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What Will Christine O'Donnell Do for an Encore?

(Nov. 3) -- Christine O'Donnell isn't letting a little thing like a big loss get in the way of midterm election fun. The tea-party-backed GOP Senate candidate was plainly trounced by Democrat Chris Coons in a race many say helped map out the limits of the tea party's influence. But while the colorful candidate may be off...

Angry Clowns: Don't Call Washington Politics 'a Circus'

(Oct. 29) -- You can call Washington a mess. You can call it a farce. But please don't call it a circus. Clowns, jugglers, carnies and other performers making their living under the big top are frustrated by the state of American politics, but they say it's unfair to compare their business to what's going on inside the...

Which Celebrity Would You Vote For?

(Oct. 12) -- George Clooney and Angelina Jolie already have faces that could have been chiseled by Michelangelo, so why not just carve those two directly into Mount Rushmore? The two left-leaning activist celebrities were among those most frequently mentioned when AOL News asked a random sampling of New Yorkers, "What...

Opinion: The Tea Party Pendulum Has Swung Too Far

(Sept. 30) -- A longtime Republican, I voted Sept. 14 in the New York state primary to defeat Carl Paladino on his way to becoming our next governor. Paladino is the loudest voice of the shrill cacophony of the tea party cries in my state. He's a local, male Sarah Palin. I don't have any problems with tea parties, though I...

Word Cloud Smackdown: The Pledge to America vs. The Contract With America

(Sept. 23) -- The GOP unveiled a new "Contract with America," sorry, scratch that, "Pledge to America," today, attempting to articulate to voters what Republicans would do differently, specifically, if they were in charge of Congress. Of course, the new document was designed to echo Newt Gingrich's seminal 1994 document,...