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US praises Germany as a 'strong ally'

US President Barack Obama has hailed Germany as an 'extraordinarily strong ally', and called visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel an 'extraordinary leader' In a meeting at the White House ahead of her address to Congress, Mr Obama thanked the chancellor for her country's 'sacrifices' in ke...

Who Do We Trust on Healthcare Reporting: Joe Scarborough or Our Lying Eyes?

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Weekly Tracking Poll: Another Week of Stability

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/5/2009-10/8/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (Last weeks results in parentheses): FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA54 (53)38 (39)+2PELOSI:36 (35)56 (57)+2REID:32 (32)57 (58)+1McCONNELL:18 (19)64 (63)-2BOEHNER:14 (13)61 (61)+1CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:38 (39)56 (55)-2...

Run Joe, Run! -- By: Jonah Goldberg

Snort, chortle, guffaw. The buzz is heating up that Joe Biden might be running for president in 2016. I would hate to circumscribe any of the myriad jokes one can make in response to this news. But let me for a moment take this idea seriously. One must immediately concede that Biden is in his own...

Kanye West Interrupts Patrick Swayze Funeral: Spoof Viral Story

Kanye West Interrupts Patrick Swayze Funeral was a headline that just caught my eye, but don't worry, it's a spoof viral story that is doing its rounds on the internet from TheSpoof.com. Kanye supposedly proclaims...read more ...

Wilson refuses to offer apology in first floor speech since heckling incident.