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  • September 2008

    • How the Bailout Talks Broke Down

      New York Times  |  Sep 26, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      How the Bailout Talks Broke Down

      (Newser) - Hopes were high yesterday morning that a deal was imminent for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s bailout plan, but a surprise GOP revolt at a tense summit with Bush and the presidential candidates scuttled the agreement, and plunged the capital into partisan bickering last night, the New York Times reports. The extraordinary meeting ended in disarray, with  Paulson literally kneeling to beg House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to "blow it up." More »

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      George W. Bush  • bailout  • Henry Paulson  • Nancy Pelosi  • partisanship  • bill

    • Scare Easily? You May Be a Conservative

      Washington Post  |  Sep 19, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Scare Easily? You May Be a Conservative

      (Newser) - People who startle more easily at loud noises or frightening images may be more prone to taking conservative political stances, reports the Washington Post. A new study suggests that there may be a biological basis for people's stands on contentious issues, with those who react less strongly to perceived threats seemingly predisposed to have liberal ideologies. More »

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      politics  • genetics  • psychology  • scientific study  • partisanship

  • July 2008

    • Obama's Republican Pal Gets Grief

      Politico  |  Jul 18, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Obama's Republican Pal Gets Grief

      (Newser) - Kirk Dillard is a lot like many Obama supporters. He came to respect and admire Obama, and he appeared in an early primary ad saying so. But the Illinois legislator also happens to be a Republican—and a delegate for John McCain. Now that Obama is the nominee, Dillard’s GOP colleagues have gotten hostile, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Illinois  • bipartisanship  • partisanship  • Illinois State Senate

    • 50-State Strategy Could Heal Red/Blue Divide

      National Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 10:20 AM CDT

      50-State Strategy Could Heal Red/Blue Divide

      (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain each hope to widen the playing field this November, and that could be a good thing for the country, writes Ronald Brownstein for the National Journal. Part of the reason America is so partisan is because it’s politically balkanized. In 2000 and 2004, both candidates resigned themselves to that division, conceding states that will be in play this time around. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • George W. Bush  • partisanship  • red state  • blue states

  • June 2008

    • Congress Short on Gas, Long on Gasbags

      Washington Post  |  Jun 26, 08 9:39 AM CDT

      Congress Short on Gas, Long on Gasbags

      (Newser) - There’s nothing much Congress can do about gas prices, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, so in an effort to look busy it's doing what it always does—blaming the other party. Yesterday Capital Hill saw no less than 12 events on energy costs, and every last one came down to partisan jabs. More »

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      Congress  • gas prices  • politics  • energy  • partisanship

    • Probe Finds Bias in Justice Dept. Hiring

      Washington Post  |  Jun 24, 08 3:25 PM CDT

      Probe Finds Bias in Justice Dept. Hiring

      (Newser) - The Justice Department screened applicants to its internship and recruitment programs for conservative attitudes and credentials, rejecting applicants with liberal-sounding resumes, the Washington Post reports. Today's report by the department’s inspector general details a history of partisan hiring practices beginning in 2002 and concludes that the process "undermined confidence in the integrity of the department's hiring processes." More »

  • May 2008

    • The New Segregation: This Time It's Political

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 26, 08 9:46 AM CDT

      The New Segregation: This Time It's Political

      (Newser) - The good news? Apathy is on the decline. The bad news? The new political activism is tearing the country apart, writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times, with political divides turning into geographic ones, too. The country is segregating itself according to politics, moving to areas full of like-minded people. In 1976, only 38% of counties saw partisan landslides of 20% or more; in 2004, 60% did. More »

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      partisanship  • political activism  • segregation  • political factions

    • How the Left Wing Brought Me Down

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 20, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      How the Left Wing Brought Me Down

      (Newser) - Controversial civil-rights lawyer Hans von Spakovsky, who last week withdrew from consideration for appointment to the Federal Election Commission, pens a post-mortem of his own candidacy in the Wall Street Journa l. Asserting that “character assassination … has become the norm” for conservatives in confirmation battles, von Spakovsky says calling out Justice left-wingers was a key part of his downfall. More »

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      Nazi  • ACLU  • partisanship  • Ku Klux Klan  • FEC  • Hans von Spakovsky

  • February 2008
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