Dick Polman

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  If Congress somehow pulls back from the brink of lunacy (as rumored today), if it forges a deal to reopen the government an ...

  If you’re still wondering why tea-party conservatives are so far removed from the American mainstream, if you want to ...

  Last March, GOP leaders autopsied their ’12 electoral loss and warned in a 100-page report that the party is “d ...

  The ripping noise you just heard was the rending of the Republican fabric. Waking up to reality (finally), and reali ...

Let’s put a human face on this destructive shutdown. To fully appreciate the havoc being wreaked by the GOP’s right-wing radi ...

  Wasn’t it obvious from the outset that the shutdown ginned up by Republican saboteurs would hurt the party? (Of cours ...

  Oh man. Check out these media reports about the start-up headaches in the new health coverage program: “A pred ...

  It’s an article of faith among most U.S. conservatives that this nation is Number One in the world, that non-American ...

  The numbers tell the tale. House Speaker John Boehner can shed his shackles any time he wants, and stage a vote to reopen t ...

When Jim DeMint, poster child for U.S. Senate dysfunction and one-man wrecking crew, unexpectedly quit his seat last December, even many ...

And so it begins, the tea-party reign of error. Future historians will surely marvel that only three dozen House fanatics — delu ...