Two groups founded by Karl Rove that are looking to influence midterm elections may have crossed the line. American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS announced Tuesday a $4.2 million ad buy. This increases the total spent mostly on ads by the groups to $18 million. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted Wednesday that…

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Republicans claim to be the party for working class whites, and in fact a new poll says as much today. But Tuesday the chairman of the Republican National Committee proved that he may not be as in touch with working class Americans as he would like you to think. In…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders told CBS’ Bob Schieffer Sunday that Republicans are more interested in gaining power than they are helping the country. “I think in his heart the president is a very, very decent guy,” said Sanders. “He wants to do what most Americans want him to do: to reach…

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A man who burned pages from a Koran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 was fired from his job, officials said Tuesday. Derek Fenton burned pages from the holy book during a protest outside the planned location of the Park51 Islamic center. Fenton had been employed for eleven years by…

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The imam behind a plan to build an Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero took on Sarah Palin and other opponents of the project Sunday. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour that certain politicians had opposed the project to further their political ambitions. “This project was front…

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Stephen Colbert would like to hold a massive historic rally to rival Glenn Beck’s but he’s looking for a sign from God first. Tuesday night, the Comedy Central faux pundit asked his audience if they agreed with Michele Bachmann that the “Restoring Honor” rally couldn’t have been less than one…

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NY Times’ Jeff Zeleny told CNN’s Drew Griffin and Kiran Chetry that congressional Democrats are pulling money from races that they see as unwinnable to focus on other races. This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast Sept. 6, 2010. Watch this video on iPhone/iPad…

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Being the “Party of No” just isn’t good enough. Appearing on Fox Sunday, Sen. John McCain explained that the Republican Party has to give voters a reason to support them. “I really think that the that this election could be a seismic election but we’ve got to give Americans a…

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There’s still a lot of talk in DC surrounding President Barack Obama’s shout-out to former President George W. Bush during his speech on Iraq Tuesday night. While many conservatives believe that Obama did the right thing, some liberals think the call amounted to a pat on the back, and are…

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Republicans are going to be embarrassed at the way they’ve opposed a mosque — known as Cordoba House or Park51 — that’s planned near Ground Zero, according to one conservative host. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough told Republicans Monday that they should “speak out against Newt Gingrich and the voices of hate.”…

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