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Michele (Ma Belle)

From First Thoughts

. . . those aren’t words that go together well—yet. But Bachmann won the debate in New Hampshire. She seemed like a sane, competent, charming, extremely conservative woman with all the right experience as the uncompromising chair of the Tea Party caucus. (She’s much better than . . . . Continue Reading »

Fanniegate

From First Thoughts

Is this the game-changing scandal the Republicans (led by the Tea Partiers) can get the country to believe in? It’d be “Main Street” rising up against the corrupt alliance between “Wall Street” and Democratic special interests. And it would have the big advantage of . . . . Continue Reading »