargent's blog at the Washington Post and I just thought some of you...
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Mitch Daniels and Planned Parenthood | Michael Tomasky
You'll recall the Planned Parenthood dust-up in Washington around government-shutdown time. Now it's moved to Indianapolis in a gruesome manifestation.The state senate there has passed a bill, which...
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Birthers and the persistence of racial paranoia | Michael Tomasky
The release of Barack Obama's birth certificate will not pacify the minority that cannot accept an African American presidentLet's stipulate at the outset that this whole birth certificate thing is...
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Senate will vote on Ryan plan | Michael Tomasky
I notice Harry Reid said yesterday that he'll schedule a Senate vote on the Ryan plan soon (no date set):Reid said that he wanted to see if Republicans in his chamber would be as supportive of the plan...
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The Gates Panetta Petraeus shuffle | Michael Tomasky
What do we make of this announcement, coming today, that Robert Gates will leave the Pentagon to be replaced by Leon Panetta, current CIA head, who will in turn be replaced by David Petraeus, who will...
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Worst American of Tomasky blog era | Michael Tomasky
Well it's sort of a slow news day on the politics front, and since we're tying up loose ends around here, I thought I might write a more general post in which we all consider the question: Who is the...
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Liberalism and bumper stickers | Michael Tomasky
Jon Chait has a funny post at TNR. He was reading Ryan Lizza's new New Yorker piece on Obama's foreign-policy shifts and quotes this Lizza passage:"The project of the first two years has been to...
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Obama to Alabama | Michael Tomasky
Obama's Alabama visit: every once in a while, politics can be put asideIt's good to see that President Obama is headed to Alabama Friday. These are the deadliest tornadoes in the US in 37 years, with...
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Friday quiz: and in the end... | Michael Tomasky
Our subject this week: what else? Endings. Of all sorts, as you'll see. Let us just proceed, shall we? I've made it a bit easier than usual because I hope everyone scores well this week!1. Scholars...
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One more argument: Trump and Obama | Michael Tomasky
Here's a little interesting news from Justin Elliott of Salon about the man who's always had great relations with "the blacks":In an episode early in Donald Trump's career, his New York real estate...
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And, goodbye | Michael Tomasky
I don't want to make this long or sentimental. Given the previous announcement, the quiz, today's video and now this, I can see how one who isn't particularly moved by my departure could conclude that...
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Tomasky Talk: Farewell predictions for 2012 - video
In his last ever Tomasky Talk, Michael looks into the future of the 2012 Republican nomination race, the presidential election itself and how taxation will be the clincherMichael Tomasky
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Obama, post-Osama
I know: Friday was my last day with the Guardian. But I haven't started my new gig yet, and if an event like this doesn't bring a journalist out of temporary retirement, then he better be checked for a...
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