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State of Interdependence

Rick Santorum finally had his moment on the RNC convention stage, all b. The man who barely endorsed Mitt Romney barely mentioned the Republican nominee in his keynote address. (Indeed, of the three prime time speakers Tuesday night — Santorum, Chris Christie, and Ann...

Money in Politics: Where Is the Outrage?

Written with Bernard A. Weisberger. Originally published at BillMoyers.Com. We might wish the uproar from the convention halls of both parties these busy weeks were the wholesome clamor of delegates deliberating serious visions of how we should be governed for the...

The Top 13 Lies In Modern Republican Convention History

On Wednesday, Jonathan Cohn asked if Paul Ryan's address was "The Most Dishonest Convention Speech … Ever?" Now that Mitt Romney had his turn, I decided to answer the question. After reviewing presidential and vice-presidential nominee acceptance speeches...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Romney and the Republican Memory Hole OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "'Every small business wanted these to be their best years ever' … Say what? Obama inherited an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month, with recession spreading...

Romney and the Republican Memory Hole

Mitt Romney laid out his case to the American people last night. The speech was long, bloated with the sleep inducing poll tested patriotic treacle and banal pieties that have become inescapable on these occasions. Mitt Romney campaigns in prose, with a mind given to...

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