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Is Sarah Palin going to help the Democrats win elections?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy “A horror flick starring Sarah Palin.” Please tell me she is the one the creature devours first! Oh wait! I think SHE is the creature!

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The State of the Union: All The Good Parts

Ah, the State of the Union address. 68 minutes of political theater sandwiched between hours of political punditry with a delicious side of everybody live-blogging it. There were some awkward moments and some serious ones, and some talk about gays.

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State of the Union: Reactions

Post your reaction to the State of the Union address in the comments – our live blog is below. President Obama asked Congress to work together, to pass health care reform, to end don't ask don't tell and to pass a jobs bill to get Americans back to work. What did you think

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What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?

In which a born-and-raised, dyed-in-the-wool Boston liberal (transplanted to New York) tries to make sense of the big old hulking electoral mess that is his home state right now. Whenever my dad, an American history professor at Boston College, mentions the big ancient bad that was Richard Nixon, he always smiles and says “Did I ever tell you that I had a bumper sticker that said ‘Don’t Blame Me, I’m from Massachusetts’?” And, yes, of course he has told me lots of times.

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Whoops, Barack Obama Forgot to Care About the Gays Again

Congratulations to the National Organization For Marriage, a group dedicated to making sure a large segment of the population cannot get married, on their successful campaign to scare people in Maine. NOM raised a zillion dollars or so from hateful bigots across the nation whose names they refuse to disclose, which is, of course, a violation of state campaign finance law. But if it works, who gives a shit?

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Gawker Endorsement: Don’t Vote for Bloomberg

Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don’t vote for Michael Bloomberg

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Filmmaker’s motives for entrapping ACORN exposed

ACORN, an umbrella organization of community groups that serves poor people in major cities across the country through housing, legal advocacy, family services, and higher wages, has lost all federal funding, after decades of working for low-income, disadvantaged Americans.

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