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• Dept. Of Congressional Indignities: Reaganesque: Fred Thompson Is Already Senile

  Published: September 14, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: 2006, 2008, Bill Frist, Dept Of Congressional Indignities, Florida, Fred Thompson, George W Bush, Gop, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Terry Schiavo

  want snake-handlers like Bill Frist making any decisions about their own inevitable “persistent vegetative states.” Anyway, Thompson is continuing his trend of alienating the mouth-breathers he needs to win primaries while saying common-sense things that might possibly appeal to independent voters in the general election long

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• Dept. Of Congressional Indignities: Reaganesque: Fred Thompson Is Already Senile

  Published: September 14, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: 2006, 2008, Bill Frist, Dept Of Congressional Indignities, Florida, Fred Thompson, George W Bush, Gop, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Terry Schiavo

  The GOP primary’s great white hope, Hollywood Fred Thompson, is either purposefully trying to derail his campaign before Halloween so he can lazily enjoy the winter holidays, or he’s so...

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• Fred Thompson Not Taking the Bait

  Published: September 14, 2007, 4:55 pm

  Tags: 2008 Elections, Conservatives, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Bill Frist, Debates, Republican Party

  by his fellow Tennessean Dr. Bill Frist, he declined to bite. “I can’t pass judgment on it. he said. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best. That’s going back in history. I don’t remember the details.” Staying out of the race until this month was a winning strategy. Now that he is in it,

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• Harold Ford Jr, Prince of Tennessee

  Published: October 25, 2007, 4:06 pm

  Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Frist, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Corporate Whore, Dlc, Federal Indictment, Fred Thompson, Harold Ford Jr, Harold Ford Sr, Jake Ford, John Ford, Martin O Malley, Politics, Power Games, Race, Tennessee, Tennessee Politics, Black V

  Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who retired from the Senate to run for President. Too bad for him that his candidacy withered on the vine of wingnut indifference. Two Thousand and Ten is an opportunity to revive his career and reach for the brass ring again, just as it is for Harold. I promise you that this will be the race to

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• As Iowa Caucuses Loom, Intrigue Remains

  Published: November 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iowa, Caucuses, Loom, Intrigue, Remains, Harry Reid, Kentucky, Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Cable News Network Lp Lllp, Youtube Inc, Bill Frist, Des Moines, John Sununu, Mitch Mcconnell, St Petersbu

  The Senate 2008 electoral picture is as blurry as the presidential race. Republicans must defend 22 seats, but how many can Democrats realistically expect to win? Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid has a prediction. "If the elections were held today, we'd pick up four seats," the Nevada Democra...

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• Alfalfa Club Hears Bush Speak as President for Last Time

  Published: January 27, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Alfalfa, Club, Hears, Bush, Speak, President, For, Last, Time, George H W Bush, Massachusetts, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, South Carolina, Texas, Adrian Fenty, Bill Frist, Colin Powell, Dick Lugar, George W Bush, Henry Hager, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Lieberman, Prescott B

  While Democrats in South Carolina spoke last night of pursuing change, Washington's elite spent their evening engaged in a resolutely traditional rite.

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• Hardball Power Rankings: John McCain Is MASTER & COMMANDER!

  Published: February 4, 2008, 9:45 pm

  Tags: Bill Frist, Bill Richardson, Blue America, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Election 2006, Fred Thompson, Imus In The Morning Don Imus, Joe Lieberman

  Download   Play  Download   Play It’s no secret that Chris Matthews has a mancrush on Senator John McCain, but I think he needs to take a step back and look at reality — stat. During his Power Rankings on Monday’s Hardball, Matthews contends that because John McCain is expected to do well on Super

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• Lobbyists Hug High-Tech Hub

  Published: February 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lobbyists, Hug, High Tech, Hub, Google Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Bill Frist, Franklin Square, John Mccain, Samuel A Simon, Strat Comm Llc, Verizon Communications Inc, Yahoo Inc, Allen Hepner, Chris Bonner, Kathryn Stack, U S Federal Communications Commission, Apple Inc

  When tech experts Josh Ackil and Matt Tanielian were looking to name their new lobbying firm, they had little hesitation. They decided to call themselves the Franklin Square Group -- even though their offices aren't on Franklin Square.

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• History and Necessity Unite Bush, McCain

  Published: February 9, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: History, And, Necessity, Unite, Bush, Mccain, George W Bush, John Mccain, Iraq, The White House, Rahm Emanuel, Moveon Org, Arizona, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Bill Frist, Camp David, Charlie Black, Chris Wallace, Congressional Quarterly Inc, Donald H Rumsfeld, Eli Pariser

  In the same hotel ballroom where conservative activists greeted John McCain with a mix of cheers and boos just 16 hours earlier, President Bush tried to calm his party's base yesterday. Without naming McCain, Bush assured the group that the eventual Republican nominee will "carry a conservative...

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• History and Necessity Unite Bush, McCain

  Published: February 9, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: History, And, Necessity, Unite, Bush, Mccain, George W Bush, John Mccain, Iraq, The White House, Rahm Emanuel, Moveon Org, Arizona, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Bill Frist, Camp David, Charlie Black, Chris Wallace, Congressional Quarterly Inc, Donald H Rumsfeld, Eli Pariser

  In the same hotel ballroom where conservative activists greeted John McCain with a mix of cheers and boos just 16 hours earlier, President Bush tried to calm his party's base yesterday. Without naming McCain, Bush assured the group that the eventual Republican nominee will "carry a conservative...

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• Survey Says Iranians Favor Free Election Of Their Top Leader

  Published: March 9, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Survey, Says, Iranians, Favor, Free, Election, Their, Top, Leader, Iran, United States, Terror Free Tomorrow, D3 Systems Inc, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kenneth Ballen, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iraq, Israel, Indiana, New Jersey, Bill Frist, John Mccain, Karim Sadjadpour, Lee H Hami

  As Iran's brief election campaign for parliament heats up, a new public opinion poll shows that the vast majority of Iranians would like to directly elect their supreme leader in a free vote -- and be able to replace him.

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• Democrats Agree on Budget Plan That Avoids the Biggest Decisions

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Agree, Budget, Plan, That, Avoids, The, Biggest, Decisions, George W Bush, John Spratt, Bill Frist, G William Hoagland, Kent Conrad, Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition, Medicaid, Medicare, The White House, U S House Budget Committee, U S Senate Budget Committee

  Congressional Democratic leaders have reached agreement on a $3 trillion budget blueprint that would authorize a small increase for domestic priorities and spare millions of households from an unpopular tax. But it postpones most major budget decisions until after this fall's presidential election.

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• Democrats Agree on Budget Plan That Avoids the Biggest Decisions

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Agree, Budget, Plan, That, Avoids, The, Biggest, Decisions, George W Bush, John Spratt, Bill Frist, G William Hoagland, Kent Conrad, Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition, Medicaid, Medicare, The White House, U S House Budget Committee, U S Senate Budget Committee

  Congressional Democratic leaders have reached agreement on a $3 trillion budget blueprint that would authorize a small increase for domestic priorities and spare millions of households from an unpopular tax. But it postpones most major budget decisions until after this fall's presidential election.

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• Democrats Agree on Budget Plan That Avoids the Biggest Decisions

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Agree, Budget, Plan, That, Avoids, The, Biggest, Decisions, George W Bush, John Spratt, Bill Frist, G William Hoagland, Kent Conrad, Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition, Medicaid, Medicare, The White House, U S House Budget Committee, U S Senate Budget Committee

  Congressional Democratic leaders have reached agreement on a $3 trillion budget blueprint that would authorize a small increase for domestic priorities and spare millions of households from an unpopular tax. But it postpones most major budget decisions until after this fall's presidential election.

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• Democrats Agree on Budget Plan That Avoids the Biggest Decisions

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Agree, Budget, Plan, That, Avoids, The, Biggest, Decisions, George W Bush, John Spratt, Bill Frist, G William Hoagland, Kent Conrad, Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition, Medicaid, Medicare, The White House, U S House Budget Committee, U S Senate Budget Committee

  Congressional Democratic leaders have reached agreement on a $3 trillion budget blueprint that would authorize a small increase for domestic priorities and spare millions of households from an unpopular tax. But it postpones most major budget decisions until after this fall's presidential election.

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