Tag Archives: Huffington Post

Senate Republicans Successfully Filibuster American Jobs

Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:08 am by Bob Cesca

[My latest for the Huffington Post] When I heard President Obama announce The American Jobs Act, I mistakenly thought the Republicans wouldn’t dare vote against “American jobs.” For the first time, the Democrats had come up with a title for … Continue reading →

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The Republican War Against Government Workers

Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:09 am by Bob Cesca

(My latest for the Huffington Post) The Republicans have been so desperate to find new and clever ways to attack the president that they’ve managed to paint themselves into rhetorical corners with wafer thin sloganeering and laughable attempts at snark. … Continue reading →

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Cable News Debate Coverage Is Hurting Democracy

Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:17 pm by Bob Cesca

(My latest column for the Huffington Post) Chuck Todd likes to occasionally refer to the political press as “the refs.” While at first glance it appears to suffice, it’s actually just another bad euphemism in a growing list of hackish … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Republican Governors Embrace Socialism

Posted on September 1, 2011 at 7:09 am by Bob Cesca

(My latest column for the Huffington Post.) One of the most brilliantly salient moments from The West Wing occurred in the episode titled “Game On” in which President Bartlet debates the governor of Florida and Republican presidential nominee Robert Ritchie. … Continue reading →

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New Huffington Post Column

Posted on August 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm by Bob Cesca

Rick Perry is a Socialist in a Secessionist Costume Texas governor Rick Perry will win the Republican presidential nomination. I could be very wrong about this, but the modern history of Republican presidential politics vindicates the prediction. Republican primary voters, … Continue reading →

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New Huffington Post Column

Posted on August 11, 2011 at 2:06 pm by Bob Cesca

The Case for Republican Economic Sabotage With a few exceptions, tea party events have always appeared less like protest rallies and more like Sunday evening lawn concerts, with attendees lounging in lawn chairs waving tiny flags — not unlike a … Continue reading →

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New Huffington Post Column

Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:18 pm by Bob Cesca

The American People Lost the Debt Ceiling Debate The debt ceiling fracas was an insanity-inducing syllabus of everything that’s wrong with the American political system. Everything. The very serious cable news media (and a considerable chunk of the blogosphere for … Continue reading →

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New Huffington Post Column

Posted on July 6, 2011 at 8:23 am by Bob Cesca

The Republican Spectrum of Stupidity Republicans and conservatives make it really, really difficult for us to avoid referring to them as idiots. And with a conga-line of top shelf Republicans front and center for the 2012 presidential nomination, we’re being … Continue reading →

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Priorities of the People

Posted on June 23, 2011 at 8:50 am by Bob Cesca

I’ve been spending a considerable amount of time since the Weiner fiasco trying to figure out whether it’s the media or its consumers who are to blame for the dominance of nonsense and the absence of wonk in the press. … Continue reading →

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New Huffington Post Column

Posted on June 9, 2011 at 8:00 am by Bob Cesca

The Biggest Crime in the Anthony Weiner Scandal The Anthony Weiner situation, as with any political sex scandal, is a multiheaded hydra of awfulness. Among the casualties of the congressman’s hubristic online grabass sessions, it appears as though the progressive … Continue reading →

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