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Bachmann mangles talking points: ‘Net neutrality is censorship’

By | 04.20.10 | 3:17 pm

Minnesota conservative U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann likes to throw verbal partisan bombs, a sort of tiny-version mix of Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter. She also single-handedly keeps political fact-check sites in business. Yesterday, she veered into the net

WATCH: Bachmann: Democrats ‘celebrating Oklahoma City bombing’; in November Obama will ‘run over the border’

By | 04.19.10 | 1:08 pm

In Chicago this weekend at an event hosted by the Chicago Tea Party Patriots and the Chicago Republican Party, Minnesota conservative partisan and lightning rod Congresswoman Michele Bachmann hit back at Bill Clinton for saying she had been reckless…

Gallup: Country so far split on health reform

By | 03.29.10 | 6:30 pm

The media and politicos have been dwelling obsessively on polling around the health reform legislation. For now, though, the data is fairly inconclusive. The popularity of reform rose in the days after it passed; it’s dipped a little in the…

Udall co-sponsors bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

By | 03.03.10 | 12:00 pm

Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall joined with Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman and eleven co-sponsors to introduce legislation this morning to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which bans lesbian, gay and bisexual service members from…

Udall urges Pentagon to speed the repeal of “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell”

By | 02.02.10 | 3:32 pm

In the wake of a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing today on the “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” military policy that forces gay service members to remain closeted, Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall pressed for more urgent action to effect a repeal.

Democrats come out swinging

By | 08.28.08 | 7:04 am

The gloves came off. A line was drawn in the sand.

While the first night of the Democratic National Convention was about family, and the second night emphasized party unity, then the third night is best described as a political beat down.

The list of Democratic heavyweights included President Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama’s new running mate Sen. Joe Biden. All three attacked the Republican Party, John McCain and America’s current direction.

Obama called the Clintons

By | 08.27.08 | 11:48 am

Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton last night from a campaign stop in Montana to thank her for her speech endorsing him, according to an Obama campaign spokesman. The presumptive Democratic nominee also spoke to Bill Clinton. “One can only imagine the…

Bill Clinton Stumps for Hillary in Denver

By | 01.31.08 | 2:54 am

The former president made a campaign appearance for his wife Wednesday night in anticipation of Super Tuesday, which will help decide a tight Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. 

Clinton Urges Local Answers to Global Problems

By | 09.17.07 | 5:04 pm

Far from promoting his wife’s presidential bid or touting his new book as many surmised he would, former President Bill Clinton instead focused on global challenges in a speech he delivered Monday to Aurora business leaders.

More than 1,500…