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Nobody Cares About Amnesty

To read today's Washington Post, you'd think the debate over the immigration bill is between Amnesty and No Amnesty. The paper asserts that "the specter of amnesty has persistently haunted the debate -- and could jeopardize the bill's chances for passage" and...

Obamacare: Mixed Diagnosis

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., met his March pledge to release a health care plan by this month. And there's been a flurry of blog reaction. Ezra Klein says, "Props to the Obama team for coming out with a public option and serious insurer regulation." But Klein also...

Blogger Reaction to Obama Health Care Plan

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., met his March pledge to release a health care plan by this month. And there's been a flurry of blog reaction. Ezra Klein says, "Props to the Obama team for coming out with a public option and serious insurer regulation." But Klein also...

Weekend Watchdog:Cave-In Unexplained

Despite widespread disappointment at Congress' capitulation to the White House on Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., was not asked on CBS's Face The Nation about his prominent role in publicly caving in to President's Bush demands even before the veto was issued...

Weekend Watchdog:Cave-In Unexplained

Despite widespread disappointment at Congress' capitulation to the White House on Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., was not asked on CBS's Face The Nation about his prominent role in publicly caving in to President's Bush demands even before the veto was issued...

Weekend Watchdog:Cave-In Unexplained

Despite widespread disappointment at Congress' capitulation to the White House on Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., was not asked on CBS's Face The Nation about his prominent role in publicly caving in to President's Bush demands even before the veto was issued...

Weekend Watchdog:Cave-In Unexplained

Despite widespread disappointment at Congress' capitulation to the White House on Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., was not asked on CBS's Face The Nation about his prominent role in publicly caving in to President's Bush demands even before the veto was issued...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

Once again, the Sunday shows strike out on Weekend Watchdog. Despite widespread disappointment at Congress' capitulation to the White House on Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin was not asked on Face The Nation about his prominent role -- publicly caving in to President's Bush...

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....

Ending a Failed Occupation

Congress has just voted to fund the war for another year — $100 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan. How could that happen when two-thirds of the public are opposed to the war and the Democrats just gained the majority of both houses in the Congress with a mandate to...

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