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Gingrich to soon be an ex-presidential candidate
… shutdowns so damaging to his own party that a fellow Republican peremptorily pulled the plug. "Our message is not a government shutdown ," said Sen. Bob Dole, the Senate Majority leader at the time. "Our message to the American people is a balanced …
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Fate of data held by Megaupload up in the air
… Megaupload was a criminal enterprise that facilitated illegal sharing of copyright-protected movies and TV shows. The government shut down the site when it charged the company's top officials earlier this year. Carpathia Hosting, the Dulles, Virginia company …
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Peter Coy on the Spending Cuts scheduled fpr 2013Peter Coy, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Economics Editor, on the Spending Cuts that are scheduled for January 1st, 2013.
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Romney of destructive capitalism and Obama's claim he is the 4th best president of all-time.Is Obama better than Washington? Jefferson? Reagan? He seems to think so.
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Forget Time Magazines Person of The Year- Who is Boston's Person Of The Year?
Some nominees include: Mayor Menino, The Red Sox from September and Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins.
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Pundit Review - Can GOP Frontrunner Newt Gingrich Beat Obama?Kevin Whalen discusses last nights GOP debate in Iowa. Do you think Newt Gingrich can take Romney for the nomination? And more importantly, can he beat President Obama?
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Jews For JanitorsPresident Obama spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus awards banquet over the weekend. Here is what the president said, catching himself almost in time but not quite: If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew, uh, as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that with a badge of honor. I have no problem with that. Howie wondered if this was some kind of freudian slip and is Obama unraveling.
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McCain Explains Tea Party Attack
… year. The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue and the public will turn en masse against Barack Obama.... Then Democrats would have no choice but …
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Budget Deal: The People Get Rolled
… policy riders in the bill still emerging 12 hours after Democratic and Republican leaders struck a deal to avert government shutdown . Maybe the Democrats were honing their manipulations for the big budget fight still to come - the brand new, 2012 …
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Government Shutdown
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White House Goal: Government Shutdown
… the president has been maneuvering to achieve a government shutdown for months. "It was either irresponsible on one ..... of events that would culminate inevitably in a government shutdown ," Senator Mike Lee said on the Senate floor today …
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Shields & Brooks on Wisconsin
… state the chickens are coming home to roost. David Brooks compliments the GOP for running a legislature instead of a Pelosi style dictatorship, but wonders what the exit strategy is on budget cuts. Is a government shutdown inevitable?
