Bachmann will soon be gone, but her style of politics will live on in the Republican Party.
Jamelle Bouie
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The Ted Cruz Immigration Shuffle
At one point in his career, the arch-conservative senator supported reforming the immigation system.Â
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How E.W. Jackson Throws a Wrench into the Cuccinelli Plan
Now, there’s no way Cuccinelli can escape alienating rightwing rhetoric.
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How the “Obama Recovery” Makes Scandals Irrelevant
As far as presidential popularity goes, jobs will always outweigh controversy.
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Michelle Obama Sends the Wrong Message
On the First Lady’s commencement speech.
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IRS “Scandal” Turning Out to be Less Dastardly than Conservatives Think
More details show that this is incompetence, not malice.
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Virginia GOP Says YOLO, Nominates Most Conservative Ticket Ever
Virginia Republicans have placed Ken Cuccinelli at the top of the ticket, with a running mate who might be even further to the right.
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Virginia Is More Moderate, But It Doesn’t Help McAuliffe
The voters who are most likely to vote in this year’s gubernatorial election are Republicans.
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Is the IRS “Scandal” Even a Scandal?
The IRS made a political blunder, but not a bureaucratic one.
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There Still Aren’t Any Racists in America
Racism without racists.
