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A recent poll showed Josh Penry , center, making no headway against Gov. Bill Ritter.

A subcontractor on the Hanford Reservation will run as a Democrat against U.S. Rep.

By Scott Butterworth President Obama began his weekly Internet and radio address on Saturday with these words: "This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers." Did the president, speaking directly about the man suspected in the ...

Those who are looking for signs of problems in Gary Nodler's Quixotic third effort to become Seventh District Congressman, need look no further than his first major endorsement.

Michele Bachmann to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, AFP has been encouraging right-wing activists to board their buses - free of charge - to attend the rally .

Something went very wrong for Hoffman. And what went wrong is a cautionary note as the Republicans head into 2010.

You have probably heard the phrase, "Bad publicity is better than no publicity." Celebrities have made a living off their embarrassing exploits.

The conservative coup in upstate New York did much more than lay bare the power of conservative activists: It exposed how little control GOP officials hold over this surging and formidable political movement.

Among the more comic story lines of the Republican war on health care reform has been the Party's side-splitting defense of Medicare .

Sometimes, you admire someone before you meet him. Such was the case with Max Blumenthal.

Do we really want the Supreme Court to follow public opinion? Damon W. Root October 28, 2009 During the height of last summer's Senate confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Sen.

Last winter, a remote Texas prison convulsed in a cry of outrage, voicing the desperation of the immigration system's silenced captives.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey appeared Monday night to have won an exemption for at least 13 older U.S. vessels threatened by the regulations.

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party By Max Blumenthal Hardcover: 416 pages, $25 Nation Books: New York September 2009 This isn't a book for the faint of heart.

Yeah, they do what they're told. But one thing the president should have added is, "And when they do, they are rewarded, big-time." One way we know this statement is true? The enactment of Medicare Part D under President George W. Bush.

Risks and Returns: Exploiting the Immigrant Detention Industry In These Times October 23, 2009 By Michelle Chen Last winter, a remote Texas prison convulsed in a cry of outrage, voicing the desperation of the immigration system's silenced captives.

They got rid of scandal-tainted Majority Leader Tom DeLay, airport shoe-tapper Larry Craig and prurient instant message typer Mark Foley, but they just can't seem to shake the gloom.

Professor of Dance and Cultural Studies at Pomona College.A The book offers a progressive vision that boldly articulates double-standards in gender construction within dance and brings hidden histories to light in a globalized debate.A In the original article below Fisher looks at the Tom DeLay' s appearance on " Dancing with the Stars ."A You can ...

Forty is the new 30. A And on Capitol Hill, a oesurveyinga is the new a oewhipping.a A The House Democratic leadership this week launched its first official effort to poll where lawmakers stand on the massive health care reform bill.

But Media Matters for America has compiled a list of organized attacks that GOP leaders -- often aided by Fox News -- have conducted against media outlets based on groundless complaints of bias; those attacks have included boycotts or threatened boycotts of media outlets, efforts to revoke journalists' credentials or ban them from press planes, and ...