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Schwarzenegger bucks GOP: I performed same sex weddings as governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently floored veteran CBS reporter Leslie Stahl by revealing that he had rejected the Republican Party platform and performed multiple same sex weddings while still serving as the governor of California.

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'Meet The Press' host caught misquoting Obama

Meet The Press host David Gregory apparently misquoted President Barack Obama while setting up a question to a guest, Think Progress reported Sunday.

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Chris Christie dismisses poll truthers: The polls aren't rigged against Romney

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insists that the many presidential polls showing President Barack Obama with an edge over GOP hopeful Mitt Romney aren't rigged, no matter what so-called "poll truthers" like Karl Rove and Dick Morris say.

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Ingraham: 'Fools' errand' for Romney to attempt 'human moment' at debate

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham is warning Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney not to even try to create a "human moment" by attempting to connect with voters during Wednesday's debate because it would be a "fools' errand."

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McCain suggests Harry Reid 'doesn't care' about US ambassador's death

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is accusing Republicans of politicizing an attack on the U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi because he probably "doesn't care" about the death of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens.

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Ryan on Romney's tax plan: 'It would take me too long' to explain

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Sunday insisted that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had provided specifics for his tax plan, but refused to say which deductions would need to be eliminated or provide any math to prove that the scheme works.

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GOP attack ad: Obama makes babies cry

President Obama has been such a big meanie president that he's now making children cry.

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Roseanne Barr on why she's running for president: Americans 'don't dig' our corrupt government

Actress Roseannae Barr explained in an interview Friday with Current TV's Cenk Uygur that she's still pursuing a low-profile presidential campaign because the government and both parties are bought and paid for by corporate interests, and that average Americans, "don't dig that."

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Romney surrogate slams Obama's Libya response with homophobic slur

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and surrogate for presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) John Bolton harshly criticized the Obama administration's response to the violence in Benghazi, Libya earlier this month, calling the U.S. response "limp-wristed."

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Chris Hayes: GOP now 'smoking what they're dealing' on Romney poll numbers

Saturday on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes," host Chris Hayes likened Republican "poll truthers" to crackheads, saying that the GOP is "smoking what they're dealing." He invoked the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls)'s "Crack Commandment" Number 4 to prove his point.

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Rachel Maddow: Republicans pushing erosion of abortion rights despite the fact it's hurting them

Polls show that the ongoing Republican 'war on women' is threatening Mitt Romney's chances of winning the state of Virginia --and, therefore, the Presidency-- in the upcoming November election. But, as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow pointed out on Friday night, that hasn't stopped conservative lawmakers from finding creative new ways to obstruct women's access to abortion:

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Ann Romney worries about Mitt's 'mental well-being' if he wins election

Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, told a Nevada television station her main concern if her husband wins the upcoming election would be over his state of mind.

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Anti-Islam filmmaker reveals a new name in court

The man accused of producing the 14-minute anti-Islam video responsible for sparking violence around the Middle East told a judge he had actually been using another name since 2002.

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