Question: Has Obama succeeded on his promise of being a post-partisan President? Full Article at TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

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by Ken The other night I was talking to Howie trying to explain what I mean, and to me what it's a crucial distinction, maybe the most crucial one to be made in today's cultural environment, when I say that the Modern Right-Wing... Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Tom Schaller: I'd like to start with Rick and Byron, and ask that they provide some perspective on conservatism and its relationship to the GOP, as a way of putting the conservative angst we have witnessed in 2009 into a broader historical... Full Article at Salon

Doug Hoffman, Conservative Party candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional District, left, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Oct. 29, 2009 | In 2009, the energized right-wing base of the Republican Party transformed American politics. Full Article at Salon