This Bloomberg poll report is making the liberal rounds, but it is irresistible: At the same time, 70 percent of those who sympathize with the Tea Party, which organized protests this week against President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, want a federal government that fosters job creation. They also look to the government to rein in [...]

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Shorter Harold Ford: “Dude, I coulda totally pwned that bitch if you pussies hadn’ta hold me back.” Glad that sideshow’s over. I have not lived in New York in 15 years, but I still take its politics very seriously. I didn’t want no Teabagging Palinites and I don’t want no Carpetbagging Blue Dogs. FWIW, I [...]

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…but Congresscritters do not see inherent conflicts of interest or bribery in the close connections between campaign contributions and contract awards to their donors. “Simply because a member sponsors an earmark for an entity that also happens to be a campaign contributor does not, on these two facts alone, support a claim that a member’s [...]

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From your “liberal” New York Times: But haven’t I read economists saying that a bill that small will make almost no dent in unemployment? Is that sort of thing the only hope for bipartisanship? It depends on what you mean by bipartisanship. Nothing is stopping Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats from adding more Republican ideas [...]

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Taking a holiday break, I wasn’t planning on a cartoon this week for In Contempt. But the Christmas day testicle bomb FAIL proved inspiring. For some definitions of “inspiration.” Page 26 of the “Search Party” story line is up at Wanderlost. Ma Pig gets an unwelcome surprise.

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