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So Meghan McCain And Rachel Maddow Walk Into A NRA Convention...

Sadie Stein — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:12:00 EST

When Rachel Maddow informed guest Meghan McCain that she and partner Susan Mikula had their first date at an NRA Ladies Day, McCain invited Maddow to be her date to the next NRA convention. More »

Instead Of Sex Ed, Kids Are Getting Something Quite Different

Lisa Russ — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Seems to me that simple, clear communication works best, even with young kids. But judging from the turbulence caused by a sex ed curriculum under consideration by the School Board in Helena, MT, there are people who disagree. More »

Sarah's Got A Gun

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Everyone deluging Alaska with ethics complaints about Sarah Palin better watch out: The NRA is giving her this M-4 assault rifle engraved with her name, the state flag and a map of Alaska. [Politico, NYDN] More »

The B-List: Beyoncé, Basketball, Babies, Barack & Brad Pitt

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST

Politics can be so boring some days, with people still talking about Rush Limbaugh and Obama's budgetary maneuvers, so instead we'll focus on Beyoncé, basketball and John Edwards' reported baby mama. More »

John McCain Can Pry Obama's Health Care Reform From My Cold Dead Hands

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:30:37 EDT

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Good news first: Obama is up in the polls in Pennsylvania and Iowa and tied in Minnesota and Nevada. Also, most people blame Republicans for the current economy crisis. Unfortunately, he's pulling staff from North Dakota, Georgia, Idaho and Alaska. That can't be good. [CNN, CNN, CNN]
A new poll shows that, since putting Palin on the ticket, McCain now polls evenly with Obama on the question of who understands women and what's important to us. Obama used to have a 34 point lead. [Politico]
Obama's got a new ad in which he (rightly) accused McCain's health care plan of being a massive program of deregulation, sort of like how McCain used to love the deregulation of financial markets, too. That the kind of change even an NRA member might fear more than an ammo tax these days. [Huffington Post]