Thanks to progressivism, we’ve lost the “War on Poverty”
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#RedMeatThursday: Poll shows Gov. Sandoval could beat Senator Reid
I know 2016 Senate races are way off but this, my dear readers, is tantalizing for those of us whose top five Senate priorities include either politically neutralizing Reid or ousting him from office completely via the ballot box:
One-third of donations to @SandraFluke campaign come from her & her family
The Washington Examiner’s Ashe Schow strikes again, this time over reported donations and loans to Sandra Fluke’s state Senate campaign (hat tip):
Tampon earring-wearing MSNBC host equates Gov. Perry to segregationists
Another stuck-on-stupid moment from MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry (via Jeffrey Meyer at Newsbusters):
Headline of the day: ‘Barack Obama locks out the press — again’
Our celebrity President held a couple of high-dollar fundraisers on the left coast this week – and the mainstream media are not happy that they weren’t granted access whatsoever to either of them (via):
Sen. Walsh: PTSD “may have been a factor” in master’s thesis plagiarism
Phineas blogged about this developing scandal yesterday involving the ‘alleged’ master’s thesis plagiarism of Montana Senator John Walsh (D), but the Senator’s biggest issue going forward may not be in the allegations themselves but in his controversial attempts at excusing them away: