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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Routine Hypocrisy

When the McClatchy Newspapers reported that the conservative minority in the Senate may triple the number of filibusters, Republicans tried to spread the blame. McClatchy reported: Republicans also say that Democrats are forgetting how routinely they threatened...

What Would Jesus Smoke?

No doubt there are legitimate arguments against funding children's health insurance by raising taxes on harmful products like tobacco. But this isn't one of them. (From CQ, sub. req'd): Kentucky Republican Ron Lewis tried his best to protect his tobacco state...

Wrong On The Right

The corporate wing of the Democratic Party - the Democratic Leadership Council—will meet in its "National Conversation" this weekend in Nashville. The press is already noting that while all of the Democratic presidential hopefuls will appear at the YearlyKos...

The Evidence Points To Rove

A long-standing Weekend Watchdog question is why Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., hadn't exercised his authority to issue a subpoena to Karl Rove and other White House officials and their role in the Prosecutor Purge. Since then, several staffers have been subpoenaed. But...

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