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Wisconsin Exit Polls a Crystal Ball

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:36:51 CDT

Perhaps the most interesting of yesterday's primaries was the vote by the relatively moderate electorate in the key swing state of Wisconsin. Analysts are salivating over exit poll results, and the hints they may offer into how voters are likely to lean come November. For one thing, the economy, and...

Conservatives' Faith in Science Failing: Study

Kevin Spak — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:10:37 CDT

Conservatives have become less likely to trust science over the past 40 years—especially if they're educated, according to a new study. The study looked at the General Social Survey, which began asking Americans how they felt about science in 1974. Back then, conservatives were the biggest believers in science,...

Hunger Games : Tea Party or Liberal Message?

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:38:01 CDT

Opposite ends of the political spectrum are claiming the blockbuster Hunger Games as their own. Is it a tale of too much government or of gun-packing capitalists who don't believe in social services? The dystopian story tells of dictatorial President Snow forcing conquered people to offer their children annually for...

Tax Firm, Radio Stations Join Limbaugh Exodus

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:45:00 CST

Rush Limbaugh is still hemorrhaging advertisers—and now beginning to lose radio stations as well—in the wake of his "slut' comment. Online tax advice operation Tax Resolution Services yesterday joined AOL in deserting the uber-conservative, bringing to at least nine the number of sponsors who have dumped his program,...

RIP Andrew Breitbart

John Johnson — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:49:44 CST

Andrew Breitbart's death continues to set off a wide range of reactions. Some examples: 'Liberals celebrate': The Washington Examiner rounds up tweets from the left under that headline, including one from Slate's Matt Yglesias, who says the "world outlook is slightly improved" now. Tone it down: "The content of some...

Cain Sat Out Civil Rights Movement

Kevin Spak — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:16:06 CST

Herman Cain came of age in the heat of the civil rights movement, but unlike many of his politically conscious peers at the predominantly black Morehouse College, he largely ignored it. “I wasn’t determined to make social change,” Cain tells the Wall Street Journal . “I wanted to earn some change...

Shadow Campaigns Taking Over GOP

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:20:05 CDT

Conservative groups operating outside the public eye are carrying much of the water for Republican campaigns, the New York Times reports. Thanks to a Supreme Court decision that uncaps contribution limits, right-wing organizations like Americans for Prosperity and Karl Rove's American Crossroads are spending hundreds of millions of dollars—on...

Biden Complains After Ambush Interview

Kevin Spak — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:14:05 CDT

Joe Biden is not happy about the ambush interview that landed him on cable TV—and he’s letting the press gallery’s standing committee of correspondents know about it. Jason Mattera of the conservative blog Human Events caught Biden off guard last week by asking to take a photo with him...

Rick Perry's No Conservative

Kevin Spak — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:28:05 CDT

Rick Perry’s been anointed as the conservative savior in the 2012 presidential race, but Texas Observer editor Dave Mann isn’t sure he’s a conservative at all. “The closer you look at Perry’s record in Texas, the harder it is to discern any coherent ideology at all,” he writes in the...