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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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Rutherford B. Hayes: America's Worst President?

Jamelle BouieOct 20, 2010

A man named Rutherford B. Hayes wants to run for president in 2012:

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Bigger Waves, Weaker Classes.

Jamelle BouieOct 20, 2010

Charlie Cook makes a good point:

The one sobering thought that veteran Republican consultants are already contemplating is that the larger the wave this year, the more difficult it will be to hold onto some of these seats in 2012 and 2014 in the House and 2016 in the Senate.

The bigger the wave, the weaker the class and the harder it will be to hold onto those seats. Democrats only have to look at their 2006 and 2008 classes for plenty of examples.

They Don't Care.

Jamelle BouieOct 20, 2010

And The New York Times moves a little closer to accepting that Republicans don't actually care about the deficit:

If there is a single message unifying Republican candidates this year, it is a call to grab hold of the federal checkbook, slam it closed and begin to slash spending. To bolster their case that action is needed, Republicans are citing major legislation over the four years that Democrats have controlled Congress, notably the financial system bailout, the economic stimulus and the new health care law.

Republicans Aren't Reality Based.

Jamelle BouieOct 20, 2010

Michael Gerson is outraged by President Obama's claim that the Democratic Party believes in "facts, and science, and argument:"

States Work to Stop Domestic Abuse.

Jamelle BouieOct 19, 2010

In a welcome bit of state-based good news, lawmakers and authorities in New Jersey and Massachusetts are mulling new laws that would increase the rights and protection of domestic-violence victims, and provide law-enforcement officers with new, pro-victim guidelines for bringing domestic-violence perpetrators to justice. Here is New Jersey:

One measure in the three-bill package would impose tougher bail conditions for those accused of violating domestic violence-related restraining.

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