by Jon Ralston Fri, 10/05/2012 - 10:15
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Trying to think of something dumber, brb... t.co/8fKl0oCLul
17 hours 28 min ago.
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Our @danielrothberg’s indispensable environmental newsletter is out! t.co/qrGPprNz50
19 hours 53 min ago.
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I am not exactly sure what the category below shitshow is, but this amazing piece by @jess_hillyeah shows (again) t… t.co/M5nF7rjGEa
21 hours 2 min ago.
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"If Democrats and Republicans together stand up for Iowa, we stand up for rural America. In a modest way and with N… t.co/uveKPaScOt
21 hours 45 min ago.
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2015, AG Adam Laxalt joined a suit against a Barack Obama i… t.co/Xpjp7oT1Ua
22 hours 16 min ago.
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This is interesting... t.co/zU0PlA7hb6
1 day 13 hours ago.
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Worst part is not mice or expired food but "cats living inside."
The horror.
cc: @MichelleRindels @elizthompsn t.co/3xj8YhkqFG
1 day 16 hours ago.
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If you want context and background and fact-checking on the governor's speech Monday, Team @TheNVIndy has you cover… t.co/uZcZ2CpIjL
1 day 17 hours ago.
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Coming up soon @TheNVIndy: Our team annotated the governor's State of the State speech. You won't see anything like… t.co/3BglBgRfkL
1 day 18 hours ago.
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"The survey conducted last month also found 95 percent of those surveyed support the right to an abortion, even tho… t.co/ZU6KIsuzT3
1 day 19 hours ago.
During a debate in 1998, a veteran Nevada incumbent could barely hide his disdain for his aggressive opponent on stage with him.
He seemed aggrieved to even have to be there, could not conceal his air of superiority and eventually wondered aloud how his challenger, a veterinarian, thought he could interpret the Constitution if he spayed cats and dogs for a living. This reductio ad absurdum epitomized the frustration a U.S. senator named Harry Reid felt that night 14 years ago as he tried to pull away from a spirited challenger named John Ensign.
Harry Reid is no Barack Obama – far, far from it. But his haughty, dismissive demeanor – as if he were saying, “Why are you even up on this stage with me?” – mirrored the president’s smug mien Wednesday evening in Denver in his first debate with Mitt Romney. Appearing presidential, elevating yourself above the fray is one thing; but looking down on your opponent, then watching him elevate above you is quite another.
Obama seemed disinterested, even disengaged while Mitt Romney thrusted and parried, flicked away moderator Jim Lehrer’s interjections and seemed more presidential than…the president.
The almost surreal 90 minutes, sparking conservative glee and liberal angst, will either be remembered Nov. 6 as a turning point in the contest...or a forgotten bump in the road to Obama’s second term.
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