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Keith Olbermann's Replacement Better Not Have Donated to Anyone, Ever

(Nov. 5) -- Like a bad segment on MSNBC's "Countdown," the Keith Olbermann suspension episode (which may rapidly transition into the Keith Olbermann firing episode) just keeps on getting more outlandish. Late this afternoon, the unapologetically left- (sorry, "forward") leaning cable news show host was unceremoniously...

Democrats May Keep Bush Tax Cuts for Rich

(Sept. 2) -- While Democrats may complain about the tyranny of the filibuster and lack of majority rule in our congressional system, when it comes to preserving the Bush tax cuts for the rich, it's likely to be their own party members who are responsible. President Barack Obama has indicated that he'd like to see the cuts...

Dodd Won't Seek a Sixth Senate Term

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Jan. 6) - Christopher Dodd, saying he was in "the toughest political shape" of his career, announced Wednesday he will retire from the U.S. Senate, ending a four-decade career in Congress. Dodd said outside his home in East Haddam that he would not run for a sixth term. Dodd's political stock fell...

2010 Shaping Up to Be a Tough Year for Democrats

WASHINGTON (Jan. 2) -- An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens. To minimize expected losses in next fall's election, President Barack Obama's party is testing a line of attack that resurrects George W. Bush as a boogeyman and castigates Republicans as cozy...

Background on democratic

Democracy (grecian Δημοκρατία, from δῆμος [dēmos], „Masses“, and κρατία [kratía], „Rule“, literal: Rules of the Masses) is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws and the actions of their state, requiring that all citizens (meeting certain qualifications) have an equal opportunity to express their opinion.

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